The document describes the process of creating a double page magazine spread in Photoshop. Key steps included adding text elements like the masthead and pull quotes, adjusting fonts and colors, positioning images and graphics, and refining the layout. Elements were rearranged, resized, and styled until the designer was satisfied with the overall look and feel of the spread. Photo editing included removing backgrounds and combining multiple images into one composite shot to illustrate the magazine article.

1. Progression of double page
spread

2. To start the double page spread I used
Photoshop and opened new page. I
amended the setting of the page as it
needed to be appropriate size for the
article. I then added the mast head
text as pull quote and then the main
pull quote that was present on the
front cover. I made the font colour the
same colour as the main pull quote as
it looks appropriate. I also added
stroke to the text but made the colour
into a brighter colour
I then added outer glow to the
pull quote which makes the text
to stand out slightly.

3. I then moved the main pull
quote and added another text,
which was the name of the girl
on the front page of my front
cover magazine. I placed the
new text on top of the
masthead at the center. I added
a rectangular shape in order to
place on the left side of the
page. This would make it look
more funkier and appealing to
the audience, it is also a feature
of its conventions.
I resized the texts, making them
larger. I also made some
changes to the pull quote as
the masthead. I made them
darker and enlarged it in to a
suitable size.

4. Here I moved the Masthead to the
right, copied and pasted the shape
twice. I formed a pattern with the shape
positioning, which looked conventional
and appealing to the audience. I
thought of placing the image on either
the left or the right hand side.
I then decided to remove one of the
shapes so I deleted it and placed the
shape on each side. This way it
seemed more clear. I added speech
marks to the pull quote masthead in
order to make it look part of a
speech.

5. I added a text as a subheading
to the article. I went through
different fonts on Photoshop
and chose one, but I decided
that it would have been better
if I used the one from the
internet.
As result, I opened the website
1001.com and went through
several fonts. I then chose one
font. To use it I had to save it
first, so I saved it and opened it
on Photoshop and began to
edit to remove the background.
I then decided not to use this.
This was because I thought it
wouldn’t suit the page. I also
moved the small text ‘J. BEST’
onto the main masthead text in
order to make it clearer on who
made the speech.

6. So I added text and used one of the
fonts from Photoshop and placed it on
the top of the shape on the left hand
side and resized the shape appropriately.
I enlarged the main masthead upwards
so that the minor pull quote as the
masthead was ontop of the main
masthead, which made it more funkier
and appealing. At this point I also added
the page numbers. I adjusted the format
of the page numbers. I double clicked on
the layer and made adjustments through
different options that were available. I
used stroke and altered the noise level
of the effect. I changed the fill colour
into a darker tone of pink. i made the
outside colour into a lighter tone of pink.
This makes the page conventional and
allows the numbers to stand out. I
moved the text further in into the
masthead in order to make it more close
which made it look busy and funkier. I
added a rectangular shape in order to
place behind the text ‘Gossip’. This
allows the page to be more conventional
and appealing to the audience. I also
made the pull quite more into the main
masthead for the same reason as
explained.

7. I added text in order to introduce
the article. After adding the text I
positioned it below the masthead
and sized it appropriately. I changed
the font into a funkier font. I
At this point I realised that the
page numbers didn’t match the
feature stories on the front
cover of the magazine, so I had
to changed the numbers. I
changed them into 15 and 16.

8. I added text onto the left hand
side as the overview of the
article. As the beginning of the
text I added a drop cap because
it is conventional and makes the
product more professional,
which would persuade in
purchase. I added a shape in
order to add text in the shape
as a pull quote. I added the text
and used the warp mode in
order to adjust the shape of the
shape. I filled in the shape with
a darker tone of the pink used
and the shape on each side of
the page. This would allow the
shape to stand out differing
from the rest. I then decided to
fill the shape in with a lighter
tone, which matches the page
numbers. I also changed the
form of the shape, which looks
smoother.

9. I placed the shape in different
positions in order to find the
best match. I then adjusted the
drop cap of the text.
This is the look so far of the
double page spread.

10. Looking at the version now, I realised
that I could improve on it, so I deleted
the shapes. Instead I made the text
separate and without the shape and
located it below the masthead and
centered the text.
I copied the text and removed the shape. I
then inserted a graphic of a cartoon flower,
enlarged it and then pasted the text onto it.
I adjusted the text and the shape so that it
was in a suitable size. I made the shape in
line with the background shape, which
makes it look neat and professional. I
added the same graphic but made it
smaller and placed it behind the page
number. This allows the page to be more
conventional and funky. I moved the text
‘J.BEST’ further out of the masthead, which
I believe looks better. At the bottom of each
page, just below the page number, I added
the website for the magazine same font
and style as the one on the contents page.
This keeps the house style and promotion
of the magazine. I had to order the layers in
order to make every layer visible and in
appropriate order.

11. This is what the page looks like
so far.
On Word I first wrote the
questions and then the answers
of them each. After that I
copied and pasted some of the
questions at a time and made it
in to the form of columns,
which is conventional. I
positioned the second column
appropriately in order to avoid
the clash of the graphic and the
text.

12. I removed the summary of the
article from the flower graphic
and moved it to a separate text
form. I then added a shape and
filled it in with a dark purple. I
added a pull quote inside the
large flower graphic, which would
attract the audience and there
fore persuade them to reading
the full article (Question and
Answer). I changed the colour of
the question into a different
colour and resized them all
appropriately. I made the colours
different so that it was easier to
follow and it also that it is
conventional. I made all of the
text bold so that it was clear, it
also looked better. I adjusted the
shape using the warp mode and
then filled it in with a light pink.

13. I then moved the summary text below
the main masthead, changed the colour
and suitably resized it. I adjusted the
colour of the text using stroke changing
the colour into a tone of the masthead. I
made adjustments to the text inside the
graphic using stroke. I changed the
colour into a tone of the masthead and
adjusted the level of the stroke as slight
heavy, but made the noise level low in
order to make it look smooth. I also
made changed to the text inside the
graphic on the top left side. I used the
stroke effect, using the colour black, to
outline the outside of the text in order
for the text to stand out.
This is the view so far.

14. Looking at the piece I realized
that drop cap was missing, so
I selected the first letter of
the first word and enlarged
the size, which now it looked
conventional and
professional.
I then thought that the drop cap isn’t
like that so I went a step back, deleted
the first letter of the first word (as
shown in the image on the left in the
circle) and started again. This time I
added the first letter of the first word
and enlarged it. Therefore I nudged
the words to the right in order to fit
the letter in. I did this to the first two
lines. Now it looked more
conventional and professional.

15. After finishing the text part I went
through images that I took and
decided on the image that I was going
to use. After deciding on the image I
opened it on photoshop and removed
the background. I also made some
minor changes such as using the clone
tool in order to clone her hair.
After editing, I moved the image on
to the actual double page spread. I
then realised that the image looked
slightly dull in colour so I used
levels, curves and brightness and
contrast to adjust the image and
give a better quality. The effect took
place on the full page as well as the
image.

16. I made adjustments to the summary text. I added
the stroke effect so that it stood out and was
readable on both side.
I added a graphic image of a flower to place
behind the page number just like I did on the left
hand side of the page. I made the graphic same
size as the one on the left hand side. I also made
the positioning the same. I added another text
showing who the photograph was taken by as this
is conventional and seen in other magazines. I
placed the text ontop of the image and positioned
it at the bottom, which I made the text white so
that the text stood out and was readable. I used
the Tempus Sans font, which made the text look
conventional as it is slightly curvy and relates back
to the signature on the front cover.
I then added a shape and a text inside in order to
remind me for when I continued to work on it as I
had to take a Photograph.
I added another text as the caption of the
photograph and made the font into the tone of
her hair.

17. After I took images, I went though the images to
decide on which one to use, I then decided on an
image to use and then opened the image on
Photoshop, made some changes and then moved
the image to the double page spread. I added a
circle shape, stretched the shape downwards in
order to fit the image in the shape. Focusing on
the image I took, according to the shape, I
cropped bottom parts of the image using the
eraser, in order to fit the image to the shape but
not the top of the image. I used the warp mode to
adjust the image to get the best fit of the image.
This is the view of what it looks like so far.

18. I filled the colour of the shape into a brighter colour
like a tone of red. I then focused on the main image
on the left. I added the stroke effect and changed
the colour of the stroke into grey and then adjusted
the levels of the stroke. I made the stroke heavier
which reinforced the convention of pop as it is
conventional and looks funky. I made the stroke
transparent which makes it look 3d and eye catching
allowing the image to stand out.
Here I added speech marks on to the text inside
the graphic and filled the colour into white, which
stands out.

19. After that step I looked at the overall product and
realised that the black shape didn’t suit. So I
removed and deleted the shape and replaced it
with a rectangle shape and rotated it to the left
slightly and filled it in with the colour white. I
placed the image on the shape and then the
shape with the image behind the main image,
which conveys the relation between the two.
I then added a heart shape and used the satin
effect, adjusted the opacity level, the level of
contour and used the invert option. I made the
colour into a pink, light pink and white. This keeps
the colour scheme throughout the page. I re-
ordered the layers in order to make the shape the
background of the page. I changed the look of the
caption and finished the sentence. I added a
rectangle shape and placed it behind the caption
and then filled it in with the colour pink, which is
the same colour as the masthead.
This is what the double page spread looks like so
far.

20. Here I changed the caption text, in attempt to
make the caption sound better. I added the stroke
effect in order to make it stand out more.
I used the drop shadow effect for the shape in
order to make it look 3D and look more attractive.
I used the multiply blend mode. I adjusted the
distance, spread and size levels.

21. I wanted to take another photograph of the model
with a boy as the boyfriend, however, she didn’t
want to so I had to consider using the images I
previously took. I decided to use two of the
images and put them together as one.
I opened one of the images I took on photoshop
and began to edit the image to remove the
background. Depending on the areas I used the
eraser tool.
I then opened another image of the main image
and removed the background. I placed the second
image in front of the first image, which makes the
image look joint and one image.

22. This is the final look of the two images.
I then realized there were white patches to I
removed them using a mixture of tools, eraser
and clone stamp tool.

23. After finishing the joining I moved the image onto
the double page spread and placed it onto the
bottom right hand side of the page. Resized it
accordingly to the size available.
I tried out different ways in order to discover the
best suitable possible position considering the
area available. I added two lines below the
masthead with a gap between the two lines. In
the middle of the lines I added the texts of who it
was published by and edited. This is conventional
of writing an article.

24. This is the final view of the double page spread