1. By Debbie Onyemelukwe

2. After opening
photoshop, I
selected the „Start
from Scratch‟ option
and adjusting the
settings to an A3
layout.
Once this had been
done, I then went to
the „File‟, „Open‟ and
then selected the
image.

3. With the help of a fellow media student,
Rita the split down the middle of the page
was added. On a different layer, an A4
black box was put in on the left side as
seen in the image with the Rectangular
Marquee Tool.
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4. After getting the
split down the
page, I then
removed the
black A4 box to
only leave the
thin split line
down the middle
of the spread.

5. The camera I used to take my image
always seems to add an unwanted
colourful light effect, which I also
experienced when taking the image
for my front cover. So I used the Clone
Stamp Tool to clone out this effect. The
image below on the left shows me
editing it out and the image on the
right shows the final result.

6. Once the image had been edited,
the next step was to add the text.
I had previously already written
out the article text so the only I
needed to do was add a text box
and past the writing into it.
The article title was the next thing
I completed. I repeated the same
step of making a text box and
then writing in the words.
I involved a pun in the article title
in the form of “Swizz” instead of
the typical “Home Sweet Home”. I
thought this would be effective as
it is relevant to the featured artist
and the article content and this is
a method often see in many
magazine and newspaper
articles, which will add to my
article‟s authenticity.

7. The next component of my double page spread that was added was my pull quote.
Having done research, I had seen that pull quotes are often seen in interviews and are
gripping phrases about dramatic events involving the subject matter.
Having drawn inspiration
from articles that I had seen,
I set my pull quote as “My
child was dying in my arms
and it was all my fault.” I
thought this would be a
good pull quote, as it is
relevant to the article and is
striking to the reader
because it brings up the
issue of life and death.
Because the article text is
set as font size 11, I made
the font size of the pull
quote 24 to make it vivid
and pop out of the page.

8. After adding the pull quote, I put in the drop cap. This was a very simple task as
it wasn‟t time consuming and it was easy to carry out. I highlighted the first „S‟ at
the start of the article and made it font size 42 to stand out against the rest of the
text which is font size 11.

9. When making the slug, the initial step
was to use to Rectangular Marquee Tool
to add the red box as seen in the image
to the left. I then used the Paint Bucket
Tool to fill the background of the shape
in red colouring. The purpose of the slug
is to put the article in a category and to
let the reader know what they‟ll be
reading about.
The next step was to use the Text tool to
draw another box of the same size, on top of
the red box. Once this had been done, I then
added the text of the slug. This is a common
technique often used in magazines so this is
appropriate for my spread.
The final step was to centre align the text as
well as its position in the red anchor box.

10. In order to make the addition
of the page number, date and
website I used the Text tool.
I made a text box at the
bottom right hand corner of
the page, as through
experience of reading
magazines, this is where this
information is usually placed.
Once the text box had been
made, I then went ahead and
wrote in the details.
The reason why I chose to add not
only the page number, but the date
and website too, is so it can correlate
with the information on my barcode
and also for reader‟s general benefit.

11. As seen from the arrow on the left
there is a very visible stain on the
older female model‟s trousers. I don‟t
want the readers to see this as it could
give the spread an extremely
unprofessional look so I used the
Clone Stamp Tool to edit it out.
As shown from the second arrow
on the bottom image, the stain has
now vanished!

12. Somehow, all three models managed to keep
their phones whilst the image was being taken,
even though they were asked not to. If these
were kept in, it would steal the focus of the
image from the happy family unit, to small,
insignificant details such as the phones. Once
again, I used my favourite tool: the Clone Stamp
Tool.
The previous image can be seen
above and the new and improved,
edited version of the image can be
seen on the left.

13. When creating the anchor, the first step was
to once again use to Rectangular Marquee
Tool to add the red box as seen in the image
on the left. I then used the Paint Bucket Tool
to fill the background of the shape in red
colouring. I chose red for it to fit with red and
grey colour scheme and to match the slug
box in the top left hand corner.
The next step was to use the Text tool to
draw another box of the same size, on top
of the red box. Once this had been done,
I then added the anchor text, making it
bold so it could be legible when looked
at.
The final step was to centre align the text
as well as its position in the red anchor
box.

14. This was the final task that I
completed on my double page
spread. This was a simple task as I
only had to create a text box and add
in the writing. I made the caption text
grey to match with the red and grey
colour scheme.
The image above shows how where
and how I entered the text box and
the image to the right shows the
final product. In the caption, I
matched the positions of seating
with who each person was as this is
a method a see in magazines that is
commonly used.