The document summarizes the steps taken to design a contents page in Photoshop and Quark, including creating layout elements like rectangles and ribbons, importing and adjusting images, and adding text. Key elements created include the page boxes, contents title background, social media icons, and band album cover image with caption. The text was written in Word and images were edited in Photoshop to focus attention on subjects.

1. I created the main layout for the I blurred the background of the
contents page in Photoshop first image to focus the attention to
then added all of the text on to it the subject I also increased the
in quark. brightness and reduced the
contrast slightly.
I created the ribbon by using the
rectangle tool, I rotated it slightly
and sliced the right side down
vertically. I created another
Each page box was made using rectangle in which I cut a triangle
the rectangle tool and then I out of for the end of the ribbon
added a slight gradient onto it which gave the effect of it
through the layer styles. wrapping around the sidebar.

2. I created the contents page title
background using the rectangle
On the image I sharpened the tool.
subjects face and blurred the
background which draws the
attention away from the
background.

3. I imported the ribbon which I I used the text tool for all the
made in Photoshop and moved it text used on the contents page
onto the rectangle which I which I adjusted the settings for
created using the shape tool. such as the colour and the font
type. The font used was “A love
of thunder”.

4. I created rectangle behind the
caption and changed the
I imported the Facebook, and twitter icons into the opacity slightly so you could see
document which were saved as PNG images to the background through it.
preserve transparency, I then had to remove the
box background as it automatically adds a white
background to images.

5. The images of the band album cover and captioned
The image was edited in Photoshop, I adjusted the image was added using the image box tool, I
levels and contrast and blurred the background by created the band album cover in Photoshop using
using the quick mask tool. To make the attention a picture I took of them.
be drawn to the band.

6. I wrote my article in Microsoft word to check for
spelling mistakes and so I could edit the article
easier.