The document summarizes the progress made on designing the cover of a magazine in Photoshop. It describes experimenting with different background images and colors, editing a masthead design to make it stand out against dark backgrounds, shaping elements of a featured image, and copying the title from a related movie poster to link the magazine content. The next steps will be adding a tagline, subheadings, and other typical magazine elements like barcodes and prices.

1. Ancillary Tasks - Magazine
Progress

2. This is the beginning of my magazine. I am
making my magazine cover on Photoshop.
Here I have designed the masthead, based
on the one for 'Total Film'.

3. Here I have added a silver stroke around the
masthead to make it stand out, since I am
planning on having a dark background.
This film magazine will not be specific to a film
genre - it will be like 'Total Film' in that it will
cover all 'blockbusters'.

4. Here I have removed the blue background
from the image. I have hidden the masthead
for the moment while I edit the image.

5. I changed the contrast and colours slightly to
be more effective, and I will need to smooth
out the edges better.
I have also shaped the top of Sarah’s hoodie
better as it looked a bit unnatural!

6. I experimented with various colours for the
background, however none seem right for
the image. I changed the colour of the stroke
around the masthead to match the image
more, but I may make it thicker so it will
stand out more.

7. I then decided to try using another image for
the background. Here I have used an image
of woods, and I think that fits quite well.
This image has been copied from Google
Images for now as I was experimenting, but I
will take my own image and substitute it in.

8. I then cut Jade from the image of her and
Sarah so that I could darken it to indicate
that she is the antagonist, however I don’t
know if I will keep it this way.

9. I copied the title ‘Vengeance’ from the
poster so that both the trailer and the poster
are linked to the magazine. Because of the
red glow and stroke around ‘Vengeance’ I
decided to change the colour of the stroke
around the masthead to match this.

10. This is how far I have got on my
magazine so far. Next I will be
putting on a tagline and some
subheadings, as well as following
the conventions of magazines by
adding a barcode and price and
perhaps some graphics.