The document describes the steps taken to design a magazine cover in Photoshop, including creating a purple and white gradient background, centering the masthead title in the middle of the page, removing the background from an image using the lasso tool to better fit the color scheme, and adding coverlines and shapes with the text and shape tools before importing a barcode image to complete the front cover design.

1. I opened Photoshop and created a portrait new project so I
begin designing my front cover for the school magazine .

2. I then went to the gradient bucket and created a purple and white
background as the colour for my front cover. I chose purple as it is a
bright but not tacky colour that would catch the readers eye.

3. I used text tool to insert my masthead and centred it at the top of the
page. I aligned it to the middle rather than the left because I wanted
the reader to be able to tell that that was the title of the magazine.

4. I used the lasso tool to take away the back ground of the image, I did this
because it clashed with the colour scheme of the magazine.

5. This is what the image looked like once I had finished using the lasso tool.
I think it looks and fits in the front cover more than it did before.

6. I began adding my coverlines to the front cover with the text tool. I
chose to use white as it stood out more in the purple background
however I switched between black and white to fit with the colour
scheme.

7. I used text tool to continue adding my coverlines, I then used shape tool to
insert the shapes round the text. Finally, I went to file and imported the
barcode image. This is my finished magazine front cover.