5. Open original photo onto photoshop. Make the photo brighter by dragging the mouse
To increase the brightness. As the brightness is increased the model seems clouded
So I increased the contrast slightly to bring colour back into her face.
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8. I did this background as I wanted it to contrast with the black clothes that the model is wearing
Also as I think black and white best compliment each other. In order to do this I had to use
Pixlr.com to create a spotlight effect which blends only at the corners. This is to bring more
attention to the celebrity. I then saved the image and copied and pasted in onto Photoshop. I had
to rotate it 90 degrees and fit it onto the whole page in order to make it layer one. I then locked
the layer so all the work would be done on top of it.
9. Copy and paste images onto Photoshop from desktop and place one image on top of another.
10. Using the text tool type down the title and select ‘Lithos pro’ as the font and set the font style as
Black. I selected a different and darker shade of blue to make the page more interesting and
To show a variety of colours as through research I found that my target market like the use of
Different colours.
11. For the strap line I used the same font as the title but made it a lot smaller and in black
To make it stand out.
12. Copy and paste image onto Photoshop and size into selected shape so that It doesn’t take
Up all of the space as an article is yet to be added on. Also keep space for the page number in
The corner.
13. Insert article from using the text tool. Change the first letter to a different colour
In this case I used the same colour as the masthead on the left hand corner.
For the final paragraph I found that the text was overlapping the image in the corner
So in order for the text to go around the image I had to press enter every time a word got close
To the image. This took up a lot of time but was very effective in the end.
14. For this grab quote I used Segoe Script and made the font bold. I used the same colour as
The mast head to make the page consistent making the page only consist of 4 colours; Black,
Blue, Light blue and pink.
15. Just like most magazine, I included the writer and photographer name besides the images.
To make it vertical I had to rotate the text with a curve tool. This was fairly early as most
Other programmes require the same needs to rotate a text.
16. Finally, copy and paste the stars from the contents page and place into both corners of the
pages.
Using the text tool type in the page numbers into the stars and select font colour to white.
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18. For my second draft I replaced the image as it was not the same colour as the other image
Beside it.
19. To edit this image I used Pixlr. I increased the colour as the lighting in the original image was
Dull and dark.
Editor's Notes
Using the line tool draw a line going in the middle of the page so that you know where the crease line I and stay between the page.
Select text tool and type in text then using the warp text tool select ‘fish eye’ and play around with the selections. I like this tool as it gives me many different effects which makes my magazine unique. It is also extremely simple to use as you can see the preview of the text every time you change an aspect by dragging the mouse left to right to increase the intensity of the effect.
