The document discusses the processes used to create a magazine cover. The creator used gradient overlays to mix signature colors with background images on the title and headline to make them stand out. Pictures from The Last of Us video game were used as the background to attract attention and convey the game's feel. Cracks were overlaid on reviews to match the background and add variety. However, not applying this technique to the double page spread makes the magazine look inconsistent, which could reduce appeal.

1. Production Reflection
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2. Process
• When creating my product I used many different processes to make many
different features for my product to make it more appealing and attractive. For
example when making my production I used the gradient tool to mix the signature
colour blue that symbolises my magazine company with a random colour that
matches the background image (in this case that colour is pink) you can see where
I have done this at the bottom of my magazine cover and at the top on the main
feature headline. I have done this because not only does my title and writing
stand out a lot more to catch peoples eyes as they walk by but I think it also helps
to make my work look more appealing and just different from other competitors.
To do this I went on my layers and double clicked on the layer I wanted to add the
gradient to. I then when on the layer style page and selected “Gradient overlay”
once I had done this I change the colours to the ones that I wanted and changed
the angle of the gradient to -33 so that it was in the direction I wanted.

3. • When making my magazine I added a picture from the game The Last Of US
as the background so that it not only helps get peoples attention and make
them more interested but so that the whoever sees it can already get an
idea from this one picture what the game will actually be like when played.
However this meant that when I would add something onto my magazine I
needed to make sure it matched the background so I imported a image of
some cracks and put them on top of the layer I wanted on. You can see
where I’ve done this at the bottom of my magazine where I have put the
reviews on the game. I have done this because not only does it make the
product more unique but it adds more of a variety of designs to my
magazine. This should hopefully cause more people to want to buy my
product and take a larger interest in it. However I haven’t done this for my
double page spread and I think this is a bad thing because it makes the two
peace's of my magazine look a lot different and this might make my
magazine look unappealing and off put the audience from my magazine
because of the contrasting colours. However when making my double page
spread I added different features to
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