This document summarizes what was learned from creating a front cover and contents page for a college magazine as a preliminary task. It discusses how the cover and contents page both use conventions from real media products like mastheads and dominant images, but also develop them in some ways, such as using different fonts, colors and layouts. The document also explains how software like Photoshop and Indesign were used to edit images, add effects, lay out pages and create the overall magazine design.