The document describes the process of creating a magazine contents page in Photoshop. It involves adding backgrounds, images, text, and effects to various elements on the page. Pictures of bands are included along with band names and page numbers they can be found on. Additional sections include a subscription offer, band list, and BRITS 2015 logo. More content is added such as page numbers, artist/band names and brief descriptions. The process finishes by highlighting the main cover story focus of Rosie McCarthy and including her photo.

1. Before and After Photoshop
Screenshot evidence
Contents Page

2. • I began with a transparent A4 page on
Photoshop CS3. I then added a white
background, and then I added a grey
colour overlay.

3. • I added a grey lighter grey background on a
new layer so the Q (for Quaint) and the
contents masthead would stand out more.

4. • I then added a new layer and put
multi coloured dots which I lowered
the opacity of to 40% and put a glow
around them. I then added a
‘Featuring…’ subtitle and my first
band picture of Kasabian.

5. • I then added text over the top of the Kasabian gig
picture saying ‘Kasabian in concert, photos,
reviews and interviews’ and the page number it
could be found on. I then also added my second
gig picture of The Maccabees.

6. • I again added text over the top of
my Maccabees gig picture of their
name and the page number they
can be found on. Then I added a
third picture of Bastille.

7. • Again I added Bastille’s name
to their picture and a page
number. I then added a forth
picture of Florence and The
Machine in concert and the
Ricoh Arena.

8. • I added text of Florences’s name and
band over the top of her picture and a
page number. I then added the fifth
picture of John Newman at V festival
2013 that I took also.

9. • Again I added John Newman text
over his picture and a page number.
I then added the 6th and final
picture of Two Door Cinema Club.

10. • I similarly added Two Door Cinema
Club’s name and the page number on
which they can be found. In the third
screenshot I began a different section
of my contents page, adding a pink
glow for my subscription box.

11. • I added a white circle/stamp with a black rim,
then I added a grey background for the
subscribe title. The word subscribe has been
edited using a drop and inner shadow effect.

12. • I added a black ground to make the screenshot of
my front cover stand out more. As well as this I
added earphones to use a visual image of what
could be won by subscribing for Quaint magazine
and a black dot to put writing it. In the second
and third shots I added my cover page screenshot
to the subscribe circle.

13. • I then added writing to the little black circle saying;
‘Turn to page 117 for more information’ and text
under the cover page screenshot, where it says
‘Subscribe to Q and get free Jays earphones’. In the
final screenshot I added black rectangular shape to
use as a background, which I faded the opacity of
slightly so I could add similar colour text and it still
stand out effectively.

14. • I gave the black box a title to show
what it was clearly. ‘Band List.’. I
then began adding band names to
make up the list.

15. • I continued adding more band
names to make up the list, such as;
ACDC, The Coral, Nirvana and The
Smiths.

16. • I continued adding more band
names. These were made up if; Swim
Deep, Peace and The Twang.

17. • I added my final band name to the band list box;
‘The Drums’ and then left of it I added a blue
faded out (Lowered opacity) glow to be the
background for my BRITS 2015 logo. The third
screenshot shows the construction of the logo.

18. • The construction of the BRITS 2015 logo
is still ongoing. With different lines
beings added and freely transformed to
face the correct way/be on the right
angle.

19. • Construction is still ongoing. I then began
adding the red sections of the Union Jack flag
to the logo, and in the final screen shot I
added the ‘BRITS 2015’ heading to finish it
off.

20. • I now began adding page numbers on my contents page so I
can give the readers information of where to find
pages/articles related to certain bands and so on. I also added
the first band name and a bit of information on what can be
found in the article. In this case the additional information
states the setting of the band Royal Blood as it is made up of
Two men Two instruments then making one gigantic noise.

21. • I continued adding more page numbers
and names of artists/bands and what you
could find on the pages dedicated to them.
For example; Ed Sheeran reviewed his new
album ‘X’.

22. • I continued adding more page numbers and names
of artists/bands and what you could find on the
pages dedicated to them. For example; Sam Smith
about his participation in MTV’s Music Video
Awards. When constructing the MTV logo I used
separate layers for the ‘M’ and the ‘TV’s’.

23. • I continued adding more page numbers and
names of artists/bands and what you could
find on the pages dedicated to them. For
example; The Charlatans.

24. • I continued adding more page numbers and
names of artists/bands and what you could
find on the pages dedicated to them. For
example; Elbow.

25. • I continued adding more page numbers and names of
artists/bands and what you could find on the pages
dedicated to them. For example; Elbow. I also added
Elbow’s album cover, as their article focuses of that
album; ‘The Take Off and Landing Of Everything’.

26. • I continued adding more page numbers and
names of artists/bands and what you could find
on the pages dedicated to them. For example;
Paolo Nutini and his favourite album track (‘Iron
Sky’)

27. • I continued adding more page numbers and names of
artists/bands and what you could find on the pages
dedicated to them. For example; Jamie T and how
‘Rock City Nottingham- best gig of ALL TIME’. I added
emphasis on the ‘ALL TIME’ by capitalising and
underlining it so it captures people attention.

28. • I added an image of Nottingham’s Rock City venue
give readers a visual understand/image of where and
what Rock City is and why it was the ‘best gig of ALL
TIME’. Continued also to add more page numbers and
bands names; The Black Keys.

29. • I continued adding more page numbers and
names of artists/bands and what you could
find on the pages dedicated to them. For
example; The Enemy, on page 70.

30. • I continued adding more page numbers and names of
artists/bands and what you could find on the pages
dedicated to them. For example; How Coventry will
always be home for The Enemy boys. I also added a
‘Editors Nome’ heading and a black glow so the white
text will stand out more over the top of it.

31. • I added the editors note which was all about Rosie McCarthy. The main focus of
Quaint’s 23rd issue and main cover feature and how she is 21 and absolutely
fabulous and has already collaborated with Lana Del Rey and Florence and the
machine.
• I also put ‘Mollie x’ to sign off the editors note to make it seem more personal to
the readers (directly addressed to them). This makes them wish to continue
reading the issue then.

32. • Next, I added Rosie McCarthy’s name to show that see
was still the main focus of Quaint’s magazine 23rd issue
regardless of the other bands and artists mentioned. I
then added a polaroid template which in the third
screenshot I covered over with a picture I took of Rosie
(my model).

33. • I then added the same polaroid but smaller to the
right hand side of the main polaroid. I again replaced
the template image with a picture of my model, Rosie
McCarthy.

34. • Again, I added more of the same polaroid but smaller
to the right hand side of the main polaroid. I again
replaced the template image with a picture of my
model, Rosie McCarthy.

35. • Finally, I added text to the left had side of the polaroid’s.
This said; ‘Turn to page 34 to read about Rosie’s BRIT
success and life on the road’. There to instruct people of
exactly where they have to go to read the main article
and focus of the entire magazines issue. I finished off
also by adding the page number where the article can
be found, and this corresponds with the number which
is on my double page spread aswell.