The document describes the process taken to design and layout several pages for a magazine mock-up, including a double page spread, contents page, and front cover. Key steps involved setting page dimensions, adding backgrounds, inserting images and adjusting them, and placing and formatting text using various design tools. The goal was to create polished, professionally designed pages that followed magazine conventions.

1. Development Diary
Double Page Spread.
I started this by creating a new blank page, but instead of creating a page with a width
of 21 centimeters, I doubled it to create a page that was the size of 2 A4-sized pages. I
then used the line tool and created a black line down the middle of the
page to separate the two pages.
After I had created the actual page, I moved on to the background. For
one half of the page, I wanted to use the gradient tool, and for the
other, I wanted it to be red. To do this, I had to use the Marquee tool so
I could select a certain part of the page that I wanted to change, rather
than the whole page. I selected one half of the page, and
then used the gradient tool to give the background a
gradient effect. I then used the marquee tool again,
but on the other side of the page, and then used
the bucket tool to make it red.
Once I finished the backgrounds, I moved on to the
design and layout of the double page spread. I
added a red box using the rectangle tool on the left
side of my double page spread, which I
will later on add text in to. I added a
black line in the red text box to
separate the standfirst and byline from
the main article. I did this again on the
right half of the page, to separate the
two columns of text that when I put it in
later.
I added the title, byline, and standfirst to the page using the
text tool. I also used the eyedropper tool so that I had the
colours from my house theme. Once I did this, I moved on to
the images. I started off with a picture of my model that I took
in the studio. I used the magic wand and the eraser tool to
delete the background, so I could just have the subject of the
image on the double page spread. I also flipped the image, so
that the image overlapped the text box slightly, to make it look
like the image was interacting with the text. I moved on to the
second image, and started by cropping it so that I only had part
of it, because it would take up too much room. For
the final image on my double page
spread, I used the eraser tool to get rid of a teddy bear that my
model was holding, because it didn’t go with what I wanted the
artist I was going to write about in my article. I then made the
image brighter by changing the levels, and used the cloning
tool to recreate the model’s hand.
Once I had placed the pictures, I added the text for the main
article. I started off by creating a text box in the left hand
corner of the column and created the dropcap. I then added
another text box and pasted my article that I had written on
a word document. I also had to adjust the positioning of the
text to fit around the dropcap. Using the text tool again, I
added the pull quotes. I decided to place my pull-quotes so that

2. they overlapped the text and the image. I also
decided to make them stand out more, so i
made them white, and underlined them. Once I
placed them down, I had to alter the positioning
of the text again so that the text wasn’t
obstructed by the quote.
I then used the text tool again to add captions
to the images. I made them small and white
so they would not obstruct the picture, and
so that they would stand out.
The last thing I did to the page, was use the
rectangle tool to create a little box on
either side of the double page in the
corners, and add the page numbers using
the text tool, and then my double page
spread was completed.
Contents Page
The first thing I did to create my contents page was create
a new page with the dimensions of an A4 page. I used the
gradient tool to give the background a gradient effect. I used the
text tool to make the title of the page, and then the line tool to use
the magazine’s logo in the title.
I used the rectangle tool to use as a background for my editors
note, which I then added in using the text tool.

3. I took some different pictures for this page, because I noticed that in
other contents pages, the images never look similar, so I took some
photos in the day-time with my models on an urban-looking
background, and some at night so that the poses were still ‘natural’
rather than something in a studio, but with a different background.
For the first image that I put on the page, I cropped it because it was
too big for the place that I wanted to put it. I did the same thing to the
second image, because I felt like there was too much background in
the image, which distracted your eyes away from the people in the
image.
Once I had placed the images, I moved on to the contents of the
page. I did this by using the text tool and wrote what I had put on my
flat plan. Once I had put my contents in, I changed the colour of the
text to separate the contents and the page numbers. I then used the
text tool again to add captions to my images.
Lastly, I used the rectangle tool to create a box in the bottom right
corner of the page, and used the text tool to add the page number.
Front Cover
To start my front cover, I created a
blank page with the dimensions of an
A4 page, which is 21 Centimeters wide,
and 28 centimeters long. I used the text
tool and the line tool to create the logo
of the magazine, which is the
masthead. I then used the text
tool again to create the
strapline above the
masthead.
Before I added the remaining
straplines, I decided to add
the main image, because this
would affect where each
strapline was positioned. The
image that I took for the cover
was fairly basic, and I didn’t
think that it would look good
on the front cover, so I used the
paintbrush tool to make the
model in the image look like she is

4. wearing strange make-up, like some modern pop-singers do. I also used the text tool,
because I had the model hold her hair up in the picture, so that I could write something
there, so I put the name of the artist that I am featuring in the magazine, and then used
the smudge tool to make it look different. Once I had finished that, I used the magic
wand tool to erase the background, and dragged it on to my front cover.
The next thing I had to do to complete my Front Cover was add the straplines. I did this
by using the
text tool to write the strapline, and then use the rectangle tool to make certain parts of
the strapline stand out. I also changed the colour of certain
words to make them stand out first, and to make them seem
important.
When I finished the straplines, I added the bar code that I used
on the mock-up of my magazine, and then used the
text tool to add a price to my magazine,
which I placed above the barcode,
because this is where the price is usually
on other magazines.

5. wearing strange make-up, like some modern pop-singers do. I also used the text tool,
because I had the model hold her hair up in the picture, so that I could write something
there, so I put the name of the artist that I am featuring in the magazine, and then used
the smudge tool to make it look different. Once I had finished that, I used the magic
wand tool to erase the background, and dragged it on to my front cover.
The next thing I had to do to complete my Front Cover was add the straplines. I did this
by using the
text tool to write the strapline, and then use the rectangle tool to make certain parts of
the strapline stand out. I also changed the colour of certain
words to make them stand out first, and to make them seem
important.
When I finished the straplines, I added the bar code that I used
on the mock-up of my magazine, and then used the
text tool to add a price to my magazine,
which I placed above the barcode,
because this is where the price is usually
on other magazines.

6. wearing strange make-up, like some modern pop-singers do. I also used the text tool,
because I had the model hold her hair up in the picture, so that I could write something
there, so I put the name of the artist that I am featuring in the magazine, and then used
the smudge tool to make it look different. Once I had finished that, I used the magic
wand tool to erase the background, and dragged it on to my front cover.
The next thing I had to do to complete my Front Cover was add the straplines. I did this
by using the
text tool to write the strapline, and then use the rectangle tool to make certain parts of
the strapline stand out. I also changed the colour of certain
words to make them stand out first, and to make them seem
important.
When I finished the straplines, I added the bar code that I used
on the mock-up of my magazine, and then used the
text tool to add a price to my magazine,
which I placed above the barcode,
because this is where the price is usually
on other magazines.

7. wearing strange make-up, like some modern pop-singers do. I also used the text tool,
because I had the model hold her hair up in the picture, so that I could write something
there, so I put the name of the artist that I am featuring in the magazine, and then used
the smudge tool to make it look different. Once I had finished that, I used the magic
wand tool to erase the background, and dragged it on to my front cover.
The next thing I had to do to complete my Front Cover was add the straplines. I did this
by using the
text tool to write the strapline, and then use the rectangle tool to make certain parts of
the strapline stand out. I also changed the colour of certain
words to make them stand out first, and to make them seem
important.
When I finished the straplines, I added the bar code that I used
on the mock-up of my magazine, and then used the
text tool to add a price to my magazine,
which I placed above the barcode,
because this is where the price is usually
on other magazines.