Nathan Tugwell describes the steps taken to edit an image and design magazine pages. He cut out the background of an image using the pen tool and adjusted the brightness and contrast to darken it. Rectangles and the magic wand tool were used to create boxes around text. Stars were added to the masthead using a downloaded brush. Drop shadows and strokes were applied to boxes to make the text stand out on the pages. Rectangles and red text on a white background were also used to make elements pop visually.

1. Nathan Tugwell

2. I cut the background of the image out using the pen tool, I did
this because the background didn't go with my style of
magazine. I also made the image look darker as the image was
very bright, I did this by selecting image option and changing
the brightness and contrast

3. To create the boxes round the text I used the rectangle tool to draw these
round the text. To create the effect for “exclusive interview with the boys”
I cut out the white fill on the text using the Magic wand tool
I also added a drop shadow on the box I did this by selecting the layer
and changing the blending option and adding a drop shadow that would
make the text look effective

4. I added star shapes into my masthead, I did this by selecting the
brush tool, I had downloaded a special brush to look like stars. I
changed the colour of the stars to match my house style so that they
look part of the magazine

5. On the boxes behind the texts I used a drop shadow and a
stroke to make it stand out, I did this by selecting the shape
that I wanted to put these features on and went on blending
options and added each of the features to the boxes

6. I used Rectangles to create my boxes so that they would stand out from all
of the other shapes. I also used red text on the white background as it would
make the text stand out.