The document discusses the steps taken to design the front cover of a magazine. It describes choosing a large font in black to stand out on the white background, then adding a masthead from existing designs. An image was cropped to remove the background and allow choosing a plain color. A red, black and white color scheme was used for cover lines, with red to draw attention and black contrasting with white. Additional cover lines and details like price, issue number and date were added to complete the realistic magazine cover design.

1. The font that I used
was ethnocentric in
size 135 as I feelthis
should bethemost
eye catching part of
the front cover and
thereforeneeded to
be in a largesize. The
reason I chosethe
font and colour was
because I think it fits
in well with thegenre
ofindie rock and also
fits in wellwith the
style ofthe models in
the photograph I also
made it black
because it contrasted
with the white
background.
The next step to
producing my
magazinewas toadd
a masthead for this I
looked at thesheet
ofmastheads I had
already
experimented with
and choose mybest
one I then added this
onto Photoshop by
adding a textbox
which I thenchanged
the colour, font of
the text.
To crop my image I
used the quick
selection tool to
remove the parts of
the background I
didn’t want. The
reason I did this
was because I felt
the background
didn’t suit the
genre of magazine
therefore by
removing the
background I could
then chose which
colour/ background
I wanted. I feel that
a plain background
would suit my
magazine best.
The colour
schemeI chosefor
my cover lines was
black, whiteand
red. The main
cover linewas in
red this would
attractthe
reader’s attention
thereforeI
decidedto put
important other
cover lines in this
colour to attract
the reader.I then
put the ‘exclusive’
in black sothatit
would contrast
with the white
background.
The next step I
added all ofmy
coverlines. I
decidedto notput
a lot ofcoverlines
because I felt it
would over shadow
the imagealthough
I feel I have enough
for people to have
an insight into the
magazine.
Image Manipulation

2. To make surethat
my colour schemed
matchedI useda
tool calledtheeye
dropper tool. This
helps to makesure
I use the same
shade ofredon
each part and
thereforemake the
colour scheme
match.
To get the
text behind
the imageI
moved the
layer with
the image
above the
layer ofthe
text.
Finally for the last
step I added small
adjustments to my
magazine front cover
which I used photo-
shop to do. I decided
to place a barcode in
the bottom left
corner to make it
look like a realistic
magazine and I also
decided to add small
information such as
the price so people
would be able to see
the price before
purchasing.
I then added
the issue
number and
date so people
who will buy
the magazine
will know how
recent the
information is.