The document describes how the author used InDesign and Photoshop to create a magazine. Some of the key steps included: 1) Opening Photoshop and InDesign to add photographs to the cover by dragging and dropping images and scaling them. 2) Using tools to add and format text, including changing font sizes and colors. 3) Placing photographs into InDesign spreads from files and merging images to create effects like polaroids. 4) Adding captions in a consistent vintage font to accompany photographs.

1. How I have used InDesign
and Photoshop
Brighton On The Beach Magazine

2. Adding photographs to my
front cover
I opened up Photoshop,
chose my page size and
clicked on ‘File’ in which I
clicked on the option to
‘Open’ another file.
I opened up my image, then dragged and dropped it onto my
cover page. I then pressed ‘Ctrl’ and ‘T’ to scale the
photograph, whilst holding ‘Shift’.

3. Adding colour to Text
I highlighted which word I wanted, and then
clicked the colour swatch tool and selected
exactly which shade I wanted in order to
change the colour.
Adding Text
I have added text for my
cover lines and chosen
the font from this drop
down box. I have
highlighted the piece of
text I wanted to change
and then made the
selection.

4. Adding Text
I have used the Type tool
to add some writing to
my double page spread. I
drew a text box, made it
into an appropriate size,
chose my font and typed
my article. I feel that it
works well as it is in a
typewriter style of font
which will be easy to read
and be seen

5. Adding more Text
I have used the paragraph tool in order
to change the size of the first word in
my article. This stands out a lot, as I
wanted to make it look professional as
many real magazines use this kind of
stylistic feature.
I then clicked on the size arrows in order to make the initial
of the word bigger or smaller, until I found the right size for this
piece of text. I then made sure that everything was up to date and
in line. I re-read and checked what I had typed for grammatical and
spelling errors.

6. I have added some captions in
order to give the prices and
information n about some of
vintage pieces featured in my
photographs.
I have chosen the same vintage
font for each picture. I did this
to keep it consistent and so
that all of the fonts match each
other. I will be using the font
‘Mv Boli’ as it is the most
sketchy font that I came across,
it is in a handwritten style
which looks the most
authentic.
Adding captions

7. Adding photographs
I have used the ‘Place’
option on the ‘File’ drop
down menu and opened
up the folder with all my
photographs stored in. I
have then selected which
photographs that I need
to display on my
magazine, and dropped
them into InDesign.
Merging photographs
I have then selected both
components that will be
combining together in
order to make the
Polaroid, right hand
clicked and selected
‘group’ to merge the two
pieces together.

8. Photos
Here I have figured out to
make photographs smaller,
bigger, how to rotate and crop
them in this software.
I have overlapped photos to
make a layered effect, by
arranging them and using the
‘send to back option’.
I have made sure they are the
right size, and so they look
good on my double page
spread.

9. Adding photographs to contents
I have gone to ‘file’ and ‘open’,
found my images and then
inserted them onto on the page
by dragging them. I then added
boarders around the images to
make them stand out more and
make them look professional.

10. Adding text
I added text by using the ‘text’
tool on the left hand side
toolbar. I then typed my
contents, and then added page
numbers corresponding to the
pictures.
Adding page numbers
I then added some page
numbers in order to make it look
as close to a contents page as it
can get.

11. Adding colour to text
I have added colour to these
pieces of text in order to make
them stand out from the page,
and so that the page isn’t so
boring overall.
I have highlighted which words I
want to change the colour of
and then chose black, blue and
red.