The document discusses placing a barcode on a magazine masthead. It describes how the author found space for the barcode by hiding it within the masthead's solid black blocks. The author inverted the barcode to make the lines and numbers white so they would stand out against the black background. Tools were used to make the barcode transparent and place it over the masthead, then smudge and blur it to better integrate it into the design.

2. The magazine would need
a barcode but I didn’t
want it to just be placed
at the bottom of the page
because there wouldn’t
be enough room and it
wouldn’t look right. I
found that I could use the
masthead ‘beat’ to hide it
in, because it has some
solid black blocks and it
wouldn’t look out of place
as it is broken and streaky.

3. This is the barcode which I
decided to use.
Because the barcode is in
black and white, I needed to
inverse it so that the main
lines and numbers were
white and would stand out
against the black masthead.
The inverse button was
found here.

4. Because the barcode
needed to be on a
black background, I
needed to make the
background of the
image transparent so
that I could easily
place it over the name
of the magazine.
This is the tool
which can make the
background or
parts of the image
transparent.

5. This is the original image,
there is already some lined
effect around the ‘T’ so I
chose to use this to be
replaced with the barcode.
I had to remove the lines
which were already in the
place of where I wanted to
get the barcode. I used the
patch tool to move them
away so that I could then
add mine.

6. I placed the barcode
where I wanted it on the
image

7. I then used the smudge
tool to drag the lines to
where I wanted them to
make them seem more
in place with the theme
of the masthead. Then I
blurred the edges so that
it was a bit less clear that
it had just been placed.

8. Because it still seemed a little out of place, I
changed the block around the ‘E’ in the same
way to make it fit more with what the general
design would be.
Original ‘E’ block