The document describes the process of designing a magazine cover in Photoshop. Key steps included cropping and editing a photo, adding text elements like the masthead, cover lines, and artist name. Colors and effects were adjusted to improve visual elements. The photo and graphic elements were manipulated and replaced as needed. Feedback was incorporated through changes to text sizing, positioning of elements, and addition of graphics. The final cover was refined for cohesion of design elements and realistic magazine details.

1. To begin with I dragged my photo onto photoshop to begin
creating my cover.

2. I then pasted in my masthead, cropped the white background out and
added some different blending options. These options make the
masthead look more 3D so it stands out more.

3. I then added some cover lines which were the names of different
bands in the alternative rock genre.

4. Following this I changed the colour to that which is common in a
rock magazine and added some blending options to make the
writing pop.

5. Next I made the coverlines unseen so I could edit the image. I
manipulated the photo by changing the lighting making the
background whiter in comparison to the original grey it was.

6. Eventually I decided that the photo that I had selected didn’t work
as well as I thought it would so I replaced it for another.

7. I then brought my coverlines back in a grey because the colours that I
used earlier didn’t look right. I also copied and pasted bits of my
image to make it appear as if it was larger than it is covering the page.

8. From here I then cut down he amount of band names featured as I
had too many and it made the cover look too crowded.

9. I then went on to type the cover lines out as individual lines and not
a clumped text as they were before.

10. I then lined them up making them look neater and more
sophisticated.

11. I created a graphic at the top then used a smudge tool to make it
look rough.

12. Further from this I added different blending options to make it
look better and look less flat.

13. Following this I removed the graphic because it looked rubbish
then replaced it with text then went on to add my anchor which is
the artists name making it clear who the cover image is. Also I
added a barcode.

14. Next I adjusted the image position, added a pullquote and also a puff.
I also added some colour in the form of red text.

15. Following on from feedback I shortened my cover lines and made my
masthead larger. I added a graphic behind the pullquote and changed
its font too. Also I changed the font for 10 and made it smaller.

16. I then changed the graphic colour to make the pullquote more
readable.

17. .
Here I began to move my text into better places also changed the pull
quote colour. As well as doing this I added a yellow graphic filled with
text typical of an alternative rock magazine. I also changed the artists
hair colour.

18. To make the magazine seem more realistic I used a graphic to
elongate the barcode then typed a price in. I know from my market
research that this price is not too expensive.

19. Next I moved the barcode positioning to the bottom left corner
where there was more space.

20. To finish off I changed part of my anchor to a yellow colour
matching the graphic on the cover. This makes the cover flow better
as there is not a random looking, unmatched yellow graphic
anymore.