1) The document discusses the process of designing a magazine, including choosing a color scheme for the cover and contents page, grouping photo numbers to stay with pictures, and using typography from the cover on other pages. 2) Before adding photos to the magazine, the student placed them in PowerPoint and changed their shape and edges to be blurry or smooth. 3) The background uses two layers of black, green, and yellow to represent the genre of the music magazine, and photos were cropped and backgrounds erased using selection and erasure tools.