The document describes the process of creating a magazine advertisement poster in Photoshop. It details opening a new document, importing an image, editing the image using adjustment layers and filters, adding text and shapes, and arranging the elements on the page. The finished poster features a model with text promoting an album release below, surrounded by a border and stars representing ratings.

1. Poster
Development Diary
I started the construction of my
Magazine Advertisement by
opening a new Photoshop
document, to do this I went to
File > New, this is when I set the
paper to International and the
size A4, the Width was 21.7cm
and the Height was 27.9cm.
Once I had
created the
new
document I then selected the picture
that I wanted to be the main Image
on the page, to do this I went to File
> Open. This is the picture
that I decided to use, once I
had it open I then edited it
using Levels (cmd+L) and
Curves (cmd+M). I then
wanted to edit the
picture using the technique
Soft Focus, to do this I first
duplicate the background
layer going to Layer >
Duplicate Layer. I then have
to use the lasso tool and go
around the model’s eyes
and mouth, I then inverse
the selection going to Select
> Inverse, once I had the
background selected I
added blur, to do this I went to Filter
> Blur > Gaussian Blur and turned
down the opacity so the model’s
skin looked smooth but not fake.

2. I then dragged the picture onto
the blank document using the
move tool, I then used Free
Transform to make the picture fit
better on the page. This is the
finished image. I then put a
boarder around the
document and also put
a box below the picture
that would be filled
with information on the album release, to
do this I used the line tool and set the width to
1cm. I then used the rectangle tool to put a
rectangle into the
space at the bottom of
the page, I then added
drop
shadow by
double
clicking on
the layer
with the
shape on it.
I then added
text to it
using the text tool I selected the font Didot as it
looks the most professional and as though it
would represent a big music company. I also
then added the text for the WHEATUS header, for this I used
Marker Felt to keep the house style the same for the digi-pack, I
changed the colour of each word by highlighting the letter and
selecting a colour. Using the same font I added the date up the
braces of the model, I used Edit > Transform > Rotate. I then
added stars to the box to represent how the album has been
rated, to do this I used the custom shape tool and selected
the star shape, holding the shift key down to make sure the
star stays in proportion. I then added the logo to the picture I
did this by pasting the picture onto the poster document and
using Free Transform to adjust the size of the logo.

3. I then used the line tool to draw a grid on
the page to make sure the picture was
following the rule of thirds. This is my
finished project, I am pleased with how this
turned out and if I was to do it again I don’t
think there is anything I would change, I like
the composition of the picture and how
everything sits on the document.