This document describes the steps taken to design a magazine contents page in Photoshop. It includes adding a main photo and applying filters to give it a "music vibe". A bold title is added to stand out as a page heading. A pull quote is used with the word "individual" in red to draw readers in. Copyright information and a photo caption are included to look more professional. A black box is added at 65% opacity for articles to stand out against. Page numbers are colored differently and article names bolded to appear conventional.

1. Producing the Contents

3. Adding the Main Photo
• Here I have placed the main photo into my Photoshop document. I
have used this photo because I believe it is the best photo I took of
her during the contents photo shoot.
• The photo has had certain filters applied. The first of these is a spot-
light. This is to give the photo more of a music vibe to it. This has
also put all of the attention on her because it’s where the source of
light is pointing. The second is added brightness and contrast to
make it appear a more natural photo.
• Below is the original photo.

5. Adding the Title
• Using the text tool I have added the title to
the page. I have made it big and bold so that it
stands out and is more noticeable on the
page. It appears to be a page heading
because of this. It is conventional of real
magazines (from my research) to do this with
their covers, so having mine big and bold looks
more conventional and professional of real
magazines.

7. Adding the Quote
• Using the text tool I have added a pull quote.
This creates a link between her and the article
for her on the contents page. I have made the
word ‘individual’ red because it is the most
powerful word in the quote. This draws the
audience into the word and want to know why
it’s being used, how it’s being used and they
are therefore more likely to read the article.

9. Copyright Information
• All of the contents pages I researched into had
a copyright notice at the bottom of the page.
To make my magazine more realistic and more
conventional I have added one to my cover so
that it looks more professional.

11. Photo Caption
• Most of the contents pages I researched into
had a caption on their photo(s) to link it with
an article listed. I have done this to not only
make it appear more conventional but to also
create a further link between my photo and
the articles that will soon be listed.

13. Black box
• This is based on The Source Contents page as I
thought it made a stronger, nicer looking
contents page so I have used this element in my
contents page.
• I have drawn a black box with the polygonal lasso
tool and used the paint bucket tool to fill it in
black on a new layer. I have then lowered the
layer opacity to 65% so that it is more
opactie, allowing the listed articles to stand out
more and the main photo to be seen.

17. Page and Article Information
• Using the text tool I have added in the article
information and page numbers of the contents. I have
done this because this is the function of a contents
page and if I didn’t have them on my contents page
then it would make the page useless.
• I have put page numbers in a different colour so that
they stand out. I have put the article names in bold as
this is what all the contents pages I researched into did
making my contents appear more conventional and
more realistic. For the same reason I have made article
information text smaller and not in bold.

18. Actual Page