The document outlines the 10 step process for designing the cover of a music magazine called "Music Of 2010". 1) The background was changed to black and a pop style masthead font was added from DaFont. 2) A curve was added in the corner to hold the full magazine name in a harder font. 3) Various colors were used to cover the text and curve with a clipping mask for a pop and grimy look.

1. MO2010 Music Of 2010 Screen Shots Front Cover

2. Step 1 To start with, I changed the colour of the background to black, this will be part of the house style throughout my magazine.

3. Step 2 This masthead is from daFont, the style is very pop. It is the main font of the magazine and is used on my 2 nd contents page and as a standfirst on my double page spread.

4. Step 3 Then I added a curve in the corner of my magazine to hold the full name of my magazine. The font of this text is a lot harder than the masthead.

5. Step 4 I then used various colours of one brush to cover the text and curve with clipping mask. This makes it seem a lot more pop, but it also seems to be a bit grimy, which matches the purpose of my magazine.

6. Step 5 Now I have changed the style of the masthead using a red to black gradient, it gives it a very good look.

7. Step 6 Then I added a cracks in the masthead’s O’s to make them seem like a broken record. This helps to give the magazine an indie style (harder but not rock.) I also added a bit at the bottom for cover lines, the spikes also provide the look that this magazine is harder than a pop magazine.

8. Step 7 On this step I added the font style for the magazine, the orange goes well against the black background, it also goes very well against the red at the bottom. The orange rectangles separate the cover lines. The barcode shows the price and date of the magazine. It also shows the web link of my magazine.

9. Step 8 Then I added an image I cut out with the magnetic lasso tool, the image relates to the pull quote as the picture is a top down pic.

10. Step 9 Then I added a blue gradient just to make my magazine look better. It is also the same as the font gradient used on my first contents page.

11. Step 10 This is my completed magazine. On this slide I have added a flash and slogan. The flash is similar to the box holding the cover lines. The slogan is the same style as my masthead, but the font is the same as the orange text.