The document describes the steps taken to design the front cover of a music magazine in Adobe Photoshop. These steps include: 1) Creating a faded background color using the shaded fill tool. 2) Designing the title with large text in a specific font and style, and adding effects like drop shadow and an outline. 3) Importing and positioning the dominant image. 4) Creating additional text elements like a strap line listing bands and buzzwords using shapes and text. 5) Formatting coverlines with text, rectangles, and effects like drop shadow to make them stand out. 6) Adding another shaped element in the bottom right with "free" to draw attention

1. Harry-Stephen Weedall

2. I started by creating a
background by using
the shaded fill tool.
This allows me to
make a fade between
the colour I have
chosen for my
background into
white.

3. I designed my title by using
the text tool. I put the text
size at size 150pt and set
the style as ‘Engravers
MT.’ I added effects by
double clicking the layer
style. I added drop
shadow to bring the text
forward and add an
outline. I also added a red
rectangle to go around the
text to make the title stand
out to the target audience.

4. I inserted my dominant image by
saving the image in my files as
a J.PEG and then importing it
a dragging it over to my work.
I created a strap line my
creating a rectangle and then
putting text in, listing the
different bands which are
contained inside. I created a
shape in the top right and
used buzzwords to attract the
audience to the content of the
magazine. I chose the colour
yellow because many other
music magazines use it as it
goes well with the other
colours used.

5. I created my main coverline
and the rest of my
coverlines with text and
rectangles. I moved the
rectangles to the bottom of
my layers so that they were
sent to the back of my
coverlines to make my
coverlines stand out more.
On my main cover line I
used a quote from what Ben
had said. I used effects on
this quote like ‘drop
shadow’ to bring the quote
forward more.

6. As you can see in the bottom
right of my magazine front
cover, I have created another
shape with the shape tool, to
draw the audiences eyes
towards it, as it is presenting
‘free’ things in the magazine.
This is an example of a
buzzword which is used
commonly on front cover
magazines. My barcode
contains, the price of the
magazine, the date of release
and the issue number of the
magazine. This was all
created with the text tool,
pushed the text layer
forward so it is seen over the
barcode, by pulling the layer
further down on the right of
this screenshot.