The document summarizes the steps taken to design the front cover of a music magazine in Photoshop. It describes making a blue gradient background, adding a black and white image following the rule of thirds, positioning the masthead and date behind the image, adding the main cover line in red with effects to make it stand out, creating boxes for additional text like "EXCLUSIVE", and finishing with separating shorter cover lines using lines and emphasizing the last one with italics.

2. Here is the final out come of my music magazine’s front cover in Photoshop.

3. To start, I made my background into a blue fade
using the gradient tool. I used the colour blue
because it is a very cool colour and is a nice base to
work on.

4. The next step I took was placing my chosen image where I
wanted it to sit. Before I had placed the image onto the
page I had edited it to make it black and white with grain to
make sure it fitted nicely with the blue behind it. I cropped
the image with the rule of thirds in mind and made sure to
not overpower the page with the image.

5. After I was happy with the positioning of the image I went
and placed in the masthead. I situated it behind the girls
head so it didn’t cut off the top of her head and was still
readable.

6. I then went and placed the date and issue number on
the ‘F’, deeming it a suitable place for it to sit.

7. Next, I wrote over the image for my main coverline ‘Two Brass Shoes’. I wrote
this in red so it would stand out against the black and white on the page and
contrast with the blue in the background. To make the text seem a little less flat
I went and added a drop shadow and a white stroke, making it bolder and more
noticeable than before.

8. I made a small rectangle box, placed it above the main cover line,
rotated it and reduced its opacity so the image behind it could still be
visible. I then got the text tool and wrote ‘EXCLUSIVE’ to place in the
new box I had created.

9. Going back to the box tool I made another rectangle box under
the coverline and spread it across the page. I filled this one in
black to make it bold and contrast with the text that I was going
to place over the top of it.

10. Once I was happy with the new box I had created, I went back to the type
tool and wrote a little summary of what the article mentioned was
about, then placing it over the black box.

11. After I was satisfied with my main coverline and all the things surrounding it I
moved on to the other coverlines that I was going to use on my front cover. I
used small black lines to separate the individual coverlines and show that they
were separate articles. I made the font italic for the last cover line to show that
it is of more importance than the others that it was situated alongside it.