The document describes the process of creating magazine layouts in Photoshop and Quark. It discusses selecting photos, editing photos to improve quality, designing magazine covers and interior pages with effective color schemes and positioning of images and text. Key steps included choosing focal points, using layers and text boxes, and adjusting font sizes and colors to make certain elements stand out. The goal was to design professional-looking magazine pages and covers that drew the viewer's eye to important information.

1. Technologies from the process of
constructing the product

2. For all the photos I took, I used a Canon 600D SLR. These were my photos from my
first attempt at a photo shoot to use for my three pages included in my magazine.

3. This was the start of my front cover using Photoshop. Here, I started with the font and the font colour and
positioning it and the writing. Then I added my photo in and added the main text to go over this. This was a medium
close up photo with a brick wall background, so I decided to use white and black colours so it’d stand out.
I started off with this photo and layout but then I chose to use a different photo so changed the layout slightly of my
front cover.
I chose to do a different photo because of the quality of the photo. I didn’t think this was good enough to be on a
front cover of a magazine and I had better work which I could use which would produce a better magazine front
cover.

4. These were the two first processes of my
contents page, here I began with the title and
added the photos in place of how I wanted
them. I began to add the pages and page
order at the side, using different layers and
text boxes to add a different colour for the
page number and different style of font for
the subheading and explanation.
I used a grey background with a white font so
that the font would stand out from the
background and contrast more from the
white background.
I then added a banner at the bottom with a
red background and white font so that it
stood out with an image of the front cover
at the bottom.
I decided I didn’t like this layout of the
contents page as I didn’t like the positioning
of the photographs and the space which
was left around the page. I then began to
create a different style of contents page
with a different layout.

5. I started to create a new contents page using a
different layout completely. I started with the
title and then added the photos in to see the
positioning of them. After this, I added the
pages in and the page numbers. I put this
down the left hand side with a red colour for
the page number and a bold part for the
subheading of the page.
I then finished off the amount of pages with a photo
at the bottom of it. I then added an editors note into
the bottom part of the page with a picture of this.
At this point, I was still unsure on the final positioning
of the bottom of the magazine.
This is the
stroke button
which I used
to go round
the picture so
it stood out
from the
main picture
on the page.
This is the
drop shadow
button, used
to go round
the outside of
the ‘contents’
title to make
it stand out
more and less
flat on the
page.

6. This is my final contents
page. I finally added the
grey box at the bottom
of the page and chose to
do an editors note and a
subscription at the
bottom right hand side.
The breakdown of the
page works well because
there is a few pictures
included in the contents
an and the colour
scheme works well
together, with the red
parts of the text standing
out for the important
information.

7. This is the start of my double page spread, here I began by opening the photo onto the page and then added the title in a white font
with a stroke on it. I didn’t like this photo as the font couldn’t be seen very well and so started it again with another photo.
Also, the contrast in her face was too high because of the lighting, so it wasn’t as good quality.

8. This was my second double page spread, here, I used a different photo which uses the rule of thirds so the focal point is
positioned on the right hand side of the two pages.
The colour theme works better here because the white stands out from the black background and the font can be seen
clearly. Also, I made a rectangle and changed the opacity so it was clearer and still stood out but the title also stood out
as the main focus.

9. This is my inserting my text using Quark. Here, I made textboxes which I then made link together and fit around the shape of the focal
point.
I also created a drop cap which each article uses. I then picked out a quote and made it bigger than the average font size and put it in
quote marks in red. This made it stand out and look more professional looking. From this, I learnt how to make the textboxes link
together and how to make the text box fit round the focal point so that the article was not covering it.

10. This is my final version of my double page spread. The columns are now further apart which makes the writing look
neater and easier to read. The red quote stands out from the background as well as from the other text in the article.
The rule of thirds in the picture, works well because the girl is positioned on the right side of the photo, with a high
contrast from the background which makes us drawn towards the focal point of the girl. The white title stands out from
the background as well and we are instantly drawn towards this text in the page. The subheading has a slight white
background with the opacity not 100%, this also makes the text stand out without overpowering the main heading.

11. These are my first few stages of my magazine
cover which I reproduced after selecting
another picture.
Firstly, I positioned the picture how I wanted it
and then created the title of the magazine. For
this, I made a red background with a white font
so that it stood out from the page and could be
seen clearly.
Then I created the main quote for the page
which was to be bold and in red as well so that
it stood out again too, I then added a slight
drop shadow to it so it wasn’t as flat on the
page. Then began adding the text which I
wanted on the page, and added in a barcode
and date with the price at the bottom right
hand corner.
After this, I then added a magazine website
address under the title. Then I added the rest of
the text in, in different layers and made
different size and different types of font, with a
change in bold and not. This was along the left
hand side of the picture and shaped around the
face slightly.

12. This is my final version of my magazine
front cover. Here, I added in a banner at
the top of the page, with the black
rectangle as the background and a white
font saying ‘world’s best selling
fortnightly pop magazine.’ With this
having a black background, the white
stands out from this with a contrast but
doesn’t draw us away from the red bold
text as the main feature and the red title
of the magazine.
The contrast from the black and white
portrait and the red is high which makes
the writing stand out but without
overpowering the photo.
The photo is a medium close up which I
edited slightly to create better contrasts
and make her eyes stand out more. This
draws us in more towards the photo,
and her hair stands out from the white
background which we can see slightly.
The portrait covers most of the page
which means there isn’t much areas
with white in.
I think the colour scheme works well
because it is simple but effective as the
contrasts are high.

13. This is my picture which I used for my front cover
page.
The image is in front of a white background and I
placed studio lighting at each side of the photo to
have this set up as a proper studio.
I had the camera on a manual focus with manual
setting and 1/50 as the exposure.
Then I changed the levels in this photo to create this
photo, this made the blackness contrast more from
the white plain background. I used liquify to
airbrush her, for this I made the eyes bigger using
the bloat tool. I also used the clone stamp tool top
get rid of any blemishes and spot which she had,
this gave it more of a professional quality to the
image and I was then able to use this on a magazine
cover.
This is my picture for double page spread.
Again, I used a manual focus but I used a 1/60
exposure to let more light in as it was darker in the
woods and there was more shadowing.
I then edited it using black and white then changed the
levels to make the black contrast more from the focal
point and the contrast higher. Again, I used the clone
stamp slightly and made the skin clearer.