The process of my music magazine contents page.

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After opening Photoshop,
I opened a new page and
selected the international
paper type. I then inserted
the first letter of the
masthead of the magazine
in order to keep the
continuity throughout the
magazine. I placed it at
the top left corner being a
small size.
I then inserted a new layer
to create the masthead. I
added another layer,
changed the colour from
black to yellow as well as
the outline of the text
into the same colour as
the colour of the
masthead. I then slanted
the text which makes it
more appealing to the age
group.
I added another text to be
placed under the masthead
as part of it. I made the
colour into the same colour
as the masthead icon and
resized it into a smaller size
than the masthead. I also
changed the font of the
text in order to make it
look more unique.

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After creating the look, I
decided that I didn’t like
the font of the masthead
of the contents page.
Therefore, I re-typed the
text and changed the font
of the text into yellow
again. This was better.
I then thought that
instead of leaving the
masthead as the text it
includes, I should change
it into ‘what’s inside’ with
the same font and resize it
into an appropriate size
that it would fit into the
space. The font makes the
magazine makes it more
appealing and girly than if
I kept the previous font.
Using the select tool I
selected the inner gap of
the letters and filled them
in with the same colour as
the masthead icon.

3. I then resized the icon at
the top left corner and
then filled the hole in
yellow as to look like it
continues through the
icon. At this point I also
added a rectangular shape
to go behind the
masthead of the contents
page. I filled the shape
with the same but a
different colour tone, a bit
lighter than the logo icon.
Having to place an image on the
contents page I began with opening a
photograph I took on Photoshop in
order to edit the background of the
image. I used quick select tool to fill in
the colour of the background to make it
easier to remove the background which
I successfully did. But the background
remained for one of the section which
was the arm. The choice of selecting
this image out of the all images, is
because as her hands are on her hips it
puts forward a feminine act.
I then removed the
background in the gap and
then inserted the new
version of the image onto
the contents page. I
resized and positioned it
where appropriate. I
positioned it at the center
of the page as it would
directly attract the
audience that are young.

4. I went carefully round the hair
again in order to make the edges
look smooth and natural which I
therefore used a mixture of tool,
which were clone tool, polygon
lasso tool and smoothened it up.
I used the same tools where
there was hardness. Here I also
added a feature story and
positioned it below her arm
across her body which makes it
subjective to her. i edited the text
by double clicking on the layer
and changed the colour into the
same colour as her top and the
style of the text, after that I
changed the font.
I continued to change the style of
the text by making the outline of
the text darker.
After I added the text, I looked at the piece
I created so far and I hadn't liked the image
I used therefore, I opened another page on
Photoshop and selected a different image
of the same girl: as shown on the left. I
then placed the text on top of the image
and resized it accordingly. I remained the
image at the center of the magazine, in
order to grab the interest of the audience.
At this stage I also, rotated the second
section of the text of the feature story as it
gives a different affect to the magazine. It
makes it look more funky and teenage like.

5. I then added a secondary image
as it is conventional to have as
much images as possible. This is
because the audience is aimed at
younger audience, they would
prefer visual context instead of
writing. I placed the image at the
top left corner below the section
of the masthead and resized it
into a smaller frame.
I zoomed in into the image and
using the quick select tool I
selected the dull background and
filled the colour into a bright pink
colour, in order to create a link
throughout the magazine. I then
rotated the image to the left.

6. I then added another secondary
image and then saved this
version.

7. I then added a selfie of myself as
part of the editors comment and
then added text beside the
image. I added a few text layers
in order to place it around the
image. I changed the font into a
girly type. At first I was going to
use the font type below my selfie
but I realized it wouldn’t be
appropriate.
I deleted the text below the
selfie and then made all the text
the same font, size and colour
and then positioned it around
the selfie.

8. This is the screenshot of what I
have done up to now.
At this stage I changed the colour
of the text.

9. Here, I added the page number
and placed it at the bottom right
corner of the page. I then made
the colour into the same colour
as the colour of the top of the
main image. I then added an
outline to the text using outer
glow and drop shadow in order
for the page number to stand out
and show that it is the page
number of the page. The colour I
used as the outline noise shadow
is brighter and softer than the fill
colour of the text. The effect
makes the text look lively and
conventional towards pop
magazine. I also increased the
noise levels of the outline and.
I added the satin effect to the
page number making it look
effective by being lively and
Just beside it.
I added another text just beside
the page number and used the
same effect as the page number.
The text was the website address
of the magazine. So that it is
made available for those that
prefer it online. It also allows the
magazine to widen the audience
as it is more accessible. I decided
that I was going to add the
website address on each page at
beside the page number in order
to remind the audience about
the accessible link.

10. I then resized and relocated the
text to a better appropriate size
and position of the page. I placed
it mid-length beside the page
number. This was the stage of
what I got up to so far.
I added another text with the
same text and then edited it by
double clicking on the layer and
used outer glow to add effect to
the text and make it more
appealing to wards both the
genre and the audience.

11. Here I edited the text I previously
created and then as shown
below I moved it to where the
previous text was.
After placing the text onto the
image, I added another text and
then used the same effect with
the previous text to replace it
with the previous text I had
created.

12. Thereafter, I thought of adding
the girl’s name on the feature
as part of the story so I put
together the text ‘I’m a girl, I
gossip!’ and ‘And so what’
which allowed more space for
me to place the name of the
girl.
Here, I added a new next which
was the name of the girl. After
inserting the text I, deselected
the layer and then double clicked
on the layer to add effects to the
text, which I did using stroke and
outer glow. The colours I used for
both effects where different but
matched the colour scheme of
the magazine. for the stroke I
used yellow and the outer glow I
used a grey tone. I filled in the
text with pink same colour as the
other text on this feature.

13. Here, I rotated the same text to
the left because it makes it look
more funky and attractive to the
audience. I then selected the
speech text to place on the
feature story. I edited the speech
marks using stroke which I did in
yellow. I then selected the
heading of the page and then
added the stroke effect and used
the darker but lighter pink tone.

14. I then selected the text ‘THIS
MONTH’ and added the
stroke effect using a bright
blue colour. Which makes it
more appealing to the target
audience as it is bright.
Here, I resized my selfie and
nudged it to free it from the
overlapping.

15. I then transformed the text to
make it smaller than the number
text
Here, I selected the text ‘THIS
MONTH’ and made it smaller and
then re-positioned it overlapping
slightly the heading. After that I
placed it behind the main image
of the page.

16. I then selected the feature story
on top of the main image and
resized it into a smaller size. I
then selected the speech marks
and resized them to math the
size of the feature story
appropriately.
After resizing I looked at the page
and then decided that I didn’t
like the photograph being at the
center of the page as there are
other important things to
include. Therefore, I selected the
main image and then moved it
across to the bottom right corner
of the page as well as the feature
story. I then moved the page
number and the website address
to the right and slightly resized it.

17. I then selected the
speech marks and her
name and positioned it
on top of the bottom
part of the image.
I also resized the website
address and relocated the
page number.

18. Again, after making
those changes I realized
I didn’t like the location
of the image so I
duplicated the image
and then flipped the
image and located it on
the right.
At this stage, I decided
to use the image on the
left above and place it
on the left.

19. After deciding on the
location of the image I
changed by thought
and used the version
on the right. I made
the text suitable for
the image and resized
some of the text.
Again, after making
those changes I
realized I didn’t like the
location of the image
so I duplicated the
image and then flipped
the image and located
it on the right. I placed
the text suitably on top
of the image on the
left. Again I resized
each text of the
caption for the image
by the transform
controls

20. I added the front cover
of the magazine I
created and slanted it
to the left because it is
part of the pop
convention of most
magazine such as ‘I <3
pop’
After inserting the front
cover I went back to
writing the editors
comment which I
needed to finish.

21. After finishing editors
comment I moved the
text alongside with the
image to the right and
the front cover to the
left.
I moved the text ‘THIS
MONTH’ upwards to
allow more space for
the editors comment
section, which also
allowed the text to look
part of the masthead of
the contents page.

22. I then slightly rotated
the masthead to the
left as it looks more
conventional to the
genre of pop.
I then made the text
size of the editors
comment larger and
resized it for better
positioning.
Then, focusing on the
front cover added an
arrow in order to show
the page numbers of
the feature story. I also
added text for the page
number of the feature
story. By double clicking
on the layer I added the
stroke effect using a
green tone colour and
then filled the text in a
pink tone colour

23. Going back to the
arrow I used the stroke
effect to add colour to
the text, which I used a
pink tone and
I then created
another arrow and
placed the text
below the arrow to
show the page
number of the
feature story.

24. I then adjusted the
shape using warp
tool and changed
the position of the
shape in order to
make it look
appealing to the
target audience.
I then positioned it
at the side of the
front cover
magazine to show
the page number of
the feature story.

25. I then turned the
shape around and
positioned it suitably
so that it was in
slight touch to the
number and feature
story.
I didn’t like look of it
so I changed it once
more again. Do I
turned it round and
repositioned it.

26. After that I
made some
more of the
arrows as to
express the page
number of the
feature story. I
rotated them
differently in
different angles.
Here I also from
the editors
comment made
the word ‘free’,
bold in cap locks
and larger than the rest of the text with more space to it, which allows
it to stand out and grab the audience’s attention that are teenagers as
they favour free things than having to pay.
I resized the
text several
time in order to
gain the
appropriate size
to the space
available.

27. At this stage I
added more
page numbers
to show direct
page numbers
of the feature
story.
Alongside with
that I also had
to change the
shapes as to
match the
shape and text
appropriately together. I also considered the image on the bottom left
and inserted another page number for that. I added the text and then
rotated it to a slant.
I continued to
add page
numbers for
the feature
stories. I
removed the
page number
of the image
on the bottom
left hand side
as I was going
to start again.

28. I finished doing the
page numbers and
placing the shapes for
the front cover feature
stories. So, I started
again doing the page
number for the image. I
inserted the text and
wrote number ’30’. I
went through number
of process. I rotated
the number and resized
it.
On the same text I
amended the look of
the number and
changed the outline
colour into red and the
fill colour into white
but kept the position
the same.

29. I then finished
adding the page
numbers and
shapes for the
feature stories and
moved onto other
feature stories
which I presented
at the bottom of
the page in
columns.
I added text to one
of the numbers
showing what the
feature story will be
about. To do this
looking at existing
examples I realized
that I had to resize
the text to fit it in
with the size of the
number.

30. I continued to add feature
stories and resized them
into suitable size. I then
added an image I took and
placed it on the bottom
right. I did this because as
it is a girls music magazine
it would be conventional to
boys included. His facial
expressions make it
appropriate for the
magazine audience.
After inserting the image
I added a circle shape. I
changed the fill colour
into purple and used
drop shadow option
using the linear burn of
blending mode, so that it
looked more appealing
and attractive.
I then made more
amendments to the
shape in order to make it
more appealing. This
time selecting the drop
shadow and using the
quality I changed the
contour of the image
which made it look
slightly darker in the
outside of the image.

31. Looking at the image I
inserted, I realised that
there were white
patches around his hair.
Therefore I zoomed in
into the certain part and
using the clone tool I
covered the white
patches.
After that was fulfiled I
realized looking at the
version there were white
patches around his
beard. Therefore, I
zoomed in again and
using the clone tool I
covered the patches.
This was the final look of
the image after making
the adjustments.

32. I then zoomed out of the
image after making the
amendments and continued to
make further progress. I then
moved on to making the
feature stories. I added text
added then wrote the text in. I
then changed the font colour
of the text. I also changed the
colour of the feature story
page numbers. I formed a
pattern so that the colour of
the numbers were not the
same, matching the genre of
the magazine
I continued to add
feature stories and
change the colours of
each text and feature
story number.
I added text to type in the
sub heading of the feature
stories in columns. After
typing the text, I double
clicked on the layer on the
layer bar and added the
stroke effect and adjusted
the level of it. I made the
colour of the stroke into pink
and the fill colour into bright
blue. I finally placed it above
the feature story columns

33. I enlarged the sub
heading and fitted into
appropriate size.
This is the look so far.

34. I added another text to
add a feature story and
then after adding the
text I changed the colour.
I changed the size of the
text to fit it appropriately
on to the area.
Here I made the website
text larger in order to
make it seeable.

35. I added more feature
stories and made it fit
to size that was
available. To do this I
used the transform
options given around
the text. After that I
changed the colour into
the order of the
pattern.
Looking at the overall
cover so far I noticed
that I should make the
circle large and suitable
in size and appropriate
for the image layered
onto. I did this by the use
of the swap mode. I used
the transformation
points and changed the
shape.

36. I continued to add
feature stories and as I
did I changed the size
and the colour of the
text.
Adding more feature
stories I continued to
change the colour and
the size.

37. Here I transformed the
size of the page number
make it smaller so that I
could fit the feature
story.
So far this is what I have done

38. At this point, I
added another
shape to place
behind the first
word of the
masthead. I did
this because it
looks more
attractive and
conventional with
the use of colours
and the layout.
I then added
another shape on
top of the previous
shape I created. I
adjusted the form
of the shape by
using the warp
mode.

39. After creating the shape I
tried new layers on the
shape such as colour
bridge. Using the
transform points I
rotated the shape to a
slant. I used bevel and
embass, stroke and drop
shadow to create a
different look. I also
added text inside the
shape.

40. Here I tried to change
the form of the shape,
which I did this by the
use of warp mode. This
allows me to adjust the
shape from different
points of the shape.
Here I made more
developments of the shape
overall. This time I made
adjustments to the text
inside the shape. I added
colour to the text by
double clicking on the
layer, selected stroke and
then adjusted the level of
the stroke. I changed the
stroke colour into pink
tone, which works very
well with purple
background. This is
conventional to pop music
magazine.

41. I selected the layer,
which was the shape I
created, and made
more amendments to
it adding more effects
that relate to the
convention of pop
genre. I used bevel
and emboss using the
structure of outer
bevel and increased
the size and depth
slightly. Within bevel
and emboss I used
shading effect too, I
changed the angle into
zero degrees and
selected the use
global light. This gave
the shape more
effective effect. I
changed the highlight
mode under shading
into screen.
After fulfilling the shape acting as a plug I moved onto making changes to the contents page showing the page numbers for the feature stories. I
used the brush tool but customized it so that the shape was the way I wanted it to be. Using the customized brush tool I drew a scribble in
order to place behind the feature story numbers. The purpose in doing the scribbles was that it makes it more teenage related and more funky.
I changed the colour into red as it makes it look more conventional and eye catching.

42. After creating the
shape I tried new
layers on the
shape such as
colour bridge. I
used bevel and
embass, stroke
and drop shadow
to create a
different look.

43. As shown on the left, I
have put a ring around
the music note that I
have inserted as part of
the masthead of the
page. I added stroke,
satin and drop shadow
effect as it makes it look
conventional. The satin
effect gives the shape a
3d and music effect as it
reflects onto a musical
disc.
I then added the same
graphic again but at a
different location. This
time I placed it on
where I placed a third
image on the right
hand side. I enlarged it
in order to see clearly
the effect I am placing
on the graphic

44. Here I added another music
note shape and placed it on
top of the music note that is
part of the masthead which
makes it more musical and
conventional. But I resized
the second shape which
preferably looks better.
At the bottom of the
page I added social
media logos just above
the website. This is
because social media
has a huge impact of
promoting the music
magazine.

45. I relocated the icons
into suitable size in the
space available near to
the feature story as it is
part of the feature
story.
After relocating the
icons I moved onto the
making the image on
the bottom right
corner more
conventional and
added speech bubble,
which makes this
section more appealing
to audience.
I then realised that the speech bubble
should be replaced in which I replaced
it with a different shape, which was
more conventional. I filled the shape
in blue, which was part of the
masthead. I then added an image of a
perfume of 1Direction and resized it
to a suitable size. The purpose of the
image I used of the perfume is to
make it more appealing to my
targeted audience as they would be
attracted to 1D merchandise. I used
the image from google as I didn’t have
the item.

46. To make it more conventional I
added shapes and text. First I
added a rectangle shape and
rotated it to the right and then
filled the colour into yellow, which
makes it more eye catching. I added
text, ‘1D’ and changed the font into
a similar font to the actual font
associated with One Direction. I
changed the font colour into blue
as it would be conventional. I
placed the text on top of the shape
and placed the shape just beside
the perfume bottle. I then added
another shape below the previous
shape and rotated it to the left, but
brought it forward as it looks
conventional. I filled the text with
the same colour, green and
centered the text.
I then added the number of the
feature story. I changed the font
into a more funkier font and made
the colour of the text yellow as it is
conventional and more eye
catching. I rotated the text which
makes it more appealing to
audience.

47. So far this is what the product looks like.

48. Looking at the produced piece I
realized that the feature story
doesn’t suit the images so I took
new images. I opened Photoshop of
the front cover and replaced the
second existing image with the new
image I created. I then replaced the
old version of the front cover and
replaced it with the new version. I
went through a number of steps
(see front cover process).

49. I researched different fonts. Using
1001fonts.com I looked at different fonts and
was indecisive in which font to use. However, I
had to decide so I considered using the one
above.

50. I wanted to use this font, so I saved it as
an image and opened it on Photoshop
in order to remove the background,
which took a while.

51. After removing the background of the text I added the text onto the content page just
below the ‘editors comment’. To do this I had to resize the existing text in the location. I
resized it several times and replaced my signature. The reason for why I chose this font is
because it’s similar to hand written text and looks funkier.
I resized the text below the signature as well as the signature in order to fit the text
appropriately. I filled the text into a purple tone colour as it fitted the colour tone in the
image which is the editor, me.

52. This is the final look of the contents page.

53. I resized all of
the layers in
order to get the
best fit of each.
I changed the
layer order of
the text on
the bottom
left hand
side, placing
the speech
marks
forward.
Here I added a
line in order to
divide the main
feature stories
and minor
feature stories. It
also looks more
conventional and
professional.

54. This is the final version of the contents page