1. If you go to view,
down to show and
select grid, a grid
will appear over your
background.
The purpose of the grid
allows you to put your
work on your page, and
make sure it is straight.
Because it is not
professional to have
writing and pictures not

2. I found a font of text that I
wanted of ‘dafont.com’
And pasted it
Into my photo-
shop document.
I then found
an Image of a
Splash In wa-
ter and placed
this on my document also.
I placed my image behind the writing that
I have chosen and made sure that the
layer of the splash image was behind the
writing.

3. By making the colour of the
writing green it is a brighter
colour and is easy
distinguishable in comparison
to the colour in the
background of the writing.
When I select colour range I
am able to take a sample of
the green and select the
writing that is green.

4. After the words are
selecting, they will
appear to have
‘marching ant’s around
them, which are
flashing lines to let you
know that it is
highlighted. After this,
put the splash image
over the writing and
when you copy and
paste, the image will
have copied the splash
into the shape of the
writing.

5. I have to put a barcode in the
bottom right hand corner to make
the magazine look more professional
and I have chosen a background
colour that contrasts strongly with
the colour of the masthead and I’ve
also made it this colour as it will suit
the theme of the magazine nicely as
it is aimed towards young girls into
pop and boy groups.

6. I have placed the image
of the boy group over
the front cover. They
are individual images of
each member in the
group and I have placed
them over each other to
make the most of the
room I have available on
my front page.

7. I have added cover
lines onto the
front cover to
inform the reader
of what is
featured in the
magazine. They
have been put in
bright colour that
will go nicely with
the house style
and are bright and
noticeable.

8. I have added a banner at
the bottom of the page
which will make it easier to
read the extra cover stories
featured. Normally the most
exciting headlines would be
in a box like this at the
bottom of the page.
I have also added a price at the
top of the page. This makes it
look more professional as any
normal magazine would be
expected to have a price on the
cover.

9. It is important that all
the lines of the stores
and pictures are in line
and not in different
sections as this makes a
magazine look less
professional so if you go
into view at the top of
the options bar of
photoshop and click
extras, a grid will appear
which will make it easy
for you to line your
images and text up.

10. Once an appropriate colour
is selected for my contents
page I can then start to
add images onto it. But, it
is important that the colour
scheme stay as relevant as
possible on your contents to
your front cover. This is
why I chose a bright blue. I
then began to add
appropriate image to my
contents page, these would
have to be images that
would relate to the stories
that will be featured
throughout the magazine.

11. It is often a nightmare
when you decide what
images you want
together as a group,
but when you want to
slightly move them,
they all move apart
from each other. It is
easy to fix this so that
the images are bound
together so they move
together and can still
be separated if you
change your mind later.
This can be done by holding control and selecting each piece you
want to link. Then by right clicking your mouse and selecting ‘link
layers’, these images are now bound together to move around as one
layer.

12. I have added bars onto the page
to separate the images and the
separate information. This will
also give the page a sense of a
structured layout and look more
professional.
I have also added the title
‘contents’ so that it is easy
to see what page it is and
what purpose It serves.