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 Photoshop
document. I then found
an Image of a Splash In
water 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
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.

13. I have also added a sub heading
‘features’ to separate the
sections of the contents as to
whether the stories featured
are something that are regular
or a feature to the magazine.
I am now starting to add
images to the contents page.
These will have to be
relevant to the stories that
are featured in the
magazine. It is important
not to overload the contents
page with too much text or
too many images.

14. I am starting to
add more images
to the contents
page which will be
matched with the
stories throughout.
I have also put
two darker blue
boxes on either
side of the main
image. This is to
break up the page
and make it more
professional. I
have divided the
page up more so
that there is
another area now just for the cover stories. This will make it easier
to navigate around my magazine. Each picture has a number in one of
its corners, this is so that when the readers see the images, they
will know what page it is on without having to read through all the

15. I can now start to add
stories, headings and
descriptions into my
contents page. I would
ideally place the
pictures near to the
relevant stories, and
move them into
separate categories to
make it clearer and
more professional. All
that is left now to do,
is to organise the
images and writing
around the contents.

16. For the front cover of my music
magazine I have taken a photo of
the made model who is going to be
heavily featured throughout my
whole magazine. I have taken a
close up shot of the artist as it is
rare that you would see a magazine
with her legs and body shown, this
way, it means that we can focus
more on the face of the artist and
see her facial expressions more. I
also think that this makes the image
look more personal and it is getting
up close.
I have stolen the theme to the well
known magazine ‘Vogue’ and used the
same style and design with my
magazine. I added the words, music,
lifestyle, and fashion to my
masthead to outline what kinds of a
magazine it is. Hopefully, having a
masthead like this will add a sense
of sophistication to the magazine.

17. I have added a bar code, price and
issue number to the magazine in the
bottom right hand corner, this will make
it look more professional. I would not be
acceptable to not have a bar code on
my magazine. It has to be small but not
hidden so this is the ideal place as it is
the only thing featured on the right
hand side of the front cover.
I have added a banner to the
bottom of the page to make
it easier to read up stories.
It is normal for a banner to
be either at the top or
bottom of a magazine front
cover and because I have a
masthead positioned to the
very top of the page, so I
decided to have the banner
at the bottom of the page.

18. I can now begin
to add the
stories onto my
front page. It is
important to
have the names
of the artists in
bold and in a
bigger font than
the rest of the
writing, and the
name of the
artist featured
on the front
page should be
the biggest. I
have made sure
that none of the
writing goes over
the face of the
artist pictured as it is very unprofessional to have writing covering the
faces of artists.

19. For my contents page I have
added an image of the main
artist of my magazine in the
centre of the page. I have
feathered the edges of the
picture to make it look less
harsh and sharp and make it
blend in with the background.
I have started to add the other
images on my page now and
positioned them around the page
away from each other. It would
not look professional if all the
images were lined up right next to
each other. I have also put a
border around each of the
images, this is make them look
more interesting and more eye-
catching

20. I have added lines to separate
the different sections of story.
This will separate what is a
feature, and cover story, or a
regular. It also makes it look
professional if the areas are
clearly sectioned off and breaks
up the page making it look less
boring.
I have also made a ‘follow us on’
box, so that it is professional,
and is something that you would
normally see in a real magazine.
I have made a Facebook,
twitter, and MySpace wed
address so it looks genuine.

21. Next, I made subheadings for
the regulars, features and cover
stories. They are in three
separate areas on the contents
page. This makes it easy for
them to be easily distinguished
Now I can put in the stories. I
put the stories that were on the
front cover in the section for
cover stories on the right hand
side. I put in the regulars in the
left, e.g. things like reviews.
And then features, including
things like fashion advice, and
interviews with artists and
bands.

22. Lastly, I added page
numbers and captions
into each of the
pictures, this will
give people an insight
into what to expect
from that page
because it will
normally include a
quote,