I first had to take a few pictures to use for my magazine. I ended up taking about 10 pictures all together and choosing the best ones. I then imported them into my work and started editing. I began by using the magnetic lasso to cut nicely around the edges before moving the main image to a new layer. Once on a new layer i removed the old layer and started fine tuning my images with the eraser to remove any unusual edges. Next i had to start creating a background. I picked my colours because they were the school colours and i thought that it was appropriate for a school magazine. I placed this on a new layer to make it easier to edit and alter. Once i had done my background colour i needed to create my title. I chose 'The School Interlectual' because i thought it was a clever and appropriate name for a school student magazine. My 'Mast Head Font' was chosen because i believed it was simple, yet striking and was relaxed, yet sophisticated. I then chose another font for the rest of my article titles.
Once i had finished my front cover i selected another picture for my contents page and began the editing process again just like my magazine cover. Once again i used the same 'Mast Head Font' as my front cover and the same colour scheme to ensure i had consistency.
My main problem with the whole photoshop task was that i had never created a magazine cover or contents page before and i had never used photoshop before, so this was all quite new to me. However i do feel like i have managed to overcome this quite well. Next time i use the software i will definitely spend more time looking at all of the other features because I feel like i have just stuck to the basic ones this time.
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