Screen Grabs of front cover



  I used Photoshop for the production of my front cover.

The first layer I added was the main image of my front cover.



Secondly, I made my main image bigger by clicking 'ctrl T' so that there wont be a big gap between the head and the title and I created the title of my magazine front cover using the 'Horizontal type tool'. I used the font 'Bauhaus 93' because it is simple and unique.

 

I’ve added the positioning statement and the coverlines here. They are in ‘Arial bold’. I’ve also set the text colour of the names of the bands and rappers to red and the description underneath in white.

   













For my main coverline, I made a box using the 'Rectangle tool' and I've made the colour red.

  



This text is the only coverline which is black because it is the main coverline. Again, I used the 'Horizontal type' tool for this and the font type is 'Arial Bold', size 35 pt.



Here I added the name of the rapper. It is white and the font is 'Arial bold' and is 45pt.



In this step, I opened up an image of a barcode and dragged it on top of the front cover. Then I resized it by clicking 'Ctrl T' and moved it to the corner here.




Here I created a white rectangle on top of the barcode using the 'Rectangle tool'.



Using the 'Move tool' I moved the rectangle layer on top of the barcode and I used the 'Horizontal type tool' to type the date and adjusted it to on top of the white rectangle.



Using the 'Horizontal type tool' I also added the price of the magazine next to the date.  




Here I linked the barcode layer, the rectangle layer, the layer with the date and the layer with the price. I done this by highlighting all 4 layers, then right clicking them and clicking 'Link layers'.





I wanted to make the title seem like its behind the rappers head, so I made a copy of the main image layer by right clicking it and clicking on 'Duplicate layer'. Then I dragged it on top of the first layer and made the title layer in between the two layers like this and the title appeared invisible.



I highlighted the copied layer and used the 'Eraser tool' to erase around the head and where I want the title to appear.




This is how it looked after I erased the whole title area.

 After this I made some changes and created a second draft.

Here I changed the size of the coverlines that are in white to 20pt using the 'Horizontal type tool'.

I also made the size of the red rectangle smaller by clicking 'Ctrl T' and resizing it.



I resized the barcode here by clicking 'Ctrl T'.



I wanted to create an effect on the title here. So I clicked on the title layer, went on 'Layer' at the top, clicked 'Layer style' and clicked 'Blending Options. Then this box appeared and I ticked the boxes 'Drop shadow' and 'Inner Shadow'.



Here I resized the positioning statement to 18pt and moved it further up the page, using the 'move tool'. I also made the title of the magazine bigger by clicking 'Ctrl T'.



Part of the title was invisible so I refilled it by clicking on the copy of the main image layer and using the 'Eraser tool', I erased the area where the title should be and it appeared. This screen grab is during the process of refilling the title.

I was unhappy with the title of the magazine, so I created an effect to it. I right clicked on the title layer and clicked 'Blending options' and ticked the boxes 'Drop shadow', 'Inner shadow', 'Bevel and Emboss' and 'Contour' and clicked ok.  

Here I stretched the coverline 'MISS UNDASTOOD' by clicking on its layer, then clicking the 'Character tool' in the top right of the screen and changed the 'Vertically scale' to 250%  

Here I deleted the DESERT HEAT coverline and added a plus bar at the bottom of the cover.  used the ‘Rectangle tool’ to create the bar and I set the colour to black.

I added the plus bar coverline here using the 'Horizontal type tool'. I changed the text colour of ‘PLUSE!’ to red and the size of it to 20pt and the rest of the coverline is white and is 14pt.

Here I linked both layers (the plus bar coverline and the bar itself) and dragged it further down the page using the 'move tool'.

I moved title down using the 'move tool' and made the positioning statement smaller by changing the size of it to 12pt, also dragged it using the 'move tool' so its under the title.

Here I created a black Exclusive bar on top of the title using the 'Rectangle tool'.

I added the Exclusive coverline here on top of the bar, using the 'Horizontal type tool'. The 'EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW' is in red and size 20pt. and the rest of the coverline is white and is 14pt. Then I linked the bar with the coverline.

Here I stretched title by clicking 'Ctrl T' and resizing it. Part of the title dissappeared, so I clicked on the layer1 copy and used the eraser tool to erase where the title should appear.

I made the main coverline stand out more by adding another black box behind MISS UNDASTOOD and added a quote underneath using the 'Horizontal type tool'.  

Changed the font colour of plus and exclusive to black.  I made the box behind LATEST GANGSTA yellow and stretched it to fit box by changing the percentage to 150% on vertical scale.