Constuction of front cover

First step:
I firstly made the background of the blank file purple and black, as my those are some of the colours that I chose for my colour scheme. I then had to use the magnetic lassoo tall to cut out my image and making the it black and white as I am going to make the bow in her stand out from the rest of the image.

Second step:

This is where i only changed the colour of the bow to the rest of the image. I had to enhance the black and white bow into its original colour red, however i did not make it purple to match my background bexause i didn't want too much purple plus it stands out and is a different feature on the magaine. I did this by the use of the "Hue/Saturation" toolbar.

Third step:

After doing this I then went on to experiment the different fonts, styles and shadings I can use for my masthead on my magazine. It was hard to find the exact style of writing i wanted, in the end i found something simple yet bold, this is shown as loud which is the effect I wanted to give out. I also had to put another style of font for 'Turn it up' underneath the main masthead, so the reader new what it actually stood for. This didn't have to be so loud as the main masthead as this was not going to be the most eyecatching image on the magazine. However making it look white so it matched my colour scheme and not to look too boring, still seemed plain. So I added a small speaker image next to the small masthead, this therefore transformed it making it look louder and more interesting.

Forth step:

I then went on to adding more pictures to my front page to show what my magazine will include, also as i decided to have more than one image on my front page. This is quite simple as i didnt have to cut round the image and then paste it onto the cover, and then having to rub out rough edges, for this the images where fine as they where so I copied and pasted the images onto the cover, putting a black outline round the image to make it stand out and not look like its just been stuck on the page. I also added a smallish bar code on the right hand side, as all magazines include this.

Fith step:

I then wanted to think of different ways i could present my text on my front cover, i didnt like the fact it being on the plainish background, and not standing out that much. So i looked for many different styles i could use. I finally came up with the idea of putting it on paper so it looked like ripped paper like a post note on the front cover. However i couldn't fnd decent paper to use as it didn't go well. I then thought of using creased up paper which would give it a rough look, going with my style of magazine. It was also perfect because it was white and i needed more white as, purple, white and black is my colour scheme. I also had to add something for my pug which i had difficulties with as i couldn't think of a good colour to go with all the colours on the page. I finally decided to go for something different like gold, making it stand out from the others so i had to blend it with the blending tall. Its also good a totally different colour because this shows its something totally different to my main story advertised on my front cover.

Sixth step:

This was my final step, i only had to add in the text and information onto the page. This was also quite difficult because i had to find the right font that wasnt too boring or too hard to read. I finally came up with a decent font called 'segoe print', which wasn't boring or too hard to read. I also wanted to give it an effect so i added on a drop shaddow to make it stand out and and look as if it is coming slightly off the creased background. I finally added in prices and dates in on the left hand side, this isn't so important so it doesn't have to stand out that much therefore, i didn't have to add the creased paper behind the text. It also didnt have to have that much of a drop shadow, this ended the construstion of my front cover.