How I made my cover

 

When I had decided on the photograph I was going to use I opened it in photoshop  and then duplicated the layer, .

 

 

 

I started editing the picture on the duplicated layer, by clicking layer adjustments to brighten the picture, gave it a higher saturation level. I also sofened her skin to make it smooth and gave her redder hair to make her look more edgy.

 

 

 

After that I made a copy of that layer.With the copied layer, I cut out the background using the magic wand tool leaving just my model, allowing us to see the backround from the layer beneth.

 

 

 

 

To change the colour of the background I selected the bottom layer and went, layer, adjustments, colour balance. It then allowed to to experiment with different colours to find the one which worked best.

 

 

 

I then added my masthead. I created it on a text website saved it as a picture then placed it onto my cover,

 

 

 

I then had to cut on the white background that it was on so the blue background can come through. To make it look professional.

To make it look like a conventional music magazine i started to add boxes and shapes to put my coverlines and splash on.

 

To finish it off i added the text to my cover, i added a skyline, sell line main cover line, coverlines, barcode, webadress, date, issue number and a competition.