This is the photo that I chose to use for my front cover. I needed to remove the background, so I used the magic wand tool to remove the background.

To make the photo black and white I clicked on the options bar at the top, selected adjustments and then a drop down list came up, then I chose the clack and white settings.

I needed to adjust the tones of the black and white so make the photo look brighter and darker in different parts of the photo

To make the background of the cover for the magazine, I selected the rectangle shape tool and made a rectangle the size of the page.

I then used the magic wand tool to select the rectangle. I then clicked on the gradient tool and created my gradient colours

There are different gradient patterns and I chose the second pattern. After I chose the pattern, I positioned the way I wanted the gradient to go.

To make the gradient, I selected the colours that I wanted to use and put them at each end of the scale and chose how much I wanted it to blend

I selected the text tool as I needed to now put the masthead on my magazine

I then selected the font that I wanted by clicking on the drop down list, the font that I chose to use was Gill Sana Ultra Bold. I chose this text as it was b old.

The colour I selected was white as it would stand out on the blue

I used a shadow effect on the title. I had to adjust the way I wanted the shadow to drop and the angle that I wanted it and how thick it was going to come out.

I then added more text to the magazine.

To make the ‘exclusive’ in the box, I selected the rectangle tool and made a small rectangle, I then selected the text tool and typed ‘EXCLUSIVE’ in capital letters to make it stand out.

I then placed the text on top of the rectangle. I linked the two layers so that they would move together.

I rasterized the shape so that it would be easier to edit

I added two types of bar codes to the magazine a mobile phone one and a barcode that would be used to scan the magazine in shops

These are the colors that were used for the rectangle and the text

This is the photo that I chose to use for my front cover. I needed to remove the background, so I used the magic wand tool to remove the background

I needed to adjust the tones of the black and white so make the photo look brighter and darker in different parts of the photo

To make the ‘contents’ title, I used the text tool. I used different layers of text to make the one words be on 3 lines.