Step By Step Construction of Double-Spread Page (DPS)By Gursimran Kaur

Step 1First, I opened a blank canvas and

turned it horizontal.

Step 2 I was confused between 2 images for my DPS

so I decided to create 2 drafts of my DPS. I started of with editing my images. First I opened my images in Photoshop and edited them using the ‘Spot Healing’ Tool.

Step 3After editing the image with the ‘Spot Healing’

Tool, I experimented with some effects. I change the hue and saturation of the image to give it a more ‘blue’ effect (as this was my colour scheme at first)

Step 4Next, I used Gimp to feather out

my image and give it a feathery effect so that it didn’t have any hard edges.

Step 5Using Photoshop, I edited the

image once again to give it a darker mysterious effect.

Step 6 I executed a similar process for the second image I had

chosen. For this image, I chose a melancholy concept which I represented through my model’s make-up. To make it look more melancholy, I also gave this image a ‘blue-y’ effect.

Step 7After editing the images, I pasted them on

the left side of the DPS and added text on the right side. This is very typical of magazine as there is usually one dominating image on one side which the text dominates the other side.

Step 8 However, I decided to change my colour scheme because I was

not satisfied with the results. The blue effect made the pictures look over-edited and the backdrops or settings of the images didn’t seem to look professional enough. So I used a different image and began constructing my DPS again. This time, I used a different font for the headline and added pulled out quotes which are usually seen in many magazines.

Step 9 (final)Along with adding pulled quotes, I also added

social network links at the bottom of the page and added a small banner at the top right about a pullout poster which is also seen in many pop magazines.