Amy Harriss

How I made my Music Magazine Contents Page

Here I have started my contents page by choosing the ‘star avenue’ text I used for my front page as the main contents header. I was previously going to use the text I used for my front cover masthead (Alice from dafont) however I didn’t think the text looked as good due to the T’s being in capital. Here’s what it would have looked like:

I then added a black rectangle behind the text to make it stand out with contrast and look more attractive. This I put on a slant.

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Using brushes I create a textured effect to the black text box. I have used a dark green colour.

This is how it now looks with the box having a bit of texture.

Here i have now added the name of the magazine ‘musicrox’ to the left hand side of the page in the same text used on the front cover masthead. I have put this at a slant.

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Here i have started to add some design to the contents by using a blue coloured brush.

Here i have used the same brush in black to create another design feature. I free transformed the brush to be at a differant angle.

I have then added a small blue brush tool to create an effect behind the musicrox logo.

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I have then added 3 black boxes as headers for were i will put my contents information. I have used a bevel and emboss effect on the box to give them a modern, standing out effect.

Here i have added the text in the 3 black boxes. I have made this text white so it stands out on the black.

Here i have started to work on an image to put on my contents. This is a picture that goes with my main feature on my front page.

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Using the magnetic lasso tool i cut out the image of the artist and transfered it onto my contents page.

I then edited this image with the black and white tool, i chose the red filter to make the image appear darker.

Using the free transform tool i have made the image smaller.

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I have now added some text onto the contents in blue and black.

Here i have added some more effects with some brushes around the image.

Here i have used a poloroid effect brush in which i will put a picture in to draw attention to another feature in the magazine.

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I have now added an image in the poloroid.

Here i have added some text that goes with the image in the Polaroid effect.

I have now added some text next to the picture of my main feature to draw attention to it and show the page number.

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I have now added a splat effect in black next to the Polaroid picture.

Here I have added a title for an editor’s note. I have given this a drop shadow effect.

Here I have added an editor’s note and used a drop shadow effect on this too.

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I have now added a rounded box in white around the editor’s note. To avoid covering up the design I previously have done I reduced the opacity. I have then used bevel and emboss and the stroke effects to make the box stand out more.

Using a Manhattan city skyline brushes tool I have created an effect at the bottom of the page. I used free transform to move the image into the free space. The text for my main feature I moved to fit in with the new image.