SKILLS DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL

      By Marcus Macksoud
FRONT COVER
  These are initial masthead ideas that I
  designed using the help of
  DaFont.com. I wanted to create a
  square/block style masthead.



   This is the final masthead design I
   have decided to use in my final
   magazine. I’ve used the bevel and
   emboss effects to make it stand
   out.
FRONT COVER
This is
before I               This is my main article
used the               image for my front
spot healer            cover. I have used the
and the                spot healer to make the
level                  models face and skin
modifier               clearer.
tools.
FRONT COVER
  I used the level
  adjustment tool to
  make the image
  darker to make it
  stand out behind the
  text.
FRONT COVER

  I inserted a
  caption for my
  main article using
  the text tool and
  the Bauhaus 93
  font. I then used
  the bevel and
  emboss and the
  drop shadow layer
  options to make
  the text stand out;
  I have featured       (where I have used the
  these options on      bevel and emboss and
  the majority of       drop shadow layer
  the text on my        options.)
  front cover
FRONT COVER
    I have used the rectangle shape tool for the
    background to the skyline and by-line.




   This is my finished magazine front cover, I have arranged
   the layers to make the models head go over the masthead
   using the polygonal lasso tool.
CONTENTS
I cropped this image
down to place into my
contents page using the
magic wand tool, the I
rotated it so it would fit
in with the rest of the
page.
CONTENTS
This was my original finished contents
page but I felt that the background
was very plain and I couldn’t fit any
more images in it




I took up the white space by             The circles take up the white space
adding opaque circles. I made            but do not distract t the reader from
them opaque by using the opacity         the rest of the page.
layer option tool.
DPS
 I used the same font from
 DaFont.com to keep with the
 house style. I copied over a
 small version of the masthead
 to keep with popular magazine
 conventions.
DPS

  Using the rectangular marquee
  tool, I copied a small chunk of the
  background image and stretched it
  across the screen to make it look like
  the whole image, without stretching
  the models appearance and make it
  look more professional.

Skills development journal

  • 1.
    SKILLS DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL By Marcus Macksoud
  • 2.
    FRONT COVER These are initial masthead ideas that I designed using the help of DaFont.com. I wanted to create a square/block style masthead. This is the final masthead design I have decided to use in my final magazine. I’ve used the bevel and emboss effects to make it stand out.
  • 3.
    FRONT COVER This is beforeI This is my main article used the image for my front spot healer cover. I have used the and the spot healer to make the level models face and skin modifier clearer. tools.
  • 4.
    FRONT COVER I used the level adjustment tool to make the image darker to make it stand out behind the text.
  • 5.
    FRONT COVER I inserted a caption for my main article using the text tool and the Bauhaus 93 font. I then used the bevel and emboss and the drop shadow layer options to make the text stand out; I have featured (where I have used the these options on bevel and emboss and the majority of drop shadow layer the text on my options.) front cover
  • 6.
    FRONT COVER I have used the rectangle shape tool for the background to the skyline and by-line. This is my finished magazine front cover, I have arranged the layers to make the models head go over the masthead using the polygonal lasso tool.
  • 7.
    CONTENTS I cropped thisimage down to place into my contents page using the magic wand tool, the I rotated it so it would fit in with the rest of the page.
  • 8.
    CONTENTS This was myoriginal finished contents page but I felt that the background was very plain and I couldn’t fit any more images in it I took up the white space by The circles take up the white space adding opaque circles. I made but do not distract t the reader from them opaque by using the opacity the rest of the page. layer option tool.
  • 9.
    DPS I usedthe same font from DaFont.com to keep with the house style. I copied over a small version of the masthead to keep with popular magazine conventions.
  • 10.
    DPS Usingthe rectangular marquee tool, I copied a small chunk of the background image and stretched it across the screen to make it look like the whole image, without stretching the models appearance and make it look more professional.