Embedded Files
Design a striking magazine cover in Adobe Photoshop. The theme of your magazine can be pop culture, politics, outdoors, or any subject you’d like. Play with fonts and colors to give your magazine a unique look. Think of a relevant name for your magazine and write short text blurbs to draw in the reader. When it looks ready to hit the shelves, save it as both a Photoshop (.psd) and JPEG (.jpg) file.
You will be designing a magazine cover mockup for a magazine in Adobe Photoshop. Before you get started, look for inspriation online of covers you find interesting.
Think of an appropriate theme (fashion, health, etc.) and a name for your magazine. You can also search for the logo of your favorite magazine and create a fake magazine cover for them. Write at least three cover blurbs for your magazine. At this point you might be asked to sketch out each idea and get feedback on your ideas before choosing which one you will create.
Use the steps below as a guide to creating your cover.
Your cover must include:
Your cover must include:
At least 2 images
At least 1 brush
Title
At least 3 "articles"
Image Adjustments
What else can we use? Layer masks, shape tool, clipping masks, etc.
Launch Adobe Photoshop. Create a new file that is letter sized
Go to File→Place Embedded. Choose the photo you want to use for your magazine cover. Resize and move your photo to fill the entire canvas.
Select your subject to use a different background. You can do this by using your selection tools, or a layer mask
You can modify the appearance of your background by going to Image→Adjustments.
To soften the edges of the cutout even more, click on the cutout’s layer in the Layers panel. Use the Eraser to zoom in and soften up the edges. To change the size and hardness of the brush, right click anywhere on the canvas.
Play around with more modifications to enhance your magazine cover.
Add a title to your magazine with the Text tool. Go to Window→Character to open settings for text. Use the Character window to make adjustments. You can even move the text behind the subject’s layer to play with perspective.
Continue adding text to the cover. Play with size and spacing in the Character window.
Rubric
Rubric
Creativity: connections You transform ideas or solutions into new forms.
Communication: genre and medium You demonstrate detailed attention to and successful execution of a wide range of conventions particular to the communication genre and medium, including organization, visual, text, or audio content, presentation, formatting, and stylistic choices.
Communication: production and delivery Your live or digital delivery techniques (e.g. directing attention, vocal expressiveness, visual cues, transitions) and organization make the work or presentation compelling, making you and your work appear polished and confident.
Communication: language Your language choices are imaginative, memorable, clear, compelling, virtually error-free, and enhance the effectiveness of your work or presentation. Your language is also appropriate for the audience.
Communication: purpose and ,essage You demonstrate a thorough understanding of context, audience, and purpose that is responsive to the assigned task and focuses all elements of the work, with a clear message or idea that is compelling (precisely stated, appropriately repeated, memorable, and strongly supported).
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