Creation Process of Magazine Cover, Contents and DPS

In the creation of my magazine, I employed the use of programmes other than Photoshop, such as Adobe Illustrator, as it is far more efficient for magazine production. I then exported it as a PhotoShop file. I often adjusted the transparency of objects, and used transparency effects such as Burn and Darken to achieve effects such as the semi-transparent spiral on the contents page. I also took great care to align the text boxes and images on the page to eachother, to maintain some semblance of symmetricality.

The text boxes were generated with the shape tool,, and then made transparent so that the image behind it would be still partially visible.