How to: Get your magazine started.

How to: Get your magazine started.

Create Document
1. Go to you’re the PHOTOSHOP menu and select FILE.
2. Click NEW.
3. Name your project.
4. Set your WIDTH at 8.5 inches.
5. Set your HEIGHT at 11 inches.
6. Set your RESOLUTION at 72 DPI.
7. Set your COLOR MODE at RGB Color.
8. Hit OK.

Organize Layers
1. Go to the PHOTOSHOP menu and click WINDOW.
2. Make sure LAYERS is checked. If not, select LAYERS.
3. On your LAYERS palette, click on CREATE A NEW LAYER.
4. Double-click on the new layer’s name, and if you’re using a color for your magazine’s background, name this layer BACKGROUND COLOR.
5. Click on CREATE A NEW LAYER again.
6. Double-click on the new layer’s name, and name this layer LOGO.
7. Click on CREATE A NEW LAYER again.
8. Double-click on the new layer’s name, and name this layer SELL LINE 1.
9. Repeat two more times so that you have three layers for sell lines. Name them SELL LINE 2 and SELL LINE 3.

Set Background Color
1. Click on your BACKGROUND COLOR.
2. Go to the PHOTOSHOP menu and check WINDOW.
3. Click on SWATCHES, which will appear on the right-hand side of your screen.
4. To fill your document with a solid color, select the PAINT BUCKET tool on your toolbar.
5. Click on a color on the SWATCHES panel.
6. Click on your document window to fill the document with that color.



Set Background Image
1. Drag the image you desire to place as the background of your magazine cover onto the Photoshop icon in your dock.
2. Click on the document with the image and hit APPLE and A simultaneously to select the entire image.
3. Hit APPLE and C simultaneously to copy the image.
4. Click on your magazine’s document and hit APPLE and V simultaneously to paste the image.
5. To adjust the size of the image, go to your EDIT menu.
6. Select TRANSFORM.
7. Select SCALE.
8. Click on the corner of the image and simultaneously hit SHIFT, and drag the image so that it fits within your magazine’s frame.

*If the image appears pixilated, go back to the original image and increase the resolution by going to IMAGE > IMAGE SIZE > RESOLUTION > OK.

9. Double-click inside the transformation box to apply the transformation.

Design Logo
1. Click on your LOGO layer.
2. Click on the TYPE tool on your PHOTOSHOP TOOLBAR.
3. Select a COLOR for your logo by clicking on the color of your choice on the SWATCHES panel.
4. Click on your magazine’s document.
5. Type the name of your magazine.
6. Select all of the type by hitting APPLE + A.
7. Choose a color for your font from your SWATCHES palette.
8. Adjust the FONT and FONT SIZE on the TOOL OPTIONS toolbar.
9. Move the logo to a location of your liking by clicking on a corner around your text and dragging it.
10. If you’d like to make additional adjustments to the font, highlight the logo and double-click on the logo’s layer to open the LAYER STYLE menu.

Create Sell Lines
1. Click on one of your SELL LINE layers.
2. Use the text tool to type in a sell line.
3. Adjust the font, color and size of the font.
4. Move your sell line to a spot of your liking.
5. Repeat for your second and third sell lines.

Align Elements Using Guides
1. Go to the PHOTOSHOP menu and click on VIEW.
2. Place a check next to RULERS.
3. Place your cursor in the area of the rulers in your document window and drag the mouse down to create a guide.
4. To move the guides, go to your TOOLBAR and select the MOVE tool.
5. In your document window, drag the guides to where you’d like to place each of your magazine’s items.
6. Click on the layer of each item- the logo, image, sell lines, etc., and snap them to the guides.

Save
1. Go to the FILE menu.
2. Select SAVE AS.
3. In the SAVE AS box, name your document.
4. In the FORMAT box, choose PHOTOSHOP.

*When saving your finished magazine, choose JPEG from the FORMAT box.

5. Select your disk or jump drive as the document’s destination.
6. Click SAVE.
7. Save the image at MEDIUM quality.
8. Click OK.

Post to Blogger
1. Go to www.blogger.com.
2. Sign in using the class login ID and password.
3. Click on your section’s blog.
4. Create a NEW POST.
5. Title your post “Your Name’s Magazine Cover.”
6. Click on the ADD IMAGE button.
7. Browse for your magazine cover.
8. Upload the file.
9. Label the post MAGAZINE COVER.
10. Publish the post.