Before starting my double page spread I had previously made of draft of what I was going to write in it, so that once I started writing my article I wouldn't be writing something that matched music magazine conventions, as I researched about my artist and how to structure and present my double page spread.
Firstly, I changed the page set up so that it was a landscape, to do this I pressed 'Custom', by using the drop-own arrow and changed the width etc. I then put a box in the middle of the page so that I knew which was the right side and which was the left. I then started writing my text from which I had previously wrote up in my draft, by choosing the 'Horizontal Type Tool'
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and changing the size of the text by using the drop down arrow
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I then changed the style of my pull quote, by clicking on the 'Horizontal Type Tool',
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clicked on the text, then I clicked on the drop-down arrow for the fonts
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, then changed the colour of the colour of the text by dragging my masthead from another window to my double page spread window, using this tool
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, then I clicked on the colour tool
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and clicked on the colour I wanted. After this I changed I selected the line tool
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and held shift down whilst I created the line down the middle of the page, to create two pages. I then deleted the box, so that it would look professional. I decided to select the 'Horizontal Type Tool', so that it would be another layer, to create my drop capital so that I could move it and change the size, colour etc, in any way I wanted to. To create the pull quote I used the 'Horizontal Type Tool', and changed the surrounding tool so that it would look like a professional interview article from a music magazine.
I then added more text so that I would have 3 columns on the left, like a typical music magazine interview would have, adding pull quotes as I went, using the same technique I used for the previous pull quote and one column on the right hand side of the page.
I then decided to add the contents page numbers by selecting the 'Horizontal Type Tool', changing the colour and size the way I did it for the other text. After this I then added the photo that I had edited and had in another window, I then dragged it to my double page spread window by using this tool
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRg4zyUamIH5An_LN4JSNbMHd15cAyCndX126rd40aG0d1BNcheOPuaclqLJYSPDRSosdKiOsWJ719YQelEYFb37_RnYtUA_58tJkLXHybnYNgh6oniKM-9PnTQhm2MP0jDdLuErWkYM5q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-03-14+at+11.22.38.png)
. I also used the same tool so that I could have my masthead on my double page spread from my front cover. To create the shadow behind my model I went back to the window from where I got my edited image from. I then selected the 'magic wand' tool
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, I then clicked 'Select', then 'Inverse' (shift, command,I), I then used the 'Brush Tool'
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, going over the areas selected so that it would create a black silhouette. I then changed the opacity on it by right clicking on the image, clicking on 'Blending Options...' and changing the opacity on the image, to make it look like a shadow.
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