You will be using PhotoShop to create a realistic magazine cover. Your magazine can be an existing publication (People, Newsweek, etc.) or a made-up magazine (Kelseyville, Knights, Lake Sports, etc.) -- but keep them school appropriate.I recommend beginning with a Google search for "magazine cover" and then clicking "Show Options" and then specifying "Large". (Here's an example.) You can use a large image as a layout guide to try and match your title font, see where to place page components (UPC symbol, pricing, date, etc.), or to help you place images. You can also use the image to help you select the proper colors (simply use the "eye dropper" tool).
Finally, I recommend saving the actual PSD file for this project so you can easily create another magazine cover in the future as a gift, a joke, a report cover, etc.
