Program on the cover of forbes magazine. Making a magazine cover in Photoshop

Who hasn't dreamed of being on the cover? fashion magazine? Now you don’t have to exhaust yourself with monotonous diets, enter an acting class, lead house-2 for over a decade, or win the World Championship in separate form sports. Get on home page printed publications became much easier. Let's see how to make your photo on the cover of a magazine completely free.

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Making a magazine cover with your photo online is very easy with just a couple of clicks. You do not need to download any applications, all functions are on the site. The built-in editor on the site will make you a real beauty (or handsome): it will even out the tone of your face, apply makeup for girls, highlight cheekbones and eyebrows and add a little highlighter.

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In addition to converting a photo into a magazine cover, the site allows you to see what kind of criminal you would be, a representative of the opposite sex, a star of the 60s, a millionaire, and much more.

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Be the most stylish! Use super effects.

Who doesn't want to be featured on the cover of a magazine and treat themselves like a celebrity? You may admit that this is impossible to implement, but it is actually within reach. You don't need Photoshop, Photoshop skills, or any other software.

On the websites below, you can be on the cover of your favorite magazine using online tools. Most of them are available for free, allowing you to add your photo to the gloss of your choice in no time. Below you can try out the top 8 foreign online tools to create your own magazine photo in several steps.

Here is another quite nice and, as for me, uplifting option. You can choose from several different effects such as animations, faces, magazines, makeup and more. Just choose what you like the most and upload the image you want. After that, you may need to drag, resize, or crop the image to fit.

MyPictureOnMagazine is another simple one cover photo tool. The drop-down menu when choosing a magazine cover makes working with the service much more convenient. You'll find covers listed in categories like travel, hip hop, business, player, web, and fashion, just pick your favorite.

PhotoFunia is online service, which allows you to correct photos, create a postcard, add faces, drawings, frames for your images, and also add your photo to gloss.

BigHugeLabs gives you multiple editing options when it comes to uploading a photo. You can upload photos from your computer, Instagram, Facebook, or Flickr photostream. In addition, with this tool, you are given the opportunity to choose the layout of the magazine, title, slogan, publication date, and more. To top it off, you can even use this tool to create a postcard.

Photomica is a foreign language, but like many others with Russian language support, an online photo editor that has a number of features. You can add various photo effects, insert your face (or someone else's) into a funny photo or postcard. The choice for magazine covers is limited, but here are some of the most popular ones such as Maxim, Vogue and Forbes magazine among them.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a glossy magazine cover.
I usually use InDesigne for these purposes, but today we will get by with only Photoshop.
When designing a cover, pay close attention to the details and artistic aspects of the work. This may require a certain amount of time. And to make it easier for you to cope with the task, I will help you.

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Step 1. Create a new document 8.5-11 inches, 300dpi (for printing), RGB (you can change the mode to CMYK after you're done). Let's start with a radial gradient by double-clicking on the background layer to activate the menu. layer style(Layer style), then go to gradient overlay(Gradient overlay).

Color numbers for the gradient:
#f25cf4
#570472
#01101b

Step 2 Now we need the Knoll Light Factory plugin (The Knoll Light Factory plugin is designed to create lighting effects, mainly glare - reflections from bright light sources, for example, from the Sun. Such effects can be used to create logos, other text effects, to improve photos, etc. etc.), apply it to the gradient layer and change blending mode(blend mode) on Screen(Lightening) with opacity (opacity) 21%.

Note: you can use the light effect image from the archive.

Open the photo of the city from the archive and place it above the layer to which the filter was applied. We change blending mode(blend mode) on soft light (Soft light).

Step 3 Open the Stock illustration: Planet image and place it above the city layer. Soft large round tool Eraser(Eraser) (E) Erase the edges. We change blending mode(blend mode) on Screen(Lightening).

Step 4 Duplicate the glow layer we created with the filter and place the copy above the planet layer. Apply Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur(Filter - Blur - Gaussian blur) with a radius of 5 pixels, opacity (opacity) - 83%. Make sure that blending mode(blend mode) set to Screen(Lightening).

Step 5 Now let's generate clouds in Photoshop to make the background softer. Create a new layer and fill it with black. Apply Filter - Render - Clouds(Filter - Rendering - Clouds). With a large round soft brush, erase the top of the clouds.

We change blending mode(blend mode) on soft light(Soft light) with opacity (opacity) 35%.

Step 6 Create a new layer with Elliptical Marquee Tool(Oval Selection) (M) Draw a round selection and fill it with yellow #fbc531.

Applying a filter Gaussian Blur(Gaussian blur) with a radius of 114 pixels. Reduce opacity (opacity) up to 45%.

Step 7 We open Model Face Handsome using pen tool(Feather) (P), cut out the model.

After that, right-click on the path and select Load Path as Selection(Create selection from path).

Copy (CTRL+C) the model and paste (CTRL+V) on the working paper. We place the layer above all the previous ones.

Using Brush Border Pack -27, on a new layer, paint scratches and scuffs. I used brush number 15.

With a large soft Eraser Tool(Eraser) erase around the edges, reduce opacity (opacity) to 72% -82%. Duplicate the layer or draw a new scratch.

Step 8 Open Stock illustration: Planet again and place it above the scratched layer. big Eraser erase the center of the image.

We change blending mode(blend mode) on Screen(Lightening).

Step 9 Now let's add white glowing lines to make our cover look more impressive. Create a new layer with Rectangular Marquee Tool(Rectangular selection) (M) make a selection. Fill with a gradient from white to transparent.

Erase the edges of the gradient.

We change blending mode(blend mode) gradient on overlay(Overlap). Rotate (CTRL+T) the gradient and place it behind the model. Duplicate the layer several times and place it in different places.

Adding an Adjustment Layer Layer - New Adjustment Layer - Color Balance(Layer - New Adjustment Layer - Color Balance).

Step 10 Now let's work with text.
However, first, we need to make a "grid" of guides that will give an idea of ​​how the text will be placed on the cover. So, on each side we retreat by 0.25 inches and in these places we have guides that will become a border for us, beyond which the text should not crawl out.

Now let's take a look at the imprint (the term imprint is often used to refer to the title of an edition). For the heading, the author chose to use the typical font Helvetica Inserat Roman (for headings, it is always better to use simple and readable fonts). The author placed the title between the model and the background. Firstly, in this way we do not overlap the head, and secondly, we create the effect of depth.
Next, the author created a few more guides, which greatly help in aligning the text and giving style.

Under the title are the date of publication of the publication and a small slogan that characterizes the purpose of this journal.

Tip: before you go directly to the cover text, do a little research on this topic for yourself, see what style other magazines use. And inspiration will not bypass you.

Step 11. Let's create the headlines of the stories that should be placed in our magazine.

A. Main story. Here I have used a large font to focus the reader's eye.
b. Second story. Here I have used a small font and placed the title in a semi-transparent rectangle.
C. Here I have used small print for less important articles.

Step 12 And the last thing we'll do is add the barcode. For this we use Free Vector Barcode Graphics.

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You can also play with the color settings to get different designs.

That's all. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and learned something new for yourself.