Creating The Masthead

 

The theme of my magazine is the BRIT Awards as it is a special edition just for the Brits. For the masthead I want the union jack flag in the title. To do this I had to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create the effect I wanted. As you can see from the screen shot below I typed in the word Base in capital letters. I then selected the font arial black as that was the font I wanted to use.

I then highlighted the whole text and selected Format Text Effects.



Once the selection box came up I selected Picture fill. It then allowed me to select a picture off of my documents. I had already saved the union jack flag picture off Google. Once selected I pressed insert.

 

 

 

 

As you can see from this screen shot it as insert the union jack into the letters. It has created the look I wanted. However I had created it on Microsoft PowerPoint so I needed to transfer it over to photo shop. To do this I saved the picture as a JPEG file so it would allow me to open it in photo shop.

 

 

 

This is the final screen shot showing the BASE in union jack effect on the front cover of my magazine. I managed to successfully save it as a picture and transfer it over to photo shop which is the software I am using to create me magazine.