Here are the text settings I've used for the 'M A G A Z I N E' layer (note the humongous 'tracking' setting to stretch it out to match the length of the logo). Can you feel the balance that is just 'supposed' to happen. It's good design sense. You don't want 'magazine' larger than the main logo. Good typography consists of just doing what's right. Knowing what's right takes some education and intuition. You're getting some good education here but keep developing your intuition. It's important to keep learning from everything you see. When people say 'that's nice' and throw it down..you LOOK and study the design and think how you could re-produce it in Photoshop. It will help you grow.
You can select any layer in the layers palette and move it with the Move tool. You can nudge it with the arrow keys on your keyboard. In a clipping group like this, moving the bottom layer will move the entire clipping group. Selecting the layer that is clipped (in the L palette), you can move it 'within' the clipping group or layer beneath it (try it out).
Now add some more text. We want to fill this empty space over here because this is a street team's magazine packed with tons of info. As a designer for this kind of promotion, it is going to be filled with lots of text so you have to make sure that everything you do 'complements' or has room for LOTS of text.
You can add some more text down here for your cover design. This should be the main elements of your mini-magazine. I'm adding a slightly darker stroke to this one layer text. As long as we're in the same color theme, it just makes things more interesting by using these similar elements. Using bright pink probably wouldn't work as well in this case. Can you see what I mean?
To touch up the design a little bit more you can create some
adjustment layers. I was thinking that the bitmap couple just looked a
little bland so I decided to do a Curves adjustment layer (make sure
that their layer is selected with marching ants to create the adjustment
layer right above it).
I've also created another adjustment/fill layer with gradient fill making sure that my foreground color was black first. With this fill layer you can go outside the dialog box and drag the fill itself to where you like it (how sweet).
Looking at the layers palette you can tell that I've used a custom
adjustment layer by selecting the 'layer 2' by Ctrl/Cmd clicking it
first and then creating and adjustment/fill layers. The second icon is
the layer mask for the adjustments; without selecting the layer itself
(which was originally rotated) it would've filled the entire document
with the adjustment. This is explained more in the
Basic Photoshop
Training program. These are all custom adjustment/fill layers for this
layer of the couple (from the ClubCast.tv portfolio).
Feel free to double click and change whatever settings you feel are
necessary on the adjustment/fill layers. Here I've lowered the opacity
on the original pattern fill layer.
I'll be honest, the curves adjustment layer just turned out to work out
real nice without even planning it. Note the extra 'shape' in a
different shade of green; this is the curves adjustment layer. I
probably would've added something else later to make it more
interesting, but as a designer when you run across new 'mistakes' you
should be able to tell instantly whether they 'work' or not and I knew
right away this work out. It adds more to the 'vector' element of the
design.
And here, you've made it through the complete tutorial. Hopefully this
taught you more about mixing a lot of different Photoshop elements
together. It probably also let you in on some inside secrets which most
designers just don't want to share. For full blown commercial
design tutorials that make you money check out the new Madison Avenue
Tutorials.
Let this 'big picture' concept of design start to sink in and note the balance of the bitmap and vector elements. Try creating your own version of this tutorial and have fun! Don't forget you can browse the iPSDirectory and get this and hundreds of other hot complete designs (.psd's) for free with the PhotoshopDesigner Total Package!
