Making a magazine cover page in photoshop?

Instructions: Find an old family photo to restore (or a photo of a place that is special to you), enhance the photo with at least five to seven different elements that you’ve learned, and create a magazine cover page using the photos with some creative ideas behind it. Utilize at least one other photo for a background. You will upload three photos minimum, the original family photo, background photo and the final cover page.

Once this is completed, you will complete a minimum of a two-page write up (minimum of 500-750 words, not including Title Page or Reference Page): 12 font Times New Roman, double spaced paper in APA Style format, using at least two references to describe the following: Submit your paper in Word format only.

1. Purpose of the magazine. You must identify a valid purpose as if this magazine will be published for the public.
2. Identify five to seven tools used and any challenges encountered.
3. Describe the layers applied and why selected.
4. Examine the differences, the benefits and the limitations of the different image file types.
5. Discuss the purpose and usage of smart objects, layers and vectors in editing, also differentiate between a raster image and a vector image; also detail the layer concepts of hiding, linking, and setting layer styles.
6. Outline the different processes to enhance images including sharpness, color, contrast, hue, brightness and resolution.
7. Evaluate the image processing capabilities such as feathering, filtering and burning.
8. Describe the process for performing advanced selection using masks, channels, refine edge, and defringing.
9. Detail the capabilities of Adobe Photoshop as a tool for editing and restoring digital images, also describe the process for enhance digital images by manipulating sharpness, color, contrast, hue, brightness and resolution.