Research and planning: College magazine so far

This is my college magazine so far. I have used the text tool to create the masthead and writing underneath it, I have also used a drop shadow on the writing. I have used the paint bucket tool to colour the background in blue. I have also uploaded the photo and opened it in photoshop, I then used the magnetic lasso tool to cut it out and the move tool to drag it onto the background. I used the spot healing brush tool to remove any blemishes and added another layer and took don the opacity to make her skin look more polished.