Evaluation Q7How have you improved

from the college magazine to the music

magazine?

Audience feedback

How have my technical skills in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Photography,.. improved? Compare music magazine to college magazine (earlier in the blog)•You can tell that you have evolved on your

skills.•more object upon image•You definitely improved your skills,

especially in Photography.

comparisonCollege magazine Music magazine

mastheadCollege magazine Music magazine

• The masthead is very simple

• I used a normal font

• Simple with one a eye catcher: the longer line of the R

• I used a font that already excited, but adjusted it to make it unique to my mag

photographyCollege magazine Music magazine

• No studio used• No studio lights• Compact camera• No retouching

• Studio with black backdrop

• Studio flash lights used• DSLR D7000• Professional retouching

Contents pageCollege magazine Music magazine

• 8 images used (makes it more interesting)

• Two colours used (more exciting to look at)

• Includes editor’s note

• 5 images used• Only 1 colour • No editor’s note

Colour schemeCollege magazine Music magazine

• The green was the only colour used

• It is representative of the college but it doesn’t work very well with the white background

• 3 colours scheme• Looks more exciting• Works well with the black

background• Is appropriate for the

genre and both genders

Final summery • Improved Photoshop skills: learnt how to use the

frequency separation technique, rulers, guidelines, aligning text,

• Improved InDesign skills: learnt how to use rulers, guidelines, edit text boxes, align text,

• Improved Illustrator skills: learnt how to use guidelines, rulers, converting text to vector shapes to edit letters, use various shapes, use the pen tool, text boxes,

• As a result of my coursework I learnt how to present written work more creatively using prezi, slideshare and online mindmap programmes

• Improved journalism: By writing the articles for this coursework I gained experience in journalistic writing and improved throughout the project.