Technologies I have Used

Question 6.

For the creation of my front cover in my music magazine I used the software Photoshop using a variety of skills to make the cover.

To create the text, I used the text tool on the tool bar and made a text box. After choosing a font and size I typed it and then edited the way thy looked by double clicking on the layer and choosing using mainly drop shadow, this made the text stand out to the audience more as it had more substance.

To change the background on my main image, I used the pen tool and when around the cover star cutting out the unused parts. This allowed me to get a better background that appealed to the audience more.

To get the black background on the banner at the bottom of the magazine cover, I used the shape tool make a rectangle and change the colour to black.

I took the background photo separately to the cover stars photo, this was because I would have only need the actor once and I could experiment with different backgrounds, fit the needs of the target audience.

For the double paged spread and the contents page, I used quark express because it had a wider variety of tool that were needed to make them. I did it because you can organise the text and images in the conventional 3 column structure that are seen on all magazines.

For the photo on the DPS I used Photoshop to change the brightness and the contrast of the photo to make it look darker and appeal to the target audience as they stereotypically like darker colours. I did this to make the photo stand out and striking to the audience so they give more attention when they see it and therefor buy it.

To import all of the text I used a word document to type everything up and then draw a text box and import it and changing the column structure to 3 so it looks professional and conventional. I did this because it is easier to type up the article and then just import the article adjusting the size in quark so I could save time on other thing.

With all the images I drew a image box an imported the image lining it up. Importing them this way was done because it is how quark works and allows for creators to adjust there photos eaiser.

I also used other technologies to create the production for example I used like a DSLR camera to take the photos. I used this for all 3 of my pages. With the live performance of Catfish taken on my phone before when I went to see them.

The computer is a form of technology as everything that I used to edit happened on there.

I used the software Microsoft word to help me create my magazine contents page and double page spread. I did this to import the main body text because it is easier to layout on quark.