Question 6

Over the construction of my magazine I think I have learnt a lot. When I say a lot I mean in the way to construct a magazine, the simple conventions to make a magazine, the technology to create the magazine and I moulded creativity to produce it.  The most important thing I have learnt is that a magazine will never look good without clear, great looking images. They are what make the magazine look appealing to they eye of the audience.

(the original image)

This professional image took by a very good photographer who I got permission off to use it shows exactly how vital an image is to the overall look of the magazine. You want the images to reflect the quality of its contents.

I will then show you how the image complimented the contents of my contents both the font and the article itself. Another thing I have learnt through this was how to corporate other software into Photoshop such as the website ransom note generator that allowed me to create the font I dreamed of to then put onto my magazine by uploading it to Photoshop.

With the help of a patience teacher I got to know the software Photoshop a lot better. I learned how first impressions are never right when it comes to technology with some practice I developed skills that made the software simple to use.

Tools like the wizard tool allowed me to blend an image upon an image to blend perfectly and not look messy. Adding professionalism into my work was key to pick up the marks, especially when I needed to blend the barcode upon the front cover but not make it look unprofessional and not affect the overall theme and look of my magazine.

I learned how to create boxes and effects upon my text to make them stand out from my colour theme of black, that was important to learn because it allows the audience to clearly read my text. It created a theme that could attract my target audience.

(The image with an invisible box, 4 different fonts, software from a ransom note generator. The Outer glow effect on by sub heading. These are all things I had learnt through making my magazine)

I also learned how to cooperate other sites into one magazine, in a sense that I could bring social sites into a physical magazine.  I was diving into many genres with the technology at my disposable, my magazine was both online and in your hands.