technologies

During the construction of my magazine I have used various technologies including publisher, word and a digital camera. Through creating my magazine I have improved my skills with using these technologies and effectively created an appealing and professional magazine.

Photos: I took my photos with my sony cybershot digital camera, i made sure to get shots varying in distances and angles to make sure i had plenty to work with and could edit to how i wanted them, potentially to use in my magazine. My main photos of “Candy Cooke” i took against a white sheet, this was to make it look like a professional model shoot, this made it look professional. Other photos i took around school on our building site, this was to make it look like an on-set shoot for an album cover, i made sure i took these so i could edit and crop them easily.

Editing: To edit my photos I used the photo editing tools in publisher and word. I felt that my photos were pretty good without editing them, the only thing I changed was the contrast and brightness and occasionally I cropped some of the photos.

My front cover photos hasn’t had much editing on it, the only thing i changed was the contrast. The model stands out more because of this.

The photos of ‘the girls next door i changed the contrast and the brightness, this create a ‘glow’ around them and the colours in their clothing stood out

Another example of where editing has been used is in these photos, I drastically edited the brightness and the contrast making things look brighter and stand out more

This screen shot from word shows how I edited my pictures, you can change the brightness and contrast in the top corner.

I used Microsoft publisher to construct my magazine. It was the most effective technology to use and allowed me to easily construct an effective magazine that appealed to my target audience.

For my front cover, I created many drafts, I made a plain rough guide to how I originally wanted my front cover using various word arts, these had no colour on them, following this guide I then constructed the real thing, I then played around with different colours and font to find out what went together and what didn’t. I then ordered everything how I wanted it. The technology of publisher allowed me to make changes to everything easily.

My front cover was created in various steps using publisher with several drafts before I got to the final product. Using drafts allowed me to use different technology to find out what made my product better.

For my contents page, I constructed columns for my cover lines by using text boxes. This created an ordered layout to appeal to the audience. The technology was used in the same way as I had used for my front cover.

Double page spread: I also used publisher to construct my double page spread for my final magazine product. The columns were constructed by using text boxes, I also created most of my fonts in word art so they were easy to make changes to. I also played around with different colours to try and make it the most effective It could be to my target audience.

From constructing my magazine using various technologies from a photo editing software to the internet and different Microsoft programs, I have created a magazine that would appeal to my target audience which is both appealing and effective. Through the process of making this magazine I now have a better understanding on how to use the various technologies.