The technology that I used to create my front

cover, contents page and double page spread

varied. I used a camera, PC, Photoshop, Quark

Xpress, the internet and Blogger.

Each different piece of software that I used was for

different reasons and learning different skills along

the way.

The camera was used to take photographs that

related to the coverlines on the contents page and

which also relates to the stories within the

magazine. Once completed I used blogger to

upload all of my work.

I used Adobe Photoshop software to create the front cover of

my pop music magazine. Using this software for this purpose is

great as the software is more advanced than other software and this is more complex than using other software's. Also

using Photoshop I was able to edit, cut and crop the images if

they weren't to the standards I needed them. What I did was

created a blank A4 page and every time I wanted to create

something new on the front cover I would have to insert a layer.

I used Quark Xpress to create my contents page and also my

double page spread for my pop music magazine. Quark

Xpress is a very professional software which major magazines such as Closer etc use to create their contents page etc.

Using this software is very easy to use and importing the text for

the double page spread was great as it automatically sorted

the text into columns. Out of the Adobe Photoshop and Quark

Xpress, Quark was the easiest to use as it was easier to find the necessary tools.

Blogger is an online blog. I use blogger to upload all of the

tasks that I have had to complete on to blogger. Since the

start of the coursework I have had to keep up to date with the work so when completing a task, I upload it to blogger. It was

easiest when completing the task to upload it straight to

blogger so then you know its there. Blogger is easy and very

simple to use and you can embed certain things such as

videos on to blogger.

I learnt a lot of skills since producing the pop music magazine. I took

on six jobs which in a real magazine they would hire one person for

each job. I took on the role of all the journalist, photographer, sub

editor, designer, proof reader and also the layout sub editor. The job

that I found easiest was the proof reading as it wasn’t really

challenging me. The role I found the hardest was the journalist and

designer as with the journalist you have to make sure what you are

saying makes sense and accurate. Also I found the designer a bit

hard as I had never produced anything before. I also learnt how to

use software’s such as Photoshop and quark xpress as I had never

use these before at the beginning I found it quite hard to use it but

after time I developed the skills that I needed to, so I could produce

the best magazine that I could. I also learnt how to use DTP , which is

desk top publishing. Using DTP you don’t have to be professional, if

you have the right equipment and software you are then able to

create a magazine.