EVALUATIONAS Media Music Magazine

Front Cover Screen Print

Skills Learnt:I learnt how to use the pen tool in Adobe Photoshop in order to remove the background from my main image. I feel that the background that was originally in the image did not reflect my chosen genre well enough, and so I removed it in order to portray my genre more effectively.

I also used different layer styles, such as the outer glow effect in order to make my main image a lot more attractive. I used an orange outer glow in order to remain consistent with my colour scheme and give an effective effect. Without the glow, the image blended in with the background and didn’t fulfil an attractive main image. I wanted to follow magazine cover conventions and make the image stand out, so I added the glow in order to do this.

Contents Page Screen Print

Skills Learnt:I learnt how to use the pen tool in Adobe Photoshop in order to remove the background from my images. These three images were originally separate and all had different backgrounds, so it would have been hard to integrate the three models. By removing the background I have managed to merge the three images and make it look like one. This gives the effect of a rock band that I wanted.

Article Screen Print

Skills Learnt:Adobe InDesign was a completely new piece of software to me, so I had to do my own research on how to use the different tools. One thing I managed to learn specifically was the drop cap feature. I wanted to use this to give a classic feel to my article and I managed to learn how to implement this feature into my text.

I also learnt how to place an image onto my workspace and spread it across my two double pages. I wanted to do this as it merges the two pages and makes the article come together as one piece of writing, rather than it appearing as two separate topics. This also works well, as the image is of my article subject, making it even more relevant to my genre.