Question 6 What have you learnt about technologies from

the process of constructing this product?

Microsoft PublisherBefore creating my first magazine cover, my

cover of the school magazine I decided to use Microsoft publisher to create it on as I felt it would be a lot easier and simpler to use than Photoshop as I had only had limited use on that program and I felt I could make a better one on this program. I already knew how to use it and could easily insert text, shapes and images.

Adobe FireworksI found this program very useful when doing

my school magazine as it allowed me to edit pictures and get the unneeded background out of the image as well as cutting parts out. I used this as it allowed me to edit images simply without using a more complex program such as Photoshop.

Adobe PhotoshopI used this program on my final task which was creating a

music magazine to a high standard. I would need to use this programme as this was the most professional one we had on the school computers and it was the programme I could make the most realistic and professional looking magazine. Prior to doing the final task we were asked to recreate a already existing music magazine, this was extremely helpful as it allowed me to improve my photoshop skills and figure out how to make a magazine as well as giving me a good idea what to do. I learnt whilst remaking a magazine how to use tools on photoshop such as the magic wand, eraser tool, brushes and burn tool, as well as how to change the colour and shapes of images. It took quite while to complete the magazine as I was trying to make it look as professional and realistic as possible.

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FontsI used Dafont.com to find a lot of my fonts for

my front cover, contents and double page spread as they stand out and there is a lot of different options on the site and a lot of them seem to fit in with the rap genre as there is very bold text that looks good with the house colors of my magazine on them.

What I used: I used a praktica dc 440 to take the photos for my magazine.

I used a 4gb SanDisk memory stick to save and backup my work on and also to transfer work from my laptop to the school laptop.

I used a dell inspiron laptop at home and a rm tutor laptop at school.