When i first created my preliminary task i had never tried creating a magazine on pages before so i was only using the very basic tools on Pages. I imported a picture as my background and inserted a text box as the title. Comparing what i was like then, to now has made me realise how much my technical ability has improved and how much i have actually learnt throughout this process. By looking at my school magazine you can immediately see my lack on knowledge in they way a front cover should be Laid out as well as it being boring and not very attractive from an audiences point of veiw. I have also learnt that you don't have to give away a lot on the front cover to attract an audience, by adding exciting fonts and an eye-catching image you will easily catch anyones attention. On my school magazine i didn't involve a bar code or price so by researching different magazine labels i had more knowledge to help me make mine look as professional as possible. Overall I am proud of the progress i have made and the skills i have picked up along the way.
Throughout my process of constructing my music magazine i have discovered many new technologies and have had to learn how to use them along the way. I found this exciting especially when we were learning how to do new things on the Macs, I already had my own Mac laptop so to my advantage I could practice and get quicker at using them at home. I think the good thing about producing my work on a Mac is the applications you can use to make the quality of your magazine better. For example IPhoto.
IPhoto is a quick way of editing your photos at a high quality. It allowed me to make my images look as professional as possible and edit them so they all had the same lighting level so none looked out of place. The background of my magazine was also imported into Iphoto so i could make it look slightly more colourful.
Instead of using Photoshop i decided to create my magazine on Pages. I was already familiar with this software but had only ever used it for written purposes. I learnt how to import your own photo and use it as a background. I also learnt how to make the images 'float' so you could place them anywhere you want on the page. I found it quick and easy to use.
Before i started my Media AS course i had never used Blogger before. However i did have my own blog on Tumblr so knew roughly how they work. It was interesting comparing the two and how they work differently.
I used this wedbsite to import more interesting fonts onto my laptop to use in my magazine. I never knew this website existed before doing this project so im excited to use it in the future as well. This website also inspired me on the style of my magazine by looking at what fonts could emphasise the 'urban' look.
When i first created my preliminary task i had never tried creating a magazine on pages before so i was only using the very basic tools on Pages. I imported a picture as my background and inserted a text box as the title. Comparing what i was like then, to now has made me realise how much my technical ability has improved and how much i have actually learnt throughout this process. By looking at my school magazine you can immediately see my lack on knowledge in they way a front cover should be Laid out as well as it being boring and not very attractive from an audiences point of veiw. I have also learnt that you don't have to give away a lot on the front cover to attract an audience, by adding exciting fonts and an eye-catching image you will easily catch anyones attention. On my school magazine i didn't involve a bar code or price so by researching different magazine labels i had more knowledge to help me make mine look as professional as possible. Overall I am proud of the progress i have made and the skills i have picked up along the way.
