The document discusses the use of various software programs in creating a music magazine. It describes using Blogger to embed videos and insert images into text. It also discusses using photography to take pictures of models in different locations and backgrounds for the magazine, and experimenting with camera settings like aperture. Adobe InDesign was the main software used to layout magazine pages and features like wrapping text around images. Adobe Fireworks was used to remove backgrounds and adjust image lighting/contrast. Microsoft Word was used for planning and spell checking text. Microsoft PowerPoint was helpful for importing/cropping photos, creating mood boards, and organizing information on slides.

1. Blogger
• Before I started A-level Media I knew a bit about blogger in that I
have used it before however since I did my preliminary task I have
learnt so much more about all the features it has to offer. For
example, I never knew how to embed videos onto Blogger before I
started but now I can do it easily. I also didn’t know how to insert
images and then format them around text but having done this so
many times on blogger in the last few weeks I now think it’s one of
the easiest things I can do.
• Blogger has been a key
component of the software I have
used for presenting my research
about other music magazines and
planning my own music magazine.

2. Photography
• During the process of constructing my
music magazine I took lots of pictures
that would then go on to be used in my
music magazine. I choose lots of
different locations which meant that my
models were set in a variety of
backgrounds for me to pick from.
• While I was taking the pictures I
experimented with the different
settings on the camera such as the ISO
and aperture. These are my results from
changing the aperture:
Before changing
aperture
After changing
aperture

3. Adobe InDesign
• Adobe InDesign has been the main piece of software that I
have used to create my pages. This is the software that I
used to put them together and arrange the layout of the
pages.
• Before using it for creating my music magazine I had never
used Adobe InDesign before but I now believe that I am
familiar with most of the settings and features that it has.
• For example, I now know how to make text go around
images without having to move the actual textbook which I
found was a really useful feature, which I found especially
useful when creating my feature article since I wanted to put
a quote in the middle of the article but I needed the text to
go around it

4. Adobe Fireworks
• I used Adobe Fireworks to delete the background of
the images that I used as well as changing the lighting
and contrast of the colours.
• I originally planned to use Fireworks to get rid of the
shadow on the picture I decided to use for my front
cover. However, after reviewing the picture I decided
that the shadow actually made the picture look better
because it shows a sort of ‘dark side’ to the artist,
which appeals to both genders, so they want to find
out more about them.

5. Microsoft Word
• I used Microsoft Word for my
planning because it’s easy to
crop images in here, as well as
typing up text since it spell
checks what I have typed which
means that my work won’t have
any spelling mistakes. • For my preliminary task I used some of
the effects on Microsoft Word on my
front cover because I already knew a lot
about Microsoft Word and what it can
do. However for my actual music
magazine I decided that I could use more
professional features on other software
such as Adobe InDesign.

6. Microsoft PowerPoint
• I used PowerPoint for a lot of the parts of my planning
because it is easier to import and crop pictures here
which is why I used it to create the mood boards for
things such as my readership profile.
• I also used it to do my initial ideas mind map because
unlike in Microsoft Word I am able to save pages as
JPEGs which means that I ca easily upload them to my
blog as images.
• PowerPoint is also a good piece of software to use
because it means that I can plan what will be on each
slide better so that my information is my organised and
easy to read and understand.