2. Hardware that I used
For my Article, Front cover and Contents I needed to take pictures. I wanted clarity
in my photos because I believe that its important to have a HD quality photo for all
the photos in a music magazine to give it a Professional feel which I wanted to
assure. It had a SD card which enabled me to save my photos and transfer them
onto the device I used to produce my music magazine. The camera I used was …
Nikon D3100 – Digital SLR this is an image of the model of camera below
This camera was very useful because it gave a
lot of clarity in my photos. A feature on this
camera is the lenses that is able to zoom in
and out so I can take photos from further
away from the cover artist but keep the
photo from neck up without effecting the
lighting in the background. I have pressed the
trigger to focus the camera onto the cover
artist.
SD card
3. Lighting … 2/2
I needed a constant light source for my music magazine that will provide my
picture with the ideal background. I have resulted into using an artificial light
source that can provide a bright light on the cover artists face ensuring that there
is no shadows and gives the image a clarity. However without a solid block color
background I wouldn't’t not be able to achieve this professional feel with the
whole graphic focusing on the cover artist and nothing else and the reasons this
background dose this is when its lit with a further two strobes on full power to
create a high exposure, white background. . I have also used a backdrop that was
the color white and this enables the whole focus to be on the cover artist and
nothing else. The soft boxers work as they disperse the light and give a softer,
rounder light on the subject.
Soft boxes Back drop (white)
4. Other technology that I used was …
I used an apple iMac as a system to use the software on and I found it very useful
as it enables me to use software that enable me to manipulate photos and text
into a document representing a magazine. This is the nucleolus of all my
coursework as it allows me to share my documents. The Apple imac came with an
apple mouse that I used when clicking on required applications.
Apple I mac
5. Lighting … ½
As I keep stressing through out my analyses the photography is important as
the end product of my magazines should look professionalism. To increase the
professionalism I used an object called a strobe light . What a strobe light
dose is allows me to controlling the volume of shadow that I wanted. What I
wanted was a clear crisp image with little to no shadow and this flash light
helped this however for me the photographer I would have to press the
button on the flashlight to activate it. To prevent more ease and better quality
of photo I have also used a trigger which sends infra red signal sent to Strobe
flash – triggers the flash in-sync with the camera shutter.
Hemisphere 300 – Strobe flash Horseshoe flash trigger
6. Now on to the software I used …
Photoshop
A very important software I have used for the majority of the design process
is Adobe Photoshop version CS5 . This application enables me to
manipulate photos. An example of this is on the front cover of my music
magazine I have used the ‘levels’ enabling me to edit the levels to the images
effecting the coloring of the image.
7. Photoshop tools I used
I needed to cut out my image to give it a professional feel and enable text to
hug the image and I needed this especially for my front cover as my text
sourended my cover artist. I also used this tool for one of my two contents
page pictures and my article photo. This tool enables you to crop a photo to
your liking. Down below is a step by step guide on how I used this software
and the tool of cropping the image.
1. Open up an image
2. Duplicate the layer
3. Use the magic wand tool
4. Then it will highlight your
image with a stroke around it
5. Click on the cut tool then
the image will be cut out
8. The text tool
As you can see from the top of this slide I used text fonts frequently in the production of my
music magazine and from the bar at the top I was able to Change Font , Change Size ,
Change Thickness , Change gaps and where the text is aligned on the page.
Also I used a very important tool for my front cover and the tool I used was the stroke and
drop shadow effect this gave my text more depth and made it stand out.
1. Double click on the layer that you want to
manipulate 2. this menu will come up and you
would click on the stroke box or
shadow box and alter the levels to
your ideal requirements
9. I have used the software wordpress to distribute my content.
I even have my own created URL
‘keirosbornemedia.wordpress.com’
10. For access to the internet I used …
Firefox
This browser allowed me to access websites such as word press witch allowed
me to distribute my content with the exam board. Also it allowed me to
download the font ‘CHUNKYFIVE’.
Safari
I also used this application to enable myself to look up other music magazines
to see how they have conformed or rebelled against the conventions of a
magazine.
11. Adobe InDesign
This application sole purposes considering my music magazine is to add text
into my article. This software allowed me to implement my article into
columns as many as I want (I chose 2) and created a professional/ authentic
feel. I had to use my other piece of software Photoshop to create a
background with photos and graphics already in place such as what I have
pointed out below in the red arrow. The I had to open up the file of my image
and place it into the application to then add text into it.
1. Open the file
folder and click on
place
2. Drag the image onto the page 3. Click on the letter
To add text
12. Adobe InDesign
Then to put text into columns I had to learn this formula oh clicking on layout then
margins and columns when I've clicked on this an option of choosing columns has
came up and I have used two columns for my article as I believe its fits the
minimalistic style of my house magazine.
13. Adobe Power point
Power point has allowed me to present my work in an alternative way and
this enables me to put information on different format with slides that I'm
able to manipulate into the program ‘Slide share’ that allows me to put it on
the word press and present my information to the examine board.
14. OSK – Operating system
This is the server that my mac is on and it holds all the information and
different accounts that are on the computer and this is arguably the most
important piece of soft wear.
