2. I was new to using Photoshop, So the
preliminary task to create a college
magazine was very helpful to learn how
to use all the different tools such as the
magnetic lasso tool, the image filters
and downloading fonts to fit in with my
genre.
When it came to making the actual
music magazine I felt much more
prepared and able to create a
professional looking magazine through
lots of practice.
I had to use a digital camera for the
photos I used in order to get the
professional feel.
Also I used iPhoto to crop and
manipulate photos

3. Image filter: From the filter
gallery I used the filters to
manipulate the background
image. I made it more purple
as that is the colour of our
college logo
Drop Shadow: To
emphasise my
masthead
Fonts: I downloaded
many different font
from the internet and
uploaded them to
Photoshop to use on
my magazines
Crop tool: I
cropped images in
order to get the
correct size.

4. I spent a lot of time choosing which of the photos I
had taken to use for each section of my music
magazine. I had to crop and edit each photo I used.
For the double page spread:
I adjusted this
photo by editing
the exposure,
contrast and
saturation. The
saturation
helped
increase the
contact by making
my image more
powerful and bold
than it initially
was.

5. These are some of the images I took but decided to
reject. I really like these images and almost used them
all. However I couldn’t find a place to fit them. For
example the top right photograph of a man in a hoodie
doing graffiti was excellent for my genre but I couldn’t
find anywhere that it would relevantly fit in.
messy and
unprofessional.
Another reason I
didn’t use these
images is
because I
wasn’t able to
successfully
arrange text
over the image
and it was
illegible.
I also really like the rest of them however it wasn’t
possible for me to use all of my favorite photos as it
would look