Through creating a magazine product, the author learned that designing pages on a computer using software like Photoshop and InDesign is more effective than drawing drafts by hand. Photoshop allowed for easy editing of photos and creation of customized backgrounds and designs. InDesign facilitated putting together the contents page and double page spread. Various online and software tools were used to design different magazine elements.

2. The background of my magazine front page was created in Photoshop and I changed the design of my background many times before using bevel and emboss to decide on the final one. In design was used for the creation of my contents page and double page spread. Some mastheads/sell lines were made using an online website (dafont.com) and then edited in Photoshop.