2. During the construction of my magazine I used a variety of programmes,
including Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign.
To produce my front cover and contents I used Photoshop. I made a variety of
mastheads for my magazine using a wide variety of fonts and colours, I then
printed these and asked members of my target audience which they preferred
and why and then what they didn't like about each masthead. I took all
feedback into account and produced my final masthead, my final masthead was
similar to one I designed previously except I added liquefy effect. I selected the
size of the brush I wanted to use to add the effect and then enlarged my
masthead and added the effect letter by letter, it was a lengthy process but after
getting positive feedback on my masthead with the effect added I decided this
was the one I was going to use.
This is my masthead after I added the effect liquefy, I am happy with this and
have learnt a lot about Photoshop's features through doing this.

3. I also used Photoshop to cut around my cover image and the image on my
double page spread by using the pen tool. I carefully went around both
images with the pen tool to ensure my images looked as professional as
possible; from this I learnt how to cut around images using Photoshop
precisely to ensure they are neat and look professional.
The images to the left
is the image I used for
my front cover before I
used the pen tool on
Photoshop and after.

4. This is my image on the front
cover of my magazine. Photoshop
also allowed me to add a barcode
which is a necessity in order for
my magazine to look
professional.
Photoshop was a good and useful
programme for the creative
aspects of my magazine such as
mastheads, images, headings and
also adding effects to images and
text. I feel by using such tools on
Photoshop I have gained a more
professional style throughout my
magazine. I have learnt how to
cut images out, add effects to
images, add effects to mastheads,
airbrush images and overall have
gained a good knowledge of how
to use Photoshop.

5. I also used Adobe InDesign to create my double page spread. This
programme was really useful when it came to placing my text and images
onto my double page spread. It enabled me to see clearly where things
would be on my double page spread and enabled me to manipulate
things easily until I was happy with the end result.
I learnt how to change colours of certain text, how to place text and
images onto my double page spread, how to add effects to text using
InDesign and how to spread text across two pages without it looking
unprofessional and messy. Before constructing my magazine I hadn't
used either Photoshop or InDesign before; therefore throughout this
process I have learnt a lot about both programmes and now feel
comfortable with using them and have got reasonable knowledge of the
tools and effects each programme has to offer.

6. This is the double page spread I created using Adobe InDesign: