1. I used Blogger to put all of my work onto, I used Microsoft word so that I could make
and this meant that all of my work was on my posts more creative and be able to
one page. I didn’t know how to use blogger annotate easier with arrows. I used scribd
before Media but I have now learnt how to to put all of my word documents onto my
upload things onto it, add pictures and I used www.google.com to look at other blog. This meant that my work could be
change the background and colours of my examples of magazine and to see what more creative as blog posts don’t really let
blog to personalise it and make it look how magazines suit my genre. I used google to out my creative side, so this meant that I
I want it to. It helped me because I could look at magazine which were the same could embed this onto my blog and it
look at my teachers blog and see what genre as my magazine. I used it for looked better than a normal blog post.
work I needed to do and this helped me to inspiration and to search for magazine
know what needed to be done. which I liked the look of.
I used Powerpoint to put my work onto I used Animoto to upload pictures and
slides so it made the work look neater and make them into a video so it looked better
so I could make it look more professional and I could present the pictures as a video
and make it look more elegant. I used which was easier to look at, It also meant
powerpoint to help me to annotate images that I could write about the pictures as
because I couldn’t do this on a post on well. Using Animoto was really helpful
blogger. I was aware of how to use because it meant that I could make a video
Powerpoint before the coursework but it with the pictures that I liked. I never knew
has enhanced my skills because I have now about Animoto before Media so this meant
learnt that you can upload it on slideshare that I found out about Animoto which I
and embed it to your blog, which In didn’t didn't know before. Animoto meant that I I used Cover Junkie to look at different
know before so I have learnt that you can could put a background on the images and genres of magazines. Cover Junkie was
do this, which has developed my knowledge make it into a video which made it look really helpful as most of the magazines on
of Powerpoint and has gained my more creative and also I could add music. I there were unique and I wanted to
knowledge of slideshare which I didn’t added music which suited the genre of produce a unique style magazine. Cover
know before, which has been really helpful magazine that I was doing because it made Junkie also had a lot of different poses and
because I could do work onto Powerpoint it more relevant. Animoto helped me to do colours so I used it as inspiration to help
and then upload it which looks more mood board and compare different, covers, me decide ideas for my magazine. I used it
creative than a blog post. double page spreads and contents pages. mainly for my research and planning.

2. I used Photoshop to do all of my magazine
editing and creating and developing. Before
Media I had no idea of how to use
photoshop and you can see how my
I used paint so that I could change my font magazines have developed. My skills have
so I could make the A on my title. I also developed magnificently. I used tools on
used this to save my pictures onto and photoshop which I hadn’t used before, for
make mood boards of magazine institutes. example the rubber tool, magnetic lasso
I used Dafont.com to look at different fonts and much more. Photoshop was really good
and compare to see which ones looked the as it helped me use layers and make my
best for my name, this was so that I could magazine. It was really easy to use once I
get the best font for my name. Dafont was got the hang of it. I used it to create my
very helpful as I could Cover, Contents, Double page spread,
Preliminary Cover and preliminary
contents.
I used my camera to take test shots and
real shots of my models. This camera was
I used Youtube to look at photo shoots of fairly easy to use. It was a kodak camera.
VIBE magazine so that I could see how they
work. I also used youtube to put music
onto my animoto videos.
I used my mac to do most of my research
and planning work, I used the schools I used Iphoto to edit my pictures and crop
I used Facebook to contact my models to computers for the photoshop elements as I them and get rid of spots and make my
ask when it would be best to do test shots don’t have photoshop. My knowledge of my models skin look better. I used this to pick
and to arrange dates and times on the real mac has enlarged as I only got it recently the best pictures so I could compare them.
shots. and it was confusing, but I now know how
to use it