1. The document describes the similarities and differences between the student's magazine cover and contents page and real magazine examples. 2. It discusses what was learned about Photoshop and InDesign from constructing the magazine project. Photoshop allowed image editing like cropping, blurring and adjusting levels. InDesign facilitated page layout, adding graphics and text, and creating a two-page spread. 3. Stages of development are described for working in Photoshop and InDesign to construct the magazine pages. Images were edited in Photoshop before being imported into InDesign for page layout.

1. 1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms
and conventions of real media products?
2. What have you learnt about the
technologies from the process of
constructing this product
MY COVER AND CONTENTS OF A
COLLEGE MAGAZINE
PRELIMINARY TASK EVALUATION

2. T H E F RO N T C OV E R -
SIMILARITIES
Masthead
Cover lines
Main Image

3. D I F F E R E N C E S W I T H F RO N T
C OV E R
The differences are that my
magazine has a logo where as
the second magazine doesn’t
have one. The second
magazine has a barcode, and
mine has an advertisement in
the bottom left corner. Also
the main image on my
magazine is on the right third
of the page whereas the
second magazine has the main
image placed more towards the
left third.

4. SIMILARITIES WITH THE
C O N T E N T S PA G E
Masthead
Use of Images
Sections of Text

5. DIFFERENCES WITH THE CONTENTS
PA G E
In my contents page the
masthead is down the
side of the page whereas
on the second contents
page it its along the top.
The second contents
page has five images with
shorter amounts of text
whereas mine has four
images with more text.

6. Software/Resources WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT
THE TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE
Used PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS
PRODUCT?

7. PHOTOSHOP
With photo shop I was able to manipulate and adapt images using tools
such as the blur and crop tools. I was also add things such as text onto the
image to create the front cover of my magazine.
With this image I began by
cropping it to only include
Ibrahim with no at much
background. I then used the
blur tool and blurred the
background. Finally I used
the levels tool to make the
colours more vibrant.

8. INDESIGN
I was able to use InDesign to create the layout for my contents page. I could also
input my front cover onto the document to create a two page spread of my front
cover and contents page.
With my contents I was able to add a gradient background fading from green to
purple. I then was able to add a masthead down the side of the page.
After that I added in my
edited images from
Photoshop, and also added
small blocks of text. I put the
text at a five degree tilt, and
on both the images and the
text added a shadow using the
“drop shadow” tool.

9. I N D E S I G N - S TAG E S O F
DEVELOPMENT

10. P H O T O S H O P - S TAG E S O F
DEVELOPMENT