The document discusses the tools and software used to create a college magazine, including SLR cameras, Photoshop, blogs, and Quark. SLR cameras were used to take high quality photos for the cover but can be difficult for beginners to use. Photoshop allowed editing and layering of images and text to meet magazine conventions. Blogs kept all work organized and ensured nothing was lost. Quark was used to layout the contents page with boxes for text and images in columns as typically seen in magazines.