The student used Photoshop and Quark to design a music magazine cover, content page, and double page spread. In Photoshop, they used various tools like the crop tool and pen tool to edit images and cut out backgrounds. They also used tools like the horizontal text tool to add styled text. In Quark, they placed images and text using tools like the item tool and text content tool, and organized content with tables. Gaining experience with these design software helped the student produce professional-looking work representing the rock genre.

3. • I used Photoshop to produce my music magazine front
cover. While producing my music magazine front cover I
developed a range of skills and techniques and learned
to be more confident when editing and producing my
work.
• I also used Photoshop to edit any pictures I took with the
Digital SLR Cameras to make the pictures look more
attractive and professional.
• Without the use of Photoshop on my production work I
wouldn’t of been able to produce professional looking
work and produce images, text etc. to represent the rock
genre.

4. I used the crop tool while producing my
magazine front cover. I used the crop tool
to reduce the size of images, text and
shapes. The crop tool was mainly used
when I cropped my image before editing it
in Photoshop to reduce the size to fit my
front cover.
I used this tool in Photoshop to move any
items or text around anywhere on my front
cover I desired and where I thought it
would suit best and fit in with the
conventions of a music magazine front
cover and the design of my rough sketch I
produced of my front cover and uploaded
to my blog.

5. I used the pen tool to go around my picture
that I used for my double page spread to
cut around and then I deleted the
background and created a new
background behind it and then imported it
to Quark on my double page spread.
I used the eyedropper tool to make sure
my house style text and any objects I had
used were the same colour as the rest so it
all matched the house style. The house
style consisted of the colour scheme red,
black and white.

6. I used the background eraser tool to erase
bits of my cover stars hair. My cover stars
hair covered over the masthead, which is a
common convention on a magazine front
cover. I used the background eraser to
make it look more realistic and clear over
the masthead.
The horizontal type tool was used a lot
while producing my front cover in
Photoshop. Whatever text that I wanted to
put on my front cover I used this tool to do
so. It helped me to change the font, colour
and size of my text wherever I choose to
place it. I also used it when I wrote the
subheading under my main cover line and I
choose to turn it around on a slant to make
it appear more interesting to the audience.

7. I used the rectangle tool
to create any shapes I
wanted to put on my
front cover. I used the
rectangle tool to produce
a skyline and banner
and I coloured both
black. This was followed
by a white background
created from the
rectangle tool under my
masthead. I used the
rectangle tool to also
create a other
background for the price
and date and outlining
other shapes to make
them stand out more
clearer and look more
neater and interesting to
look at.

9. • I used Quark to produce my content page and double
page spread. While producing these I developed a range
of skills and the more I used Quark the more familiar and
easier I found it when I used it.
• I had not yet used Quark before, so at first I found it hard
but in time I learned how to make my production work
better and listened to others to help me become more
confident when using Quark.

10. I used the item tool in Quark to move any
shapes or text around my double page
spread and content page. This was one of
the tools that I used the most considering
this was the tool that was used to move
any text or different shaped items onto my
production work and helped me position
them neatly.
I used the Text Content Tool in Quark to
write text wherever I wanted to on my
double page spread or contents page. I
could write the text in any position I wanted
and I could change the text colour, font or
size whichever I desired and that would fit
with the house style of my double page
spread and content page.

11. I used the picture content tool to draw a
box whatever size I wanted my picture to
be and imported pictures that I took using
the SLR cameras that I had transferred to
the computer. Once the picture I wanted
was imported into the box I could then
freely move it around so I could have as
much of the picture showing as I desired.
I used the rectangle box tool on my double
page spread and content page to create
shapes to outline or use as a background
for text. I changed the colour of my shapes
to colours such as red, black or white as
this was my chosen colour scheme for my
music magazine and represented the rock
genre most.

12. I used the table tool on my
double page spread and
content page. I used the table
tool on my content page to
create columns to have an
organised structure like most
magazines do. I used the
columns to position my text
and pictures neatly. I used the
table tool to use columns also
on my double page spread to
organise my interview.

14. • I used the SLR cameras to take any pictures for all three
designs. This included my front cover, content page and
double page spread. After I had took the pictures I
uploaded them to the computer and edited each one in
different ways on Photoshop to appear more attractive and
professional on my work.
• I also learnt how to do different shots and experiment with
different camera angles to make my pictures become more
expectable and interesting to use on my production work.