The key technologies that have impacted the magazine industry include the printing press, cameras, computers, and computer design software like InDesign and Photoshop. The printing press allows for mass publication and distribution of magazines. Cameras allow photographs to be included in magazines to make articles more interesting. Computers and design software allow magazines to be created digitally and provide tools to efficiently layout magazine pages, images, and text.

1. Media Evaluation
Question Six

2. Technology with the magazine industry
• Printing Press
• Camera
• Computer
• Computer aided design software

3. Printing Press
This is large format printing press. Which
can produce a large amount of copies of
magazines very quickly. This technology
is very up to date in terms of the of the
things it can do. This technology is key to
the magazine industry as it allows for
mass amounts of magazines to be
distributed all over the country for sale.

4. Camera
This is the modern day technology that
allows for magazine designers to put
pictures and photographs into the
magazines which go with the story to
make the articles more interesting.
This technology also allows for
photographs to be put on the cover of
the magazine which means for an
instant attraction from the target
audience of the particular magazine.

5. Computer
This piece of common modern day
equipment is a computer in which
allows for the magazine to be designed
and created on. This technology is very
common around the world now and
technology much like this is improving
all the time for efficient magazine
design and creation. Software much
like what Adobe produce are used to
create the magazines as they offer
many tools and design equipment for
magazine design to be quick and easy
for magazine designing professionals.
Many magazine designers use Apple
products rather than a conventional PC
as they are much more well suited to
artistic and graphical creation.

6. InDesign
This computer aided design software is key
in order to create a magazine front cover,
contents page and double page spread. This
technology is useful for magazine creators
and me because it allows you to move and
position everything you need into the right
place. It also allows to create text boxes
which can be moved around accordingly.
Another interesting feature of InDesign is
that it allows you to change everything you
want about the text, for example the angle
in which it is facing, how close it is to the
next letter. InDesign has been very useful
for me because it has allowed me to create
a magazine front cover, contents page and
double page spread which looks very
professional and like a genuine product.

7. Photoshop
Photoshop is a tool used for in
particular, the editing of photographs
which have been taken, in my case on a
DSLR camera. Photoshop is useful for
professionals in that they can change
slight things in the photographs and
create interesting effects with the
masthead of the magazine on the front
cover. Photoshop was particularly useful
for me because I took my photos in the
photographic studio therefore I had to
change a few things within the
photographs. Also photoshop was
useful to me in creating a masthead
much like you would see on a
professional magazine.