The document describes the various tools and techniques the student has learned to use in Photoshop while constructing the cover and contents pages of a magazine. The student learned how to use the move tool to rearrange layers, the text tool to change font sizes and colors, and the shape tool to add circles and banners. They also describe using the zoom tool, eraser tool, eyedropper tool, and brightness/contrast adjustments. The student trialled different images and layouts, centered elements, added quotes and rearranged text columns on the double page spread. Overall, the student gained experience using Photoshop's various tools to design and refine the visual elements of their magazine pages.

1. Q6: What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?

3. Front Cover

4. I picked which photo to use as my cover, I picked this photo as it was a medium close up where James was
looking clearly at the camera.
In todays lesson I moved my main cover line text and aligned it to the right, this was to make it neater. I
also took to full stop of the title as it was drawing too much attention and it wasn’t needed. Finally I made
my positioning statement from 36pt to 18pt as it was way to big previously. I did all this work in Photoshop
using the text tool and the move tool to reposition the layers and the text tool to minimize the size of
some of my text.

5. This is the Move Tool
I have learnt how to use this through using photo shop throughout my
production. The tool is used to move layers around.
This is the Text Tool
This tool is used to make text boxes for my cover lines but also to re-size
text and change the colour and font. I have used this tool to resize my
cover lines and change the colour of some to make them stand out
more. This tool is effective as it makes my work more aesthetically
pleasing for the reader so more people may buy it.

6. In todays lesson I changed my model to add more 'movement' to my picture as the
previous picture looks quite staged, I also moved the "Issue" and "Date" text above
the title and changed it from 36pt to 18pt as it was too big before!
I also added another cover line so my cover didn't look to sparse and I also made my
barcode a tad smaller. And changed the text from red to white so it could be seen
better.

7. In todays lesson I changed my picture as my previous picture looked too staged, I
made my cover lines smaller as the text was too big, I changed it from 36pt to 30pt.
I added at bevel to the title to add more dimension to my cover and I also added a
circle to put ‘competition’ text in next lesson.

8. This is the Shape Tool
I used this to add a circle to my cover to add
“competitions” on my cover. I have decided to do
this as I believe it will make my cover more
interesting

9. Rubber/Eraser Tool
This is what I used to rub out the text.

10. This is the Zoom Tool
I used this for precision of rubbing out my text with the eraser/rubber
tool. Without this my Title wouldn’t have been as smoothly cut out as it
is.

11. In this lesson I changed the colour of my coverlines back to red because when they were
white they didn’t stand out from my background. I also brightened the picture using
photoshop as it was quite dull before. And finally, I added a banner along the bottom of my
cover, I chose a light red to fit in with my colour scheme and added band names which my
questionnaire results suggested I did.

12. This is how I brightened my main image in Photoshop. I selected the layers and
went to:
Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
From there I adjusted the slider on brightness to where I wanted it, to make the
picture brighter and the colours slightly more sharper.

13. I used the shape tool to create my banner along the
bottom of my magazine to add extra teasing content. I
did this to follow the codes and conventions of a music
magazine and also to add more content to my cover in
a creative way as previously my cover was quite bare.
To change the colour of
my banner I double
clicked on the layer and
selected a colour for my
banner. I chose red as it
went well with my
colour scheme.

14. I changed the colour of the banner at the bottom to a bright red as previously it looked very
washed out and didn’t stand out. I also changed the font of “Exclusive Interview” on my
coverlines to make it prominent and stand out from the rest because it is an important
feature.

15. I used this to change the fonts on my front cover of my
magazine. I changed to font of the words “Exclusive
Interview” I did this to break the continuity on my page.
To select my text I looked through the drop down menu
at the top left of the Photoshop page using the Text Tool
and selected which font I wanted.
I chose “Bernard MT Condensed” as it was bold and
stood out however it also looked professional and
fitted with the style of my magazine which is indie
but professional.

16. In this lesson I added more headlines around my model as it looked a bit bare. I think this is
effective as it looks busier and like there is more going on in my piece of work. I did this by
using the Text tool in Photoshop to add more text boxes then I used the Move Tool to
reposition my coverlines.

17. I used the colour box to change the
colour of my banner, due to the fact my
page looked “too red” therefore I made it
a Navy Blue colour to contrast well but
also to fit with the mise-en-scene of my
page and my model has the dark blue
colour in his shirt.
I did this by double clicking on the
banner layer and selecting the colour
with the Eyedropper Tool.

18. This is the Eyedropper Tool
I used this tool to keep continuity with my cover by
keeping the same colours contained in the cover. I used
the eyedropper tool to select a navy blue colour from my
models shirt to place into my banner. This is effective as
any other colour may have looked wrong and wouldn’t
have fit with the mise-en-scene of my page.

20. Contents Page

21. In this lesson I decided to change all my pictures and retake them as they were not very
good quality. I wanted to put the title and ‘contents’ in the centre to make my page
symmetrical. I have included a picture of James Bridge as the quality is better an he is
relevant to my magazine as he is interviewed on my double page spread.

23. In this lesson I trial and errored some pictures for my cover and decided of the Jake Bugg
picture, I also moved all my text closer together and made the “On the cover” text stand
out more to draw the readers attention to it, incase they want to specifically read
something on the cover.

24. In this lesson I finalised the pictures that I would use for my contents page. I also
centralised the title of my magazine and the word “Contents” to make my contents page
equal on both sides.

25. In this lesson I cahnged my text colour from blue to red as red fits with my colour scheme
better and fits in with the house design of my magazine whereas blue doesn’t. I also made
my pictures smaller and added more features on my cover to fill the space. I added a box
around the text “on the cover” so it could be easily navigated to for the reader.

27. Double Page Spread

29. Today I arranged my text into 3 clear
columns and took out one of my
pictures as the colours didn’t really go
with the rest of the page. I also tilted
the title to add more dynamics to the
page and draw the readers attention

30. In this lesson, firstly I picked out
spaces where I was going to put
my quotes, then I decided on my
quotes so I put them into my text
by copying and pasting them
from my interview. Finally I
deleted one of my images,
leaving just one as it looked to
busy. I added slight splashes of
colour to match my house
design.

31. Looking back over my work today
I decided the bottom quote
wasn’t necessary so I deleted it,
then I dragged my picture over
the whole page as it wasn’t
covering any text and it looked
more proffessional.
Finally I added a title and standfirst, the
title was a play on words with the artists
name and I tried to add the same
splashes of colour to keep continuity.