The document discusses how various technologies were used to design elements of a magazine cover and contents page. Photoshop was used to edit images by removing backgrounds. Word was used to create the masthead, cover line, editor's letter, and contents page through inserting shapes, text boxes, resizing images, and formatting fonts. Publisher was used to place images and text on the double page spread and format fonts to appeal to the target audience. The document explains how these technologies helped make the design more conventional and eye-catching for the target readership.

1. Cover
Masthead font
I got my masthead font from a website called fontspace.com.
I searched for fonts until I fount the font which I felt was best suited for
the magazine of which I was producing.
At this point I was also able to chose the colour of the font (I chose pink as
it worked with the house style of my magazine and is a colour which my
target group stereotypically like).
When I found this font, I then print screened it which then enabled me to
paste the font onto a word document. I was then able to crop and size the
font to how I felt it looked best on my cover.
Cover line
I produced this particular cover line on a word document.
I started by clicking insert, then shapes and then I clicked on the circle shape.
Once I had done this I chose a colour for the circle (I chose pink as it suited
the house style of the magazine).
I then placed the circle where I felt it looked best on the cover page and
inserted a textbox so I could write the cover line.
I was then able to chose the fonts, size and colours of the text. (I chose these
particular colours, sizes and fonts as they would be eye catching and
appealing to the target audience).

2. Cover- how this made my cover
better?
I feel that by using technology to make my masthead it improved my magazine cover as I was
able to find a font which would be appealing to my target audience. I did research on my target
audience to find out what fonts they find most appealing by using fontspace.com I was able to
search effectively to find the best font for my magazine which would be conventional and eye-
catching. This technology also enabled me to find the most suitable size and colour, again this
would help the magazine attract the target audience but it also enabled the me to create a
house style for my magazine and have the most suitable mode of address. I used word to apply
the mast head, I feel this was good as it allowed me to crop the font and edit the font to be
even more conventional.
I used word to create my cover line, the reasoning for this is because I new I would be able to
find a font, shape and colours which would be conventional for the genre of the magazine. I
was able to insert a circle shape and make it a conventional pink colour which signifies
happiness which is appealing to the target audience, demonstrating also the mode of address.
Also by using this colour I was able to continue following the house style of the magazine. By
using word I was also able to find the correct font, size and colour of font which would appeal
to the target audience and be conventional for the genre of the magazine. Which therefore
means it is eye-catching and improved my magazine by ensuring it was conventional and
appealing to the correct audience.

3. Contents
Editors letter
To start my editors letter on a word document I went,
insert, shapes and clicked on a square shape. I then re-
sized the square to the size I wanted it.
I then chose the colour purple for the box, I chose
purple as it fitted in with the house style.
I then added a text box on the shape and wrote the
text.
Finally I chose the colour, size and font which I felt
would be most appealing to the target audience
based on my audience research. (Purple
background and white font which I felt would be
good to use through the research I carried out on
my target audience.

4. On the cover
To create my on the cover section of the contents I print
screened, copied and pasted the image of my cover.
I then cropped the image and re-sized the image so it would
fit on the contents page.
Once I had done this I numbered it by (on a word document)
clicking insert, shapes and then the circle shape. I then made
the shape the size I wanted and copied and pasted the shape
another 5 times; to leave me with 6 circles), I also made the
colour black by clicking ‘fill’ and then the colour black.
I then got 6 arrows by doing the same. (insert, shapes and
then clicking the arrow shape)
I then placed the circles and arrows where I wanted them
on the contents page.
I then added the page numbers onto the circles by
inserting a text box over the circles and writing a number.
I then changed the font so it was appealing to the target
audience.
Contents

5. Contents- how this made my cover
better?
To make the editors letter I used word, I used because I was able to insert the correct shape which
would be needed, find the colour to make the editors letter conventional and find a conventional
font with conventional colours and sizes. I chose purple for the background colour of the editors
letter as this is conventional therefore appealing to the target audience and also follows the house
style. I used difference sizes for the fonts which is conventional as it helps differentiate between
the most important parts of the text and the not so important parts, this is conventional as the
important parts will be eye-catching and influence the readers to read the rest of the editors letter.
This demonstrates that by creating an editors letter my magazine contents page was improved as it
become more conventional and more appealing to the target audience. This is an informal
magazine and editors letters are usually formal as they provide information, however by using
word I was able to find the correct colours and fonts to make the editors letter appealing to the
readers.
I created the ‘on the cover’ section again by using word, I felt word was best for this as I would be
able to move the shapes around and also crop the front cover image. By using word I was able to
make this section more conventional as word provided the shapes of which I would need to use
(circles and arrows). This enabled my to attract the target audience as it was a visual way of
providing them with information as it is a informal magazine. This also enabled me to make my
front cover more conventional as it is very common for this genre of magazine to have and on the
cover section which I was able to create through using word.

6. Double page spread
Main image
I edited the main image using Photoshop.
I used the eraser tool on Photoshop to edited out the background of
the image.
Once I had done this I then saved the image onto my files to enable me
to put the image on the double page spread of the magazine.
I then copied and pasted the image onto my double page spread and
re-sized it to fit.
Text
To create the text on the double page spread I
inserted a text box on publisher and then wrote the
text inside.
I then changed the font colours, size and style to
appeal to the target audience and fit in with the
house style.
I made the questions a different colour to the
answers as I felt this looked best and would appeal
to the target audience.

7. Double page spread- how these
technologies helped my improve my
double page spread.
I edited the main image on the double page spread on Photoshop, I felt this was a good programme
to use as it enabled me to edit the image in a way which would make the image more conventional.
On Photoshop I edited out the background of the image, this then made the image background
white which is more conventional as the background was much lighter. By having a lighter
background it would make the image more appealing to the audience as light colours connote things
the target audience stereotypically like. Also by making the background white it meant that the
background contrasted well which the costume as there is white in the costume which would help
attract the target audience as this creates a mode of address for the double page spread. I made the
double page spread on publisher, I used publisher as it enabled me to place the image in a
conventional place and allowed me to re-size the image. As it was the main image I was able to make
the image large so it was eye-catching for the target audience.
I also used publisher to created the text for the double page spread, I felt this was the best
programme as I would be able to find the fonts and colours which were conventional and appealing
to the audience and publisher would also allow me to edit and move the text as and when I needed
to. This enabled the magazine to attract the target audience as I could use conventional fonts and
colours, I made the questions blue as it is an informal magazine and having all of the writing black
may have came across as formal which would have set the wrong mode of address. This
demonstrates how publisher therefore enabled me to make the double page spread appeal to the
target audience and also be conventional as well as creating a house style and mode of address.