Microsoft Publisher was used to create a school magazine cover because it was easier to use than Photoshop. Key features used included templates, overlapping and positioning images and text, importing fonts and images, and text alignment tools. Adobe Fireworks was used to remove backgrounds from images that were difficult to isolate in other programs. Adobe Photoshop CS6 allowed for high quality work through effects, layers, grouping, shapes, strokes and filters. Fonts were found on dafont.com and imported for magazines. Photography was done with a Toshiba Cameleo camera and Nikon Coolpix, saved to SD cards, and designs were created and saved on a laptop using Photoshop files on a memory card

1. QUESTION 6
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE
PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

2. MICROSOFT PUBLISHER
When creating my school magazine cover I chose Microsoft publisher as I thought it would
be a easier program to use then photoshop, I started by having a basic template which I
then added images which overlapped and underlapped text by changing the format to
either bring to front or send to back. It was also easy to insert a variety of shapes and add
text which the tools where at the top of the page. I could also import different fonts and
images, which I used adobe firework to cut out the background. I could also align the text
easily using the alignment tool.
Microsoft was quite a simplistic program which enabled me to work quickly and easily as I
had used the program numerous times before.

3. ADOBE FIREWORKS
I used this program when I came to difficulty and couldn’t get rid of
backgrounds on images which I did not want, this was a easy program
which I could use a simple tool which would easily get the background
away, which sometimes if the colours of the background and the image
wanted was to similar than it needed a bit more effort and i had to
change the tolerance of the tool.
Adobe fireworks was used when making my school front cover because
I could also get rid of the white patches within letters of my fonts which I
did not want.

4. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6
I used photoshop when I started creating my music magazine, as I wanted my work to be high quality
and I new there was multiple effects and tools I could use to do so. I started to experiment with
different effects with my main image and found one that suited my genre called crosshatch, I also
found that there was a similar tool like the transparent colour tool which was called the magic wand
tool which could get rid of the background also, I could also change the tolerance of the magic wand
tool to fade out the background for a better effect. With adobe photoshop I could create many layers
which I could also group so images where easy to find and I could also hide them pressing on the
eyes of the layer, to try different things. I could change the layers names so I knew what layer was
what and made groups such as bottom strip so all layers included in the bottom strip were grouped
together. With shapes I could make create a outline and change the thickness and colour which
helped make the shapes stand out which was a blending option called stroke.
I did encounter a few problems when using this program but used tutorials, guides and trial and error
to get around these problems.

5. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6
Here I have tried different filters for my
main image. Which I liked one called
Crosshatch
Here I have added a stroke on my right pug
to thicken the outline and make it stand out
more.

6. FONTS
For some fonts I used dafont.com such as with my masthead for my
music magazine as I could search different genres of fonts which
helped me choose an appropriate font for my magazine which was
called codygraff under graffiti. I would print screen the font then use
either publisher or photoshop to crop and delete the background.
I also used photoshop when I had developed my skills to create text
and add different effects such as outer glows and strokes to make the
text look better and stand out.

7. WHAT I USED
• When taking images I used a Toshiba cameleo and a Nikon Coolpix
L27.
• I used a 16gb SD card to save all
• I used a RM tutor laptop
• I used a 32gb San disk memory card to save all photoshop
documents