The author learned several skills in progressing from their preliminary school magazine to their final music magazine. For the music magazine, they gained more experience using InDesign and Photoshop and learned to edit images to make them look more professional. They also conducted more research on their target audience's preferences. As a result, their music magazine front cover had a cleaner background, more appealing layout, and higher quality images compared to the school magazine. The author felt they were more creative and produced a magazine that looked more like professional music publications.