1) The document discusses the author's progression from an initial preliminary task of creating a school magazine to their final product of creating a music magazine. 2) For the preliminary task, the author had basic Photoshop skills and created a magazine that lacked originality. 3) To improve for the final product, the author researched real music magazines, learned new Photoshop techniques, and applied typical magazine conventions to create a higher quality, more professional final music magazine.