1. PHOTOSHOP
Throughout my magazine I used a
BEFORE lot of programmes to complete my
final product. One of which was
particularly useful, was that of
photoshop as it was ideal for editing
photos quickly. For example I used
the lasso tool when cutting around
my photographs, it was effective
AFTER
because it was quick and
simple, resulting in me saving time
and my magazine looking more
professional. I firstly used to magic
wand tool to get rid of most of the
background, but then used the
lasso tool to get the finer details
with the straight edge.

2. PHOTOSHOP
Photoshop also helped me
enhance my photos to the very
best. For my font cover I raised
the contrast to make it more
appealing to the
eye, highlighting every detail, but
I also decreased the saturation
to give it a more vintagey look
which I think works well as it's a
bit different as it's striking
because it's not black and
white, but it still has some colour
it it which I think grabs the
readers attention. I also
combined the use of props by
using a gutair, as I think it
highlights the fact its a music
magazine, but it also gives it a
more professional look, but also

3. PHOTOGRAPH
Y taking my photographs, I
When
feel I wasn't particularly
adventurous in the way I didn't use
many techniques when taking
them. I didn't really use any
particular lighting or
background, as I was more
interested in the pose of the
model, with the prop of the guitar
and the style/fashion of them.
Although I did play around with the
use of different angles and
produced more appealing
photographs than if I hadn't, such
as the angle of the one on the left
of the article page. Although I did
heavily rely on a lot of editing and
filters, mainly on photoshop, such
as raising the brightness which

4. InDesign
InDesign worked a lot better
when designing my pages. For
example when I started to
organize the basic layout of
where to put my images and
text, I used the rectangle tool to
make a flat plan of how I would
fit everything into place, which
in the end saved a lot of time
and gave my magazine a
professional look. Also another
thing I liked when using
InDesign was that I was able to
preview my magazine without
all the box outlines so I could
easily see free space and it was

5. InDesign
On my cover magazine
mainly, but also in my
article I used to stroke tool
quite a lot. It worked really
well because it made my
magazine more attractive
and eye catching but it
also helped with clarity.
The black, bold stroke
around the red/white
helped emphasize words
and capture the audiences
eye. It also created a really
nice contrast against the
light background of the
photo.