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1. Question 6 – What have I learnt about
new technologies from the process of
constructing this product?

2. What is Desktop Publishing (DTP)?
• Desktop Publishing (DTP) is the production of
a printed media produced by a desktop
computer using specialist software. This
enables printed media to be produced cheaply
by less people and in a shorter time frame.

3. Front Cover - Photoshop
Through the production of my front cover for my college and music magazine, I
have developed my understanding and skills in using photoshop as can be seen
by the improvement in quality between my college and music magazine.

4. Text
Through producing my front cover, I learnt a variety of
different skills in presenting text.
To insert text, the text tool is used to draw a text box
where text can then be wrote in, font, size and colour can
be changed by highlighting text selecting the relevant
dropdown box. This makes creating a unique style
considerably easier. Firstly to create my masthead, I wrote
out then stretched my text by highlighting it then using
control T and the mouse I stretched text downwards so
that the U was just touching the artists head.

5. Text
To make the subject of my main
image stand out, I wanted to put my
masthead behind her to create a 3D
effect. I did this by duplicating the
background into a second layer and
moved it to the top, this meant I
could use the eraser tool to erase
the letters of my masthead back into
the photo. I used the eraser tool to
carefully rub out the letters so the
bottom of the U was hidden behind
the head, this was achieved by using
a small brush (changeable In the top
left) and by zooming in using the
percentage in the bottom left.

6. Text
I then Bevel & Embossed my
masthead so it stood out
from the page, to attract the
attention of the viewer. I did
this by highlighting the text,
then selecting layer, layer
style, bevel and emboss,
then selecting the depth I
wanted to use. I also added a
stroke to the masthead by
selecting the stroke box,
selecting 2mm, and selecting
white for the colour of the
stroke. This process is shown
in more detail on the next
slide.

7. Text
I then added my cover lines using the text tool. I
used the stroke tool again to create the effect, this
time using a red stroke. This was done by selecting
text, layer, layer style, stroke then choosing the
outside position and 2 point. For my masthead, I
used a white stroke, for my black cover lines I used a
red stroke and a red stroke on the right cover lines.

8. Text
I added my cover lines as
separate text boxes to make
positioning them easier. An
example of this is in my main
cover line where I have been
able to position the text much
closer together to save space.
I also learnt to rotate text, this
is achieved by selecting the text
box and rotating it using the
mouse.
Through the production of
my music magazine cover, I
have learnt all of these new
skills about presenting text in
photoshop.

9. Images
For my main image, I cropped in the
image to reduce the amount of space
above the head. This makes for a
closer framing on the image.
I also adjusted the shadows to
brighten the image by using Image,
adjustments, shadow/highlight and
then adjusted the slider to lighten
shadows in the image.
I also added a barcode by saving it as
an image, then dragging and dropping
into Photoshop before pasting it onto
my front cover and reducing it to
scale using the arrow tool and the
mouse to shrink it. I then added a
rectangle and rotated text for price,
issue number and date.

10. Contents Page - Quark
Through the development of my media music
magazine contents page, I have learnt a number
of new skills and developed my ability to use
Quark, the following slides demonstrate the new
skills and techniques I have learnt for Quark.
Sound 1
2 News
5 GigGuide
8 Review
9 Sound! BigQuiz
10 Ticket Giveaway
11 What’sNew
13 Artist of the month
14 Newsletter
16 Charting
18 Ava Young
The youth phenomenon Ava talks about
aaaher plans for 2017
20 The Last Ace
In their exclusive first published
aaainterview, up and coming The Last Ace
aaareveal all.
26 Ed Sheeran
After a year on the sidelines, he’s back
aaaand bigger than ever!
28 ArcticMonkeys
aaaTalk about their latest album and tour.
32 Florence & The Machine
aaaWhy she wants to set the record straight.
36 Cross
aaaWhat Can We Expect Next?
38 The 1975
aaaWhat’s Next For The 4 From Manchester?
40 The Strokes
aaaIs There Still A Future?
42 The Killers
aaaAre the Rumours True?
44 Jack Morton
aaaNew look, new style, new artist!
45 I ZZY
aaaAhead of the release of her first album
48 Arcade Fire
aaaWhy we stopped
54 Harry Dalton
aaaA Man on a mission
58 Mumford & Sons
aaaReturn to music after a 2 year break!
60 Jorgie Lane
aaaOn The Rocky Road To Stardom
64 The Amazons
aaaAhead of their new album, what can
aaawe expect?
66 Hannah Brown
aaaPlans UK tour
69 Georgie Neil
aaaThe Reinvention
72 Olivia May
aaaBegins her journey success
77 Rick Ryan
aaaGoing global?
Features
Regulars
66
Issue1-Feb2017
Contents
44
36
54

11. I inserted a rectangle using the rectangle
drawing tool and filled it red to create a red
band at the top of the page to create an
eye catching look. I then added text on top
of this using the text tool to draw a text
box onto the band. I then coloured the text
white by highlighting and editing.
I then added my front cover in the top
corner using the image tool to draw a box,
then selecting insert, picture, picture from
file, and selecting the file. I then positioned
the front cover so that it cropped the edges
of the image off and just the front cover
showed. I then rotated the image slightly
by selecting and using the mouse to rotate.
I then added the price in the top right, this
was done by drawing a text box and
rotating text using the mouse.

12. I then imported my images onto the contents
page using the picture tool. I drew a box for
the image, then imported my photo from the
library. I also selected the Contents page text
and selected bring to front, this meant I could
put the photo further up without obscuring
the contents page lettering. This was achieved
by right clicking, selecting send and bring, and
bring to front. I then continued to add the
rest of my images using the same technique.
The top and bottom images were both
brought to the front, this meant I had a crisp
line between my middle images. On my
college magazine, I hadn’t discovered this
feature and as a result my photos were poorly
positioned. I also used guides to position
images which helped in lining up my images.
This meant my images looked far more
professional.

13. I then added page numbers by drawing
a text box in each image of an
appropriate size and then selected bring
to front. I then selected them using the
arrow tool and positioned them with
the arrow keys to ensure correct
spacing and positioning. Until the
production of my music magazine, I was
unaware of this technique which made
positioning far easier and more concise.
I also used guides when producing my
music magazine contents page, this
made positioning far better and the
contents page look more professional.
I coloured text red, by highlighting text,
then using the colour icon on the top
taskbar to create my own colour, then
selecting.

14. I then used the guides to create a a
column for my contents page text. I
typed my cover lines into this text
box column with regulars first and
features second. This considerably
improved the alignment and
professionalism of my work in
comparison to my college magazine
contents page. I added the regulars
and features text box separately to
my main body of text, this meant
positioning them would be easier
and I could vary the size to what
would fit the spare space.

15. Double Page Spread – Quark
Through the development of my media music magazine
double page spread, I have learnt a number of new skills
and developed my ability to use Quark to produce a
double page spread. The following slides demonstrate the
new skills and techniques I have to produce this. When I
produced my contents page, a number of skills and
techniques were transferrable to my double page spread.

16. I inserted my image
using the same method
as on my contents
page. I used the image
drawing tool to create a
box for the photo, I
then imported the
photo from my files
and stretched it to fit
the frame using the
guides to help.

17. Through the production of my double page spread, I
learned to format text to import it from word. This
was done by drawing a text box (this being split into 2
columns), right clicking, import, text, select file, open.

18. I the added a drop cap at the
start of my article to show
where the beginning is for the
reader.
This was achieved by selecting
the first paragraph, selecting
left indent to 3 point and
ticking the drop caps box.