Skills DevelopmentCollege Magazine

Photoshop

• As I have already worked on Photoshop before there were no skills that I have recently learned but through my introductory task and my college magazine I have refreshed and developed further some of my skills, for example colour splash.

• I began by duplicating my layer then hiding the copy and selecting with the eye drop tool the colour I would like to keep. • I then went to select-colour range-okay-inverse-delete this let only the colour I selected left.• Afterwards I selected my full colour image and hid the other. I then went to image-adjustments-black and white-okay.• Finally I positioned my coloured image above my black and white image and I was left with a colour splashed photo.

• Here I used Photoshop to change the “BUS STOP” on the bus stop to “LIFE LINE” • First I selected the area around the text-cut and pasted it onto a new page. • I use the eyedrop tool to select the colour around the text and fill it in-then use one of the prints on

the rubber to give it the same texture as the original image-and change the opacity to make it look more old and used and as close to the original image as possible.

• Then sing dafont.com I selected a font close to the text on the bus stop-then colour select (following the above instructions) it and delete the white background

• Then return to the original image- use the eyedrop tool to select the background of the bus stop-and fill in the new text with that- finally link the layers-cut-paste- and move to fit the original image.

InDesign

• I had never used InDesign before this year and found it quite a struggle as I am so used to Photoshop. However after some time I learned the layout and tools were quite like Photoshop but it is very different when inserting and editing images and texts. For example my main image here took me some time to place but I finally got it into a position I liked.

• You begin by selecting the rectangle tool and create a rectangle of the size and position you wish. Then file-place-select the image you wish to insert-open

• You then use the circle in the centre of the box to move your image into a position within the box.

• To add text you select the text toll-create a text box and begin writing. Much like Photoshop.

Construction Front Cover

Here is my first draft of my Music Magazine after some feed back from my class and tutors I have edited it. I was first told that I should attempt to get rid of so much white space so I have filled the bottom left third with another cover line. It was then recommended that I attempt to make the writing more noticeable over my tribute article. To do this I simply changed the opacity of the band logo therefore drawing less attention away from the main image and making the writing behind more clear. I was also told that my buzz word in the bottom right third was not very noticeable either. I corrected this by making the white pattern brighter and also added an outer glow and stroke to the writing so it stood out more against the background.

Finally I was told to try and make it less cluttered and just a bit more organised and cover less of my mast head. I also made some changes that I believe made my magazine fit my genre better I first added a faint black outer glow to my mast head. I then increased the noise around it to make it look more rough. Also when the class printed out the magazines my main image was very dark, so I have slightly increased the brightness so that it is more clear when printed.

Construction Contents Page

• Here is my contents page. My focus group all said that there was quite a bit of white space and also that my publishers note should not be going across both pages other than that there was not a lot that needed changing.

• I swapped my lead line and Swapped lead line and tribute band over from my original flat plan idea. This was because I thought it more fitting that my lead line followed the convention of having it has my main image on my contents page as well.

• I also took out a cover line as I thought it looked to unorganised and chaotic where as now it at least has some order to it. The image was also placed where the pages would meet so it would be distorted and unclear. This way the white space that I also there will not bee seen as it is where the pages meet.

Construction Double Page Spread

• Here is My Double Page spread after some classroom feedback I noticed I had forgotten some conventions such as page numbers and a photographers credit. So here you can see I have changed that in my second draft. I also made the small image bigger and added a bit of green through the page to give it a bit of house style. I have also moved my title slightly to the right, and moved the spacing on the last two lines so they were easier to read.

You can also see that I did not follow my original flat plan idea. This is because as I was constructing it I thought it looked too crowded and not organised so I thought I would follow the typical conventions and keep it quite simple.