TechnologySimon Langley

What technology did I use?

Camera Photoshop Publisher

Camera

I used a digital camera to take my photos, this allowed me to get good quality photos for my magazines that would look professional and affective.

I used Photoshop to to edit my images. I wanted the images in my magazine to have no background so I took the pictures against a white wall and used Photoshop to edit the background out. The reason I wanted to do this was because I found that many images in rock magazines didn't have backgrounds.

Photoshop

Photoshop

I used Photoshop as it was the best program that I had access to for editing images. It is a good program for this. I deleted the background by using the quick selection tool. Using this I highlighted the parts I didn’t want and simply deleted it.

I made my front cover, contents page and double page spread in publisher. Publisher allowed me to make my magazine with a conventional layout. Also also allowed me to use a range of colours, fonts and images.

Publisher

What skills have I developed?

Before the production of Rockit! I didn’t know how to use Photoshop at all, this was because I had no previous experience of it. However now I feel fairly comfortable using it which could have me in tasks in the future whether it be media related or not.

As well as developing my Photoshop skills I also feel more comfortable using publisher. I have learnt how to things that previously I didn’t know. This includes things that are fairly simple like re ordering the items on the page.

What skills have I developed?

I haven't just developed my skills while producing my magazine, I have also developed skills making my evaluation. I now know how to use websites like Blogger, SpicyNode, Animoto and Bubbl.us. These are all good websites to now how to use as they will allow me to present my work in a more creative way than just writing an essay on Microsoft Work. Before working on my evaluation I hadn’t used or even heard of some of the websites that I have not only now used but also feel confident while using them.