PhotoshopPhotoshopNicolas CromptonNicolas Crompton

IntroductionIntroduction

Photoshop is a programme made by Photoshop is a programme made by Adobe which allows you to create Adobe which allows you to create professional document. It provides you professional document. It provides you with all the tools you will ever need and with all the tools you will ever need and it is the most popular DTP tool (Desk Top it is the most popular DTP tool (Desk Top Publishing). Most magazines like Heat, Publishing). Most magazines like Heat, NME, Closer and More use Photoshop in NME, Closer and More use Photoshop in all aspects of their business. They use it all aspects of their business. They use it to edit pictures and make their to edit pictures and make their magazine. magazine.

ResearchResearch

I got in touch with my local newspaper I got in touch with my local newspaper and asked them if I could visit them to and asked them if I could visit them to see how they create the magazine. My see how they create the magazine. My local newspaper is the T&A. Most local newspaper is the T&A. Most business’s that design publications use business’s that design publications use a Mac as my research is showing this a Mac as my research is showing this trend. T&A do use Photoshop but they trend. T&A do use Photoshop but they told me they do use their own software told me they do use their own software also. also.

Questionnaires Questionnaires

I sent various different magazine I sent various different magazine companies and asked various companies and asked various different questions on the process of different questions on the process of creating their magazine. As I could creating their magazine. As I could not visit them, I just emailed them not visit them, I just emailed them with a few questions. with a few questions.

Emailing questionnaire Emailing questionnaire

ResultsResultsOut of the 11 magazine companies I Out of the 11 magazine companies I

asked, 3 replied. asked, 3 replied.  1.) What software does your company use, to create the magazine?Answer: We use various different programmes but the most important one is Photoshop.  2.) On average, how long does it take to create a full magazine?Answer: Our magazine is weekly, therefore it takes around 4 days.  3.) On average, how long does it take to create an individual page of your magazine?Answer: Each page takes around a day or two to make.   4.) What do you use the most to create your magazine, PC or Mac?Answer: We like to use Mac’s because they are more suitable for this type of production.  5.) Can you estimate how many people work on one magazine per issue?Answer: Hundreds of people work on each issue of the magazine, whether it be designing it or writing the stories.

enquiries@heat.com

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 1.) What software does your company use, to create the magazine?Answer: Photoshop.  2.) On average, how long does it take to create a full magazine?Answer: Two weeks.  3.) On average, how long does it take to create an individual page of your magazine?Answer: Individual pages are quite quick to make dependant the designer has all the content.  4.) What do you use the most to create your magazine, PC or Mac?Answer: Here at NME we use Mac’s for everything, producing music, editing magazines and writing up reports. We think they are the most suitable and reliable.  5.) Can you estimate how many people work on one magazine per issue?Answer: 400

info@nme.com

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 1.) What software does your company use, to create the magazine?Answer: We have our own software but we also use Photoshop.  2.) On average, how long does it take to create a full magazine?Answer: We release a monthly magazine, so it takes roughly three week.  3.) On average, how long does it take to create an individual page of your magazine?Answer: Each page has a deadline to meet, this is usually 3 days.   4.) What do you use the most to create your magazine, PC or Mac?Answer: Sky have a contract with Apple where we get various amount of products for free. therefore we use Mac’s.  5.) Can you estimate how many people work on one magazine per issue?Answer: It is very common for around 500 people to be working on one magazine.

info@skymag.com

What software does your What software does your company use to create the company use to create the

magazine?magazine?

Out of the people that replied, they all said they use Photoshop in some aspects of their magazine, a few of them also said they have created their own software which they use to create parts of their magazine.

On average, how long does it On average, how long does it take to create a full magazine?take to create a full magazine?

The time in which it takes to create a full and complete magazine depends on how frequently the magazine is released. If it’s a weekly magazine then it will have to be made in less than a week, if its released monthly they have a lot longer. The average time it takes is around 3 days for a weekly magazine and 3 weeks for a monthly. This gives them time to review and check the magazine.

On average, how long does it On average, how long does it take to create an individual take to create an individual

page?page?

Each individual page takes around two days to make, if it’s a weekly magazine. If it is a monthly ,magazine they can spend more time doing this and it could take up to 4 days.

What do you use to create your What do you use to create your magazine, PC or Mac?magazine, PC or Mac?

All of the people that replied said they use Mac’s to create their magazines. The reasons for this are that they are most suitable and reliable.

Can you estimate how many Can you estimate how many people work on one magazine people work on one magazine

per issue?per issue?

The amount of people that work on a magazine was a lot bigger than I thought. The answers to this question was between 400 and 500.