Evalutation - Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I used Microsoft Publisher in order to contruct my magazine. This was a good programme to use in order to line up all of the copy and the page numbers as it had lines which went on the side of the page numbers which would let you know when the lining is right. There is also a wide variation of colours which can be used in the magazine which also helped as I wanted to go for a watered down colour. However, using Miscrosoft Publisher I came across some problems. For example, I couldn't get the exact same colour for the background on each page because Publisher would not save the colour that I had on the front page. Also, when writing the copy (article) on the double page spread, I realised that the text didn't fit around the quote well. There were a lot of spaces which made the magazine look unprofesssional.The text didn’t wrap around the quotes automatically so therefore I had to increase the gaps between some of the words to make the text wrap properly. Most magazines and newspapers do this so they do not have huge haps which would make magazines and newspapers look more qualified.

For the pictures, I used picture sherif. This helped me with the layout and editing of the photos. I used photo sherif in order to brighten the picture by using 'warmer', whiten the eyes and crop the photo. This is the first time I ever used photo sherif so it was a new experience which meant I learnt how to use a lot of the tools in order to edit my pictures. It was very easy to undo an edit if you did it wrong, which I did many times. This is how I made the pictures look professional and hyper-realistic without airbrushing them.

From using these technologies, it has shown me that the magazine creator has all the power to represent their magazine in any way they want. However, using desktop publishing in order to make my magazine fit or challenge the code and conventions was hard becuase this is not a professional standard software used by major magazines. Using sherif and photoshop has helped me in the learning process of contructing the mode of address.