Summary of What I Learnt

To create my magazine front cover and contents page I used photoshop, something I have never used before, therefore I have learnt a lot of things and processes of how to create work. There are a lot of tools and techniques on photoshop that I have had to use, for example, my main front cover image was pretty plain and simple, so I used the image editor to change the contrast and saturation which made my photo look brighter and stand out more. I am happy with the change I made, because it makes the magazine look a lot more appealing. At first I did find photoshop hard to work, however once I got started properly I understood how to use the tools, add images and text and change the font style. When I come to make my music magazine I will know how to use photoshop, therefore the magazine cover will be improved and I will use more techniques to make it look more appealing. Overall I am happy with my design, I like the way I have edited the photographs and set out the contents page to make it look realistic. I have stuck with a colour scheme so it looks professional and so the reader can understand the text, I have also used a pretty simple font, however it stands out as well. The only thing I would change is the picture in the bottom right hand side corner of my front cover, because I was unable to get rid of the background. I believe it would of looked better if the background wasn’t there and all you could see was the person in the image and the photo copier.