For this project I learnt how to use a range of technologies and applied them to my work and my blog. These include:
iMac computer (Very difficult)
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Blogger
MS Word:mac
Slide Rocket
Picasion
The main technologies that I worked with to create my magazine are Photoshop and InDesign. Because of this I learnt a lot about the programs and they allowed me to extend the limits of my creative ideas beyond that which I could've achieved with simple programs such as MS Publisher, MS Word, or MS Paint. There are a lot of tools and enhancements to work with to create a professional looking product.
Useful tools that I used most often include polygonal lasso, spot healing, clone, paintbrush, gradient and type tools. I also used a number of other ones but these were of the most importance.
I preferred using the polygonal lasso tool to the more commonly used quick selection tool due to it's preciseness, I found that the quick selection tool tended to over or under step the selections and make non-professional looking selections. I also preferred using the spot healing tool to the clone tool for deleting imperfections, this was more a matter of convenience more than quality of the tool. I found that using the clone tool was no more effective than using the spot healing tool in most situations and the spot healing tool was quicker. Although using the gradient tool in professional work isn't always seen as a good thing, I felt that I managed to successfully use the tool without breaking the professionalism, and even to enhance the image. Obviously the type tool was necessary for the text on the cover and contents page, I didn't, however, use it for the double page spread as it was created mostly with InDesign.
Text wrap was the main asset of using InDesign for the double page spread. It is one point that every magazine that I researched had in common. It allowed me to wrap the text around the images that I imported in. Along with the use of columns, this created a professional looking double page spread that looked like it belonged in a magazine.
Useful tools that I used most often include polygonal lasso, spot healing, clone, paintbrush, gradient and type tools. I also used a number of other ones but these were of the most importance.
I preferred using the polygonal lasso tool to the more commonly used quick selection tool due to it's preciseness, I found that the quick selection tool tended to over or under step the selections and make non-professional looking selections. I also preferred using the spot healing tool to the clone tool for deleting imperfections, this was more a matter of convenience more than quality of the tool. I found that using the clone tool was no more effective than using the spot healing tool in most situations and the spot healing tool was quicker. Although using the gradient tool in professional work isn't always seen as a good thing, I felt that I managed to successfully use the tool without breaking the professionalism, and even to enhance the image. Obviously the type tool was necessary for the text on the cover and contents page, I didn't, however, use it for the double page spread as it was created mostly with InDesign.
Text wrap was the main asset of using InDesign for the double page spread. It is one point that every magazine that I researched had in common. It allowed me to wrap the text around the images that I imported in. Along with the use of columns, this created a professional looking double page spread that looked like it belonged in a magazine.
Another technology I used for my project is the digital camera I took the photos with. In order to take photos of myself I used the 10 second delay and the multiple capture options.
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