Looking back at your college magazine task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Since the start of my coursework I believe that I have learnt allot about many technologies such as: blogs, SLR digital cameras, photo editing software and much more. I have also learnt allot of methods to produce the style of front cover, contents page and double page spread. I have learnt allot about the software used that creates a professional finish that I have used in my magazine. There are certain ways of creating a front cover that attracts an audience to buy the product. I leant about these and applied them to my product to give the most professional look. When researching music magazines I learnt allot from popular similar genre magazines. This information was used when creating my product.

I planned the magazine by designing flat plans for my front cover, contents page and double page spread.

My preliminary task was to create a York college magazine for distribution to college students and faculty. I used Adobe Photoshop to create the front cover of the magazine. From this task i learnt the basics of Photoshop that helped me greatly when creating my music magazine. This software is used all over the world and for many media industries.