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- 2. Merging Cells onExcel • I needed to merge the cells that are now painted grey, because I needed to add a break in my plan, therefore, I used the “Merge & Center” Button
- 3. Questionnaire I inserted atable so that my potential target audience can tick what option they prefer. this make the data much easier for me to handle
- 4. I want myquestionnaire to look very organised and easy to read, therefore, I didn’t want as much space for tick boxes. So, I have instead used the symbol for tick boxes, to help my questionnaire look very neat.
- 5. Questionnaire Results To beable to represent the percentages of my results from my questionnaire, I used graphs. These are much more helpful than writing the answers e.g. tally’s, because these help visually.
- 6. Lightening and contrasting •This is in the enhance section, where you click on the brightness and contrast.
- 7. Adding glow • Onphotoshop there is a guide button, which allows you to access the glow button
- 8. Changing Background Colour •I firstly used the quick selection tool, then pressed “Ctrl + U” which then allows you to change the colour of the background
- 9. Changing background colour2 • I had to firstly select the part of the image I wanted to change (background), and then dragged the chrome effect on to the selected part.
- 10. Adding Text boxes •I used text boxes to be able to write in certain places on the page. I used text boxes on both word documents and photoshop documents
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- 12. Enhancing the “V” •I selected the V with the “magic wand”, which highlighted it. Then I clicked on “stroke (outline) selection”, where I was able to fill the V with a pastel pink colour
- 13. Creating the Barcode •I created the barcode by using normal lines, but just changing the sizes of the different lines, to create a barcode
- 14. Shadows • Once Iadded the effects of the shadows, I then clicked on the effect sign, so I could change the size, distance and opacity of the shadow
- 15. Burn Tool • Ihave used the burn tool to darken the eye- lashes and eye-brows, because they were slightly faint, as I had lightened the image
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- 17. blur I quick selectedthe part of the image I wanted to blur, then used the “Gaussian Blur” to smoothly blur the background
- 18. Brightness and Contrastthe background • Firstly, I used the quick selection tool to to select the background. Then I used the brightening and contrast tools to adjust the picture’s lighting
- 19. Transparent boxes • First,I used a normal box shape, and made it white. Then I used the opacity effect, and made it 44%, to create a transparent background for the body text
- 20. Effects on text •I couldn’t find the corret colour for my article title, so I used the effect- “differences”, which changes the colour on different parts of the text, to contrast the colour from the background. Hence the reason why there is many different colours on the text
- 21. Drop Cap’s OnPublisher • I inserted the drop caps from publishers drop cap buttons
- 22. Brush effects • Iused the bursh swirls and seeds, to create a flower effect, to be able to relate to my target audeicne who are mianly teenage girls
- 23. Photoshop content • Iwanted to create elegance to my double page spread, so I have added different types of frames from the content section in photoshop
- 24. Paint Brush Patterns •I needed to add more colour to my double page spread, as there was too many shades of pink, so I decided to add colour through using paint brush patterns
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- 26. Brush for EyeShadow • I Used a normal brush with a light gold tint, but I changed the opacity to 12% to suite my models skin complexion
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- 28. Using Shapes • Iused a line tool and ellipse tool, to create music notes
- 29. Magnetic lasso Tool •After slightly rotating the picture to the angle the frame is at. I then used the magnetic lasso tool, to then cut out the part of the picture that was sticking out of the frame, so that I could create the effect that the picture is a part of the frame
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- 31. Cropping Because I wantto advertise Make-up, I needed a close up of the face, therefore I used the crop tool
- 32. Smudge The texture fromthe sheet in the background was very wrinkly, therefore I used the smudge tool to blend it in the background, to make a smooth texture
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- 34. Magnetic lasso Tool •To be able to cut the perfume bottle out of this picture on the left, I used the magnetic lasso tool. This helped me to cut out the perfume bottle from the picture, as it selects the bottle from it’s outline
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- 36. Text box • Iused the text boxes to be able to label the different features of a magazine, when I had to analyse them.
- 37. Adding Arrows • Ihave used the arrows, to show which explanation (text box) goes with a certain feature on the image
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- 39. Publisher • I usedPublisher to put my final magazine together. This is because, it has many different formats, for example, newsletter, flyer, etc…. Plus, you can publish my file into a PDF, in a magazine/book format, to upload to my blog.
- 40. Weebly • I usedWeebly as my blog, as I found it the easiest to work with in terms of uploading documents. It also creates a presentable format when I upload my files.
- 41. Photoshop • Photoshop isa key software programme that I have used to help me design my magazine. I have used a range of tools to create effects, resize, etc…. To produce my music magazine.
- 42. Microsoft PowerPoint • Iused Microsoft PowerPoint for files like my planning, for the magazine sections e.g. drafts and planning for the photoshoot. This is because, I wanted my them to be a in presentation format e.g. explaining how I would use (x) photo, and use (y) lighting.
- 43. Microsoft Word • Imainly used Microsoft word for my analysis of the magazine sections e.g. Table of contents, front cover. As I have put my analysis around the pictures, and in an essay based format, so Microsoft word was much easier to use for this.
- 44. Excel • This Iused for transferring data from my questionnaires to my computer. This helps me to set the data out in a neat and clear way, so that I can create pie charts to analyse them.
- 45. Issuu • I usedIssuu for my Microsoft word files, as they are changed into a book/magazine format, which makes it much more easier to read, and more presentable
- 46. Slideshare • I usedSlideshare, to upload any work that was in Microsoft PowerPoint, as it uploads it in the format of a book/magazine. Making it easier to read, and more presentable
- 47. YouTube • I usedYouTube to upload my mood boards and typography mood boards, because I felt it was easier for me to gain inspiration in the form of a movie
- 48. Movie Maker • Moviemaker has helped me to create my mood boards, where I have used different effects from this software to make my mood board appeal to me, to give me inspiration