Evaluation:

I used Photoshop as my main program but I also used fireworks to create logos etc.

I’ve not really been very comfortable with Photoshop before this project but now I’ve used it for a different variety of things I feel a lot more confident with it and all the tools like cropping, getting backgrounds and different layers.

I’ve learnt how I can expand my work now by using the effects you can get on Photoshop and Fireworks for future projects in media and all the different ways it can be used for

creating magazines, or editing pictures, making celebrities look better or worse and creating cool logos.

Cropping Tool

Box For Layers

I think the strengths for my magazine are that it looks like a real music magazine and comparing to my influence it looks quite similar when looking at the layout. My influences were magazines such as Kerrang and RockSound- here’s some examples:

I think I could have maybe organised the colour scheme a bit better but I think I had a sufficient amount of writing balanced with the amount of pictures, not a lot of either thing. I’m quite pleased with my cover because it’s the first time I’ve ever done anything on Photoshop that doesn’t actually look too bad!

I am very pleased with the outcome of my magazine, as I am very interested in rock music I think this is the sort of magazine I would read. I think it looks quite similar to the type of magazines I was focusing on, but I think if I did this again I would probably try and be a little more organised.