1. Q6. What have you learned abouttechnologies from the process ofconstructing this product?

2. Hardware That I Used In my task to create a music magazine, I had to take images for the frontcover, contents page and double page spread. To obtain these images Iused a SLR camera, the camera allowed me to take very detailed and highquality images. I then uploaded these images to a computer straight from thecamera for use with my magazine. 3. Software That I Used After I had taken the images, I needed to use Adobe Photoshhop to cutaround them and remove any unwanted background. I also used Photoshopalong with Quark to construct my front cover, contents page and doublepage spread. 4. Cutting Out Images I needed to cut images out for use on my front cover and double pagespread. In order to cut images out, I used the Bezier pen tool on Photoshopand cut around the part of the image that I wanted to use. After I had gonearound the image with the pen tool, and inverted the selection and presseddelete to delete the background 5. Adding Effects in Photoshop I used a lot of text effects whilst creating my front cover such as outer glow.In order to apply an effect to an object in Photoshop, you first need to findwhich layer it is on and then double click on it (bottom right image). After yohave double clicked o nthe layer, the menu in the left image will appear. Iselected outer glow by ticking the tick box, I then changed the settings onthe glow to make it more visible by moving the sliding bars. Other effects likedrop shadows can be added in the same way. 6. Adding Effects in Quark Whilst using Quark to create my contents page and double page spread Iused the drop shadow effect to add extra volume to my text. To add a dropshadow to text in Quark, you select the element that you want to add theeffect to, which in this case the Contents text. I then right clicked on theobject and selected modify from the list. A menu then appeared whichallowed me to add and modify the drop shadow. 7. Drawing Shapes I used various shapes whilst creating my front cover, contents page anddouble page spread. To draw a shape in Photoshop, you simply click on therectangle icon, you can choose what shape you want if you right click onthe icon. I used the rectangle tool to draw the skyline that is on the top ofmy front cover. To draw a shape on Quark, you select the rectangle tool and draw outwhere you want the shape to go. I used the rectangle tool to draw thebackground for my title on my double page spread. 8. Drawing Shapes I used various shapes whilst creating my front cover, contents page anddouble page spread. To draw a shape in Photoshop, you simply click on therectangle icon, you can choose what shape you want if you right click onthe icon. I used the rectangle tool to draw the skyline that is on the top ofmy front cover. To draw a shape on Quark, you select the rectangle tool and draw outwhere you want the shape to go. I used the rectangle tool to draw thebackground for my title on my double page spread. 9. Adding Text Adding text, is the same in both Photoshop and Quark, you simply click onthe text tool and draw a text box, you can then add text within these textboxes. You can also change the text to your liking by changing the font andfont size as well as making the text bold, italic and underlined. 10. Adding Images In Quak I used images that I had taken in both Photoshop and Quark. To add imagesinto Quark you simply select the image icon and draw an image box. Afteryou have drawn the image box, you can right click on it and select importfrom the list that appears. This will then allow you to select the image thatyou want to use from your computer. 11. Adding Images to Photoshop To import images into Photoshop, you will need to clink on the file tab at theto pof the page. I drop down menu will then appear, giving you the option toplace a picture or another file. After you click on this, your documents willthen appear and it will allow you to pick the file that you want to place intoPhotoshop, I used this feature to import my Free CD cover onto my frontcover since I created it as a separate file. 12. Creating My Background Whilst using Photoshop, I used the gradient tool to create the backgroundthat is on my front cover. To do this I selected the gradient tool by rightclicked on the paint bucket tool and selected gradient. After I had selectedthe gradient tool, I clicked on the gradient bar at the top of the page (middleImage). This then opened a menu that allowed me to change the colour andamount of points that were going to be in my gradient. After I had selectedthe points and colours for my gradient, I had to draw where I wanted thegradient to go and in what direction. 13. Adding Frames in Quark Whilst working with Quark to create my contents page and double pagespread, I added frames to the images and text boxes that were on the page.To do this, you need to select the text box or image that you want to put aframe on and right click on it. A list will then appear with modify being oneof the options. After you click on modify, a box will appear, after you selectthe frame tab, you can select a frame for your text box for image.