Skills Development

I have learnt a lot more from progressing to the main task from the preliminary because I have had to create a lot more than I did at the time. Creating a finished contents page and double page spread instead of just a front cover. I found it much harder to not be stereotypical when choosing my target audience because of the small specific genre of music affects the target audience you appeal to. I felt researching existing magazines was very helpful because the layouts and images created a lot more inspiring ideas that I was able to develop into my own products.
The software was very important to the whole project and how I used it affected everything. This is why I worked extremely hard to attempt all filters and effects in a way of enhancing my knowledge of the software and my experience level of photo shop CS3. The feedback from the audience research was vitally important because the questionnaires results defined what my target audience wanted to see within my magazine, giving them a direct input into creating it and giving me a direct plan of what to include. Attention to detail for example I used the rubber tool to create ripped effects to the background of the front cover, to make it look worn. This was important for the design and layout and added to the anti-commercial theme that my target audience and research showed they wanted.


Here are some screen shots to show the development of my project within Photoshop:
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