School Magazine Evaluation

Evaluation

I was asked to create a school magazine front cover and content page using Photoshop and quark .I found that my magazine front cover and content page was within the codes and conventions of a magazine. I did not challenge the codes and convections of real magazines unlike other magazines have such as mojo. I also found that it was easy to create a school magazine and contents page that followed all the codes and convections that all magazines also follow.
I used Photoshop to produce my front cover. I found it easy to use and it all worked well with my magazine design. I had no problems using it because I had used it before this meant I was also aware of all the different things I was able to do to make my front cover as good as I could therefore making my finished product what I wanted, I used pictures I had taken myself and included them into my front cover I was able to digitally manipulate them using Photoshop. I was pleased with my finished front cover and it did not change much from my original sketch which means I was able to do most things to create the same product. I had positive feedback on my front cover, I got told that my front cover was well set out and bright. I did not get any negative feed back which is good however I would have liked some constructive criticism so I would be able to improve next time I have to produce a magazine front cover.
To create my magazine content page I used Quark. I found that quark difficult and I had not used this technology before, I didn’t like using it as much as I liked using Photoshop this technology was much more advanced and professional than Photoshop although they both are used in the media industry. I was unable to understand it as much as Photoshop however I found that my end product looked better than if I were to use Photoshop. The technology was well suited to what we had to make. The columns were set out better and it looked much clearer because I was able to make a clear content structure. I also did not get any negative feed back on my content page which I liked but like my front cover I would have liked some constructive criticism so I would be able to improve next time I have to produce a magazine content page.
I enjoyed using both new media technologies and found that the two different products suited different media equipment.