What I Have Learnt So Far...

I feel I have done a good job in making a front cover for the Bede College magazine. I have included many conventions, such as Masthead, Date...etc. What I am happy with the most, is the picture I have used. I feel it relates to the other conventions of the magazine and so helps with the overall look. I also believe it is useful when it comes to making my own music magazine cover. This is because, when making my music magazine I will need to use similar features. On the front cover are shapes that help the sub-headlines stand out. It includes the main information that I want my audience to read. Since this magazine is free, I didn’t need to include a barcode which is one of the conventions in any magazine. Furthermore, I didn’t need the price, hence the previous reason about the magazine being free. I have named my magazine “Bede Daily”. The simple reason is because I want to make a daily college newspaper, which can inform the students and teachers about what is happened the previous day and what is happening in the current day. The making of my college magazine has improved my Adobe Photoshop skills as well, which is useful for the music magazine I will make. Although I had used Adobe Photoshop many times, I still needed a lot of practice if I were to know what tools to use. When making something on Photoshop, I now feel more confident and feel I could use the tools. What I could have possibly done better was to use less intense colours. Although, I do want it to stand out, I feel some of the colours I put onto my magazine made the text slightly hard to read. Yet overall I am happy with the outcome. Yet I know that it goes well with my magazine front cover, and so I happy with the final production.