I have learnt that using a house style will help the reader to more easily recognise the magazine. I have also learnt that by using specific colours that suit your genre and not overloading you can create a more welcoming and less over the top cover.
Another tip i have learnt is that not overloading the front cover with many photos makes it look more professional and as my magazine is based on glossy magazines i believe this helps create the effect. Also i have learnt that by changing the sizes of particular words in my side articles, more attention can be drawn as they stand out more.
Finally, i have learnt that by placing specific colours on top of eachother you can create different and more effective effects, for example the college magazine writing is hard to read and looks very busy and confusing. Whereas the music magazine looks a lot more inviting as it is not intimidating.

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Questionairre

1.What gender are you?

Male Female


2.How much would you be prepared to pay for a magazine?

Under £1.00 £1.50 - £2.00 £2.00+


3.What are your main interests? (pick 2-3)

Clubbing Shopping Sports Gigs Festivals

Seeing friends TV Computer


4.What are your hobbies?

Football Swimming Music(playing) Dancing Singing

Other

5.What type of music do you like?

Indie Punk Club/Dance RnB Hiphop

Pop Rock Country/Western Techno Metal

Other

6.How often do you buy magazines?

Often Every now and then Not very Often Never


7.How often would you prefer a magazine to be sold?

Weekly Fortnightly Monthly


8.How often do you buy new clothes?

Weekly fortnightly Monthly



9.Where do you mainly shop?

River Island Topshop Bank French Connection

Topman Newlook Oasis Warehouse

H&M Zara Jane Norman Other


10. How often do you go clubbing (If you do so)

Once a week 2-3 times a week Daily

Once a fortnight Once a Month Not very often


11. Roughly how much do you spend on a night out?

Under £10 £10-£20 £20-£30 £30+


12. Is the majority of your money on a night out spent on alcoholic drinks?

Yes No


13. Roughly how much money do you spend on clothes in a month?

Less than £50 £50-£100 £100-£150 £150-£200

£200+


14. Is the money spent mainly on clothes to go out clubbing in?

Yes No

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Evaluation Question

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The main techniques i learnt when using photoshop from the process of constructing this product is how to adjust brightness and contrast, colour, gradient maps and how to use tools such as sharpen and blur to my advantage.

I used the brightness and contrast tool often as helped create the look of a professional magazine, simply by adjusting the shadows created.

I used the colour editing as my magazine is based around specific colours so to make the pictures fit in with the house style i changed the colours to match.

The use of gradient maps also helped me achieve this as they two were able to change the colours of images to match the house style.

Finally, i used the sharpen and blur tools, to make the main images look more professional and flawless, which i believe is a main convention of a glossy magazine.

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I have also learnt to use the websites
www.blogger.com
and
www.flickr.com

I used flickr to upload images onto my blog.

I found both of these sites helpful, as they create a way in which you can annotate products easily. Having the work on a blog makes it easier to access from different places, such as at home. I don't think i would use them out of media as they are designed for blogging uses, which personally i dont use. However, in this specific context it has deffinately been easier than having to hand in paperwork, as mistakes are much more easily corrected.