How did i use technologies?

In the construction of my magazine, technologies were key in enabling me to create a professional, high standard magazine. This was mainly due to the adobe program's of Photoshop and Indesign, as well as media platforms such as blogger, polyvore and survey monkey. 

Firstly, Photoshop, a photo editing software was key in helping me to create professional looking product. I uses tools such as the spot healing brush (air brush tool) and the magnetic lasso (cutting out objects) to achieve this, my skill becoming more advanced with time. This meant that I could cutout photos of my model and move them on to different backgrounds, as well as make the general quality of my models skin and features better. I was also able to use states such as the hue/ saturation to change colours on my product, using layers to change the state of different objects, as well as adjusting the brightness and contrast etc. Ways I used this included changing the colour of my artists lips to match the masthead, by cutting out the section on a new layer and changing the hue.

Other vital program's included the use of Adobe InDesign, where I could arrange my photos and text in a professional way for both my contents and double page spread. It was here that I learned to add conventions such as pull quotes and drop caps, as well as learning to warp the article around the photos of my artist to make it visually appealing.

Finally the combined use of other websites and platforms were very helpful in the overall planning and construction of my product. Websites such as survey monkey allowed to me to carry out in depth questionnaires to help me establish my audience, as well as the help of Polyvore, a website which allowed  me to create collages when planning. The overall use of blogger has also been effective in my construction, as I can digitally refer back to any research or planning at any time to ensure consistently in my product.