Presentation on Technology

1. I used Pixlr Editor for a few of
my images because I wanted
to add something or eliminate
something. This was always
for close up or mid shot
images, such as my main
image on my cover page. I
wanted to add eye
liner, eliminate lines on the
face and fill in the heart she is
holding.

2. I used Pixlr-o-matic for all of my images
across my cover page, contents page and
double page spread. Pixlr-o-matic allowed me
to browse through effects (see bottom
middle) and decide on which complemented
my image the most and which gave the
perfect effect that I wanted. For example, the
effect used here, has given the image a pink
finish which would be conventional for my
magazine because of the house style I have
used.
For example; If I used this image, it is placed
in this bowl and below it, you can scroll
through a number of effects, which the
image changes to when you click on them.
Here, the finished product is ready
to be saved.

3. I used Adobe Fireworks to photo shop images such
as this image of the girl group. I only used
Fireworks if I needed to do intricate work such as
eliminating the background which meant using the
lasso tool on fireworks to cut around the image
which left me with the image bottom right.
Fireworks is extremely useful when wanting to
colour in a background or eliminating the
background. It can also be used to fill colour into a
chosen area of your image. If needed, it can also be
used to change the colour of your models eyes etc.
After choosing your image, you can eliminate
the background using the lasso tool.
Here, I have taken away
the entire background.
Here is the finished product which I used against
white so there is no outline of the image which
looks effective.

4. Font space is an online website which enables
you to search a font under categories to make it
easier. Once you have found your font you are
able to change the size and colour and then save
it under images. This proved very useful and I
used it for my masthead. I used a sans
serif, pink, feminine font which looked effective
and worked well with my house style. I was
able to browse easily and it was very easy to use
the image as I just eliminated the background
using a tool on Microsoft Word.
A list of all sans serif fonts
For example; if I picked this font, I am able
to change the colour to pink, and alter the
size of the text using the tools, here you
can see the colour wheel.

5. I used Microsoft Word to create my entire
magazine on. This proved easy to use and was
useful when I needed to bring items forward
and send items backwards. It enabled me to
insert images easily and produce text which
was simple to change if needed. The cover
page was the most intricate design out of the
three pages. This was because it had a lot of
features on it, such as
borders, text, images, backgrounds, bar
code, captions, masthead etc. These needed
to be inserted and positioned perfectly in
order for the cover page to be composed
effectively. This proved difficult but by using
the tools under ‘format’ such as ‘bring to
front’ and ‘send backward’ this was easier
and enabled me to control everything because
at times it got confusing as to which
background needed to be placed where.