What software and Hardware I used

Software

The software package I used to design and create my music magazine was the Adobe Premium CS3 software package. The two main pieces of software I used was 'Adobe photoshop Premium CS3' and 'Adobe Indesign Premium CS3'

I used Adobe photoshop for editing, resizing, combining and manipulating any images I used throughout the design process. Adobe photoshop is an advance piece of image editing software and has all the functions i need during the design process and making of my music magazine.

I also used Adobe photoshop to produce my front cover and contents page. Most people would advise you to use Adobe Indesign and my teacher suggested the same thing. However after having used both pieces of software I found that I personal prefer using photoshop to produce the contents page and especially the front cover. Both the front cover and contents page are very graphical in my magazine, and when working with lots of graphics i found photoshop much easier to use then Indesign which just proved to be frustrating and time consuming.

I did however use 'Adobe Indesign Premium CS3' to create my double page spread. Indesign is much more suited to doing things like double page spreads and has the functions/ tools that make it much easier and more professional looking then if you tried to do it on photoshop. Indesign was also designed for tasks such as creating a double page spread.

Hardware

To take the images I would later use in my magazine i set up a photoshoot. I had my model stand in front of a black background and set up flash lights. I used a 12.1mega pixel camera to take all the shots.

I then used a memory card to transfer the images onto my computers hard drive where I could store, edit and later choose which ones i would use in my magazine.