Learning how to prezi

I learnt and used prezi when I uploaded my article titles and when I presented the questions for the interview on my blog. I had never used it before and did find it difficult to find the correct layout for the presentation but other than that it found it easy to use. It also looks good as seen below and allows you to present thinks in very clear and neat way. I had to learn how to customize it and more importantly how to set the navigation on it when it is finished which is very different to Microsoft power point.

Indesign Skills Development

To create my double page spread I learnt some new skills for indesign. For example I learnt how to put images in shapes and how to wrap text around an image. This could come in handy because when writing the text you do not want it to cover any of the image. I also learnt how to curve text if I wanted to make a masthead.  

college magazine contents page screen grabs

Screen Grabs College Contents

College magazine front cover

Photoshop screen grabs

First of all I choose the image I wanted to be on the front cover and put it into place as this is the background for what is going on the magazine. I positioned my model in the picture more to the right hand side as my tag lines will be going on the left-hand side.

As I thought the picture looked dull I edited it with the hue/saturation tool to give it more colour and to make it brighter. 

The next step I did was to add the heading. To do this I had to create a new layer and place it so that it would be behind the head of the model. I could of gotten rid of the white background but I didn't as I liked the simplicity of it and it stood out more because of the white background.

After I added the heading I the created a slogan. I put this in white writing with a purple background as this goes with the blue of the folder and it stands out more.

Then I started to add the tag lines which shows some of the things that will be included in the magazine. These need to be snappy and sharp to grab the attention of the customer and need to be relevant to my target audience. I created enough of these so that they spread along the whole of the left-hand side was covered as this is what will be showing when on displayed. Next I put on a barcode in the bottom right-hand side and then a buzz word next to the models head on the right-hand side. (I couldn't show screen grabs for these two stages as my computer wouldn't let me take anymore.) For all of these stages you need to create a new layer as it makes it easier to move them round on to put them behind and in front of other objects on the page.

About me

My name is Francesca Davey and I am a AS Media student. This is my first time when using a blog and I set it up to show case my work throughout the project. I am incredibly interested in media and how it all works. I love creating media products and like editing videos.