Production of Magazine

For the production of our magazine, at first we decided to use Photoshop as it provided us various editing tools that were more advanced than other software.
However, during the process we came to the conclusion that using InDesign would've been more effective as the program is tailored more towards creating magazines than photoshop is. For example, it had tools that allowed us to curve text around images, giving it a more professional magazine look. We still used photoshop in our magazine creation for certain aspects, as it provided a more effective editing tool.

One of editing the we have used is the cutting and cropping of photos. For example the group took a photo of both on screen presenters looking behind an xbox, we then used photoshop to cut out the background, just leaving the two group members and the games console. We felt this was effective as the main text was able to surround then image much more easily.



A design that the group originally thought would be a good idea to use a different layout for the magazine. We were going to use a different main image that took over two pages, a familiar convention that is used in magazines. However we were largely running out of space for our main article, so we have to have it overlap the image, and include a fade so it was visible to read. After consistent discussion we decided it was best to get rid of the layout, we felt it looked unprofessional and text was not easy to read. The layout we have now applied is more effective in terms of audience viewing, we have also used a main image that has come directly from the documentary itself.