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This screenshot shows a drop shadow effect on my masthead for my music magazine. This is on fireworks.

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This screenshot shows how I used tools from the side bar to create the pug. I learnt how to do this through trial and error and through research of existing magazines.

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At the start of my coursework, I created a school magazine using Fireworks. This was the first time that I had used this program so my ability was limited and I used basic skills in order to create the front cover and contents page. The school products were very basic and there was no structure that I used such as guidelines in order to make it look neat and professional. The photography was also very simple and the quality was poor. This is because at the start, I didn't know how to take a good quality image, however through the course of the work, I feel like I have been able to develop this skill further. I have done this by taking images against a clear background with different lighting varying between fake and natural, high and low key. I have also developed skills in being able to change the images brightness and contrast so that it has a better visual syntax for the reader.
My school magazine and contents page has no similar features such as font, colours or images whereas my music magazine has many similar features and they all look in sync with each other. This shows how I have developed the skills of structure and formatting by making my products look like they are all from the same magazine.
I have been able to develop techniques on fireworks in order to create a pug, banner and drop shadow effect. Also, I have developed font size skills by being able to change the sizes to add effect and visual syntax. This means that certain text stands out and its something I didn't use on my school magazine. These skills have developed through continuous trial and error with fireworks, where I have learnt what certain tools mean and how they can benefit me. For example, when creating the pug, I had to do this in a new document and I used tools such as shapes, text, bitmap and grouping to be able to make this look good.
In the preliminary task, I was unsure of page layout and what worked best for my magazine. I put all the text over the top of my image so it crowded the page and it was difficult to read the text because it was in small, not bold letters. However, I have developed these skills by doing more research and planning tasks on excising magazines and looking at what they do so that I can follow, develop or challenge their conventions. I have been able to display my text, images and page furniture in a organised and finished manner, with some unique changes like having 7 images on my contents page. I have put so much more detail onto my music magazine front cover and contents page because of the research that I conducted and what I learnt from existing magazines. The 'research of the main image' blog post helped me to establish common conventions and decide what I need to do to create a good image. I learnt that my model needs to be looking at the camera so that they can make contact with the reader. This enabled me to be able to create a professional looking and eye catching magazine.
While I was creating my music magazine, I often compared what I was producing to existing magazines and past examples of coursework from previous years. This helped me to be able to create a magazine that followed conventions of a 'real' example.

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Question 7: Looking back at my preliminary task, what do I feel I've learnt in the progression from it?

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Question 7: Looking back at my preliminary task, what do I feel I've learnt in the progression from it?