AICE Media Studies AS- Angelo, G

 

  BLOG 4: PHOTOS AND FEATURE ARTICLE             In the past week in class I have been focusing on creating my feature article. As of writing this blog post I have two paragraphs worth of work completed and have left spaces open for interview quotes. I have also begun entering various title into my magazine in InDesign and have been experimenting with various colors. I have also been researching information on the Photoshop program and how I will be able to incorporate edited photos from that program into InDesign. The feature article will be able to fill the page perfectly through resizing and perfecting the font, I am also continuing to write and add on more information to the feature article to make sure that it is the best that it can be. I will go to my local thrift store (Goodwill) in order to acquire photos of older items, I understand that I may be unable to take all of the photographs that I want, but I will do my be...

  BLOG 3: MAGAZINE DESIGNS COMPLETE/WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT INDESIGN             I have completed the initial design of the 4 pages for my magazine portfolio project. InDesign has shown to have many more features than I first believed and have been using the software help tool to ask questions and make changes as required. My favorite tool in InDesign is perhaps the shape editor, which allows me to create custom shapes by using the mouse to create unique dimensions. The effects tool has also shown to be quite useful in making the magazine look better than it could have been, allowing for more detail. Image boxes and layouts have been created so that when I acquire photos, I will simply have to place them in the boxes. My feature article will begin initial stages of creation soon, as I have been unable to focus on it while I was designing my magazine. I still expect my images to come last.