I used the internet a lot throughout the planning and research stages. I used the internet when researching the format of different types of newspapers, for example broadsheet and tabloid. I also used the internet when researching the technical names for the layout features of newspapers. This helped me to identify these features in a variety of existing newspapers and decide on what to include in my own. The internet was also used to keep track and display my planning, research and evaluation on this blog. I have tried to update this blog regularly to show my progress.
I used Adobe Indesign to create the two pages of my newspaper. As I has never used this software before, I found it quite challenging but eventually got used to how to work it and gained lots of knowledge in the process.
Photoshop was used in many ways when creating my newspaper pages, but mainly to make my poster and masthead. I experimented with many different effects and made a masthead using effects such as warped text, outer glow and drop shadow. I had used photoshop a few times before for various tasks so I was more confident when using this software. I also used Photoshop to create the advertisements for my newspaper, the price design and a decorative border that goes across the top and bottom of the newspaper pages. When I had taken my photographs for my articles, I used Photoshop to crop them and adjust the colour.
To create my website I used Dreamweaver. I found this software very difficult to use as I had never experienced using it before, so it took quite a while to understand and get used to. Due to this, I feel my website is not as good as it could be and could be improved alot. For example, by having more links to make it look more like a website. I feel with a better understanding of the software, my website could be much improved.
Another piece of media technology that I used is my digital camera. I used this to take the photographs for my articles. I took lots of photographs so that I had many to chose from and ddecide which would look most effective and appealing to an audience in my newspaper. Once uploaded to the computer, I selected which photographs I wanted to use and edited them on Photoshop as mentioned above.
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