Emma Riddiough

DIARY SCREEN GRABS

• Set up the appropriate measurements for my magazine• I chose a background for my cover instead of leaving it transparent• Chose the appropriate image for my magazine from the ones that I took and started to insert it

Monday 26th November, 2012

Tuesday 27th November, 2012 • I successfully imported my chosen photograph for my magazine front cover• I enlargened the image by pressing ‘Ctrl T’ and kept a hold down on ‘Shift’ and dragging on the image• Successfully changed the background and added glow around the border of my front cover image• I typed in and changed the text of my magazine title from Arial to Bookman Old Style

• I stretched the title by pressing ‘Ctrl T’ and keep hold of the ‘Shift’ button• I manipulated the colour of my music magazine front cover title to fit the my colour scheme• I was also able to type in my positioning statement, and also manipulate the colour of the changed font as well

Thursday 29th November, 2012

Friday 30th November, 2012 • I have managed to place both my issue date, issue number and price, and all are on the same consistent line• I have also managed to successfully start typing up the cover lines for my magazine front cover

• Finished putting on all of my cover lines onto my magazine front cover• Completed my main headline to go with my chosen front cover• Manipulated the texts colour• Inserted a strap line and started to manipulate its colour

Monday 3rd December, 2012• Successfully manipulated the strap lines colour• Inserted a text box for my strap lines text• Managed to complete my strap line• Imported my barcode • Completed my music magazine front cover

Tuesday 4th December, 2012• I set up my contents page and double page spread pages• I inserted a text box and started to manipulate it so that it corresponds with my chosen colour scheme

Thursday 6th December, 2012• Typed in ‘CONTENTS’, resized it, and changed its font• Changed the colour of the text to brown• Wrote in the date of my magazine along with its web address• Changed the colour from white to brown

Friday 7th December, 2012• I switched the text from Arial to Century• Successfully entered the page numbers for my feature and regular articles• Started and successfully completed writing up and all of my regular and feature articles• Changed the font style from Century to Century Gothic for both numbers and cover lines

Monday 10th December, 2012• Inserted all 5 image boxes for the 5 separate images that I took relating to my chosen music genre which is rock• I started to insert the numbers into the bottom right corner in order to link the images to 5 different articles

Tuesday 11th December, 2012

• Successfully created all of my numbers to link to the necessary articles •Started to import my photographs onto my contents page•Finally completed my contents page

Thursday 13th December, 2012• Started to work on my double page spread•Imported my interview photograph• Started working on the title for my article

Monday 17th December, 2012•Completed the title for my article• Manipulated the colour of my title • Started work on my Stand First• Completed my Stand First

Tuesday 18th December, 2012• Imported my interview• Put it into 3 columns• Completed my double page spread

Monday 14th January, 2013• Changed ‘Feature Articles’ to ‘Features’• Capitalised ‘Features’ so that it makes that particular section stand out

Tuesday 15th January, 2013

• Changed the positioning of my barcode• Added more information onto my strap line• Added a stroke to the title of my magazine

Monday 21st January, 2013• Changed the positioning of my images• Resized my regular and feature articles• Changed the colour of my page numbers• Repositioned the page numbers on my five contents images

• Redid my interview image and manipulated it• Rewrote my stand first and interview• Manipulated the colour of the writing throughout my article• Changed the image size and background of my article• Placed a page number at the bottom of the article•Put my interview over the shoulder so as to link the pages together

Tuesday 22nd January, 2013

Thursday 24th & Friday 25th January, 2013 I worked on my

evaluation

• Resized my issue date, number and price to a size of 11pt• Switched ‘GRACE SLICK: Interview On Tour’ and ‘Bob Dylan: History Revealed’ so that ‘GRACE SLICK: Interview On Tour’ wouldn’t get caught in the glow o the image• Redid my Strapline so it didn’t contain artists already contained on the front cover• Made sure that my cover lines were all lined up correctly in the same column

• Repositioned my contents title, the website and issue date on the page• Redid the page numbers contained on the five pictures• Made the image of Liverpool bigger so it took up the space at the bottom of the page

Tuesday 29th January, 2013

• Resized the title for my magazine article• Made ‘THE CEE-JAYS’ and my Standfirst bold• Sorted out my actual article; e.g. Made sure it was the right font size for my magazine and made sure that it fitted the whole of my page.•Repositioned all of my text so it was within the guidelines• Rewrote my page number so it contained the name of my magazine, and the issue date• Changed the font of the name , issue date and page number to Bookman Old Style as well

Thursday 31st & Friday 1st February, 2013 I worked on my

evaluation