During this project I used many different softwares to produce my magazine. I integrated softwares like Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, and several other online tools to help me create the best product possible. Through these softwares I was able to create what I was looking for. Beginning with Microsoft Publisher, I took some of the pictures from my photo shoot that I did with a Canon EOS DSLR. I switched the camera to "Portrait" mode so that I could get some clear pictures of Taylor. After I developed some good pictures that were clear and sharp, I uploaded them to blogger from my Iphone. I plugged in my USB cable into the computer and I was able to access my photos that were on my phone. I imported my photos and pulled them up in the Photoshop app. While in the photoshop app, I inserted the photo and started messing around with the fonts. While I was looking at the fonts, I had to decide which color would pop out the best and that would be easy to read. I decided to use a bright purple font because I thought that it would pop and that it would stand out. I could not chose red, blue, or pink because my other team members were using those colors for their titles. As a group, we decided what we should include on our cover page and how many featured articles we should have on the front page. The whole group needed to include our article about best eats in SRQ, our featured main articles, and healthy eats on a budget. I integrated the internet into this project by researching various magazines like Shape, Women's Health, Men's Health, Health, and Self. The internet allowed me to research these magazines and gather information that I used to develop my magazine. I based my magazine off of the other lifestyle and fitness magazines that are currently in circulation. I chose to research these magazines because I think that they had the same or similar target audience that I wanted to address. I wanted to address the younger generations and middle aged people who have an interest in being physically fit. The internet also helped me out by allowing me to have access to social media platforms such as Twitter or Instagram to help promote my magazine. I used Twitter to tweet about this month's issue of the magazine and I also had Taylor post about her interview so that more people would be able to learn about the magazine. By having Taylor post about the interview, it allowed more people to read about it since she has Olympic athletes as friends and several others that follow her that may be interested. I also used Instagram to post about the magazine too. I had an add that popped up in the feed of some of my followers that if they clicked on it, it would bring them to our magazine website. The pop up add included celebrities or popular athletes that would interest people into reading the "sneak peek" of the issue. By bringing them to our website, I was able to gain more subscribers for the magazine that increased the popularity of the magazine. This also helped to increase the circulation of the magazine because more people were subscribing to the magazine which allowed more issues of the magazine to be published. I am very pleased with how my magazine looks after revising it and how well it is liked. Overall, I think that this experience has taught me a lot. I know how to edit pictures in softwares like Microsoft Publisher, Word, and Adobe Photoshop. I have also learned what marketing and distributing a magazine is like and what the proper techniques to improve my magazine are. This project allowed me to gain many skills from different technologies that I was not aware I had.
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