Design Skills 1

Despite already having previous experience and knowledge with Adobe software, especially Photoshop, I have still managed to learn some new skills in both InDesign and Photoshop as I work on the magazine.

In Photoshop;

I have learnt to change the workspace style, in this case to Photography, in order to much better facilitate the actions I will take with my photos, and more easily find any toold I may want to use (such as burn, dodge, sponge etc). This allows me to work much more efficiently and therfore spend more time concentrating on creating high quality images rather than trying to find the right tools.

Changing the workspace style to Photography for easier access to relevant tools

In InDesign;

Since I have less general experience with using InDesign compared to Photoshop, I have learnt many more skills as I used the software, gaining experience as I work. As a lot of the skills I knew from Photoshop were generally transferable, I have learnt a lot more about text formatting and editing since this isn’t as much of a focus in Photoshop. Notably, working with how text wraps can be applied around images (and in turn, how these text wraps can be removed for overlay text), as well as how to change line spacing and apply drop capitals.

By learning and utilising these skills I can better create more unique, stand out genre-specific imagery as I’m more comfortable with the software, allowing me, for example, to make the custom paper-tab assets seen on my cover page, fitting the rough-around-the-edges style of the punk/alternative genre and clearly conveying this idea to the viewer.

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