ICT and Equipment used

• Camera (canon EOS 1100D) (canon EOS 550D)• Green Screen• Lighting• Photoshop• QuarkXPress• Fireworks

Equipment and Software used

CameraThe cameras I used to take my images are;

- Canon EOS 1100D

This is the best canon to take images with as you can see on the right. It has all the features I need in order to create the best images possible.

Green ScreenI used the greenscreen so I could take pictures of my characters and add a background of choice. What Is a Green Screen and How Does it Work?A green screen is exactly what it sounds like- a green screen placed behind the subject being filmed. The blank green screen allows designers to superimpose digital images into the background of your video to create unique environments. It's not new technology, but it's the most effective way of integrating high quality images into the background.

LightingI used the lighting so that my images would show up a lot better when I took them by the green screen. However, some of my images had a little to much lighting and my other images were took outside and in a house.

But the images that didn’t work so well I edited in Photoshop, or I didn’t use them.

PhotoshopI used Adobe Photoshop Elements, so that I could edit my photographs and text to make them look more effective so that it appeals to my target audience.

Photoshop has many features that helped me produce some really good pieces of work and the before and after images, you can really see how much of a difference Photoshop can make to the images.

QuarkXPressI used QuarkXPress to produce my magazine front cover, contents page and the double page spread.

This software was ok to use and helped me produce a really good magazine layout. It also had some effects that I used within my magazine to make it more suitable for the target audience.

Macromedia FireworksI used Macromedia Fireworks to edit some of images, titles and layouts of my magazine.

Even though I used Photoshop and QuarkXPress to help me produce my magazine, there were some effects that were easier to use in Fireworks but after I did it in Fireworks I exported it and took it over to the other software to improve.