Links Between AS and A2...

Whilst completing my AS Media Coursework of creating a music magazine I had to complete many different stages and use many different digital technology programmes in order to get the completed final product.

When doing my AS course work I used different programmes on the Mac's to help me achieve a advance music magazine. I used:

• Photoshop

I used Photoshop to edit the images I had taken for my magazine and enhance them making them look professional and bring a more 'real' and 'professional' look to my magazine. I will again have to use Photoshop when doing my A2 coursework because again I will need to edit my images.

• iMovie

I used the programme iMovie on the Mac's to record my evaluation at the end of the project. I had to include a series of images and text along with my own voice recordings over the top to make a smooth running evaluation video. One problem I did come across when doing this was when I was watching my video back every now and again just to make sure everything looked ok when my voice came in the images and text would stop running through. I didn't find a reason for this but when I exported my video it all work finely together. I will have to use iMovie when creating my A2 coursework as I will have to record my radio advert.

• Microsoft Word

Different to everyone else I used Microsoft Word to put my magazine together instead of InDesign. I am glad I done this as I demonstrated to people that Microsoft Word could be used for something other than just simple word processing. I did come across a few simple problems like finding it difficult to move images to different places on the page but I got their in the end and had a good outcome. One thing I would say is that I may be at a slight disadvantage when completing my A2 coursework as I will have to use InDesign to process my newspaper cover and pages and therefore will have to develop new skills because I will not be used to using the programme.