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Learning About the Tools


At the beginning of October, I began to learn about StudioWorks. This is an online publishing program that I will be using to create my magazine design and layout. The first thing I learned about was the Navigation Bar which is located at the top of StudioWorks. This is where all major sections could be accessed including the dashboard, pages, content, planner, and more. I completed a Padlet in class where I wrote down what some of these things do.





In my next assignments, I learned how to do many things such as…

- Choose a font
- Select a text size
- Create a text box
- Make a picture box
- Create a colored background
- Add a picture
- Find the bleed mark
- Find the gutter
- Add a stroke
- Measure things in picas
- Use the measurement tool


After I continued to learn more about StudioWorks and complete more assignments with it, by mid-October I learned how to…

- Locate the trim
- Flip an image
- Invert an image
- Add a rounding radius
- Change the transparency
- Add a drop shadow
- Add a gradient to a drop shadow
- Adjust the softness
- Use text-wrapping





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