QUESTION 6:

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE

PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT ?

PHOTOSHOP WAS USED TO CREATE THE FONT COVER OF THE MAGAZINE. I USED PHOTOSHOP TO CREATE THE MAGAZINE FRONT COVER BECAUSE ITS MAINLY USED FOR THAT AND IT HAS LOTS OF EDITING TOOLS WHICH MAKE IT. FROM SHOP I HAVE GAINED A LOT MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN BEFORE AS I USE IT IN ANOTHER SUBJECT SO I KNOW THE BASICS AND A FEW MORE EXTRA THINGS BDESIGNING MY PHONE COVER I LEARNT A LOT MORE THINGS SUCH AS GETTING RID OF ANY BLEMISHES TAKING ANY UNWANTED BITS FROM AN IMAGE AND SMOOTHING OUT THE IMAGE. I ALSO LEARN T HOW TO PLAY WITH THE MASTHEAD IN PHOTOSHOP ALONG WITH THE IMAGE I LEARNT TO TAKE BITS OF THE IMAGE OFF SO THE MASTHEAD IS MORE VISIBLE, THIS MEANT ERASING SOME OF THE HAIR FROM THE COVER STAR ALSO I TOOK AWAY THE FRIZZY HAIR THAT GOT IN THE WAY BY ERASING THAT AND CLEARING IN THE BACKGROUND. I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TOP OF THE COVER STAR WORE SO I CHANGE THAT TO A SINGLE COLOUR WHICH IS BLACK SO THE HEADLINE WERE MORE VISIBLE. PHOTOSHOP TAUGHT ME HOW TO ALIGN MY HEADLINES AND KEEP STRUCTURED SO LOOKS MORE PROFESSIONAL, THIS WAS USED WITH A RULER TALL WHICH HELPED ME KEEP EVERYTHING IN LACE.

IN DESIGN WAS USED TO CREATE THE CONTENTS PAGE AND DPS OF THE MAGAZINE. IN DESIGN I LEARNED HOW TO POSITION TEXT AND CONTROL LAYERS BY USING THIS I HAVE LEARNT THE BASICS OF USING IN DESIGN AND HE HAS ALLOWED ME TO LOOK OVER FOR THE EFFECTS AND PLACE IMAGES WITHOUT IT LOOKING PIXELATED. IN DESIGN IT WAS HARD TO USE AT FIRST BECAUSE I HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH IT BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND THE WAYS AND IS EASIER TO USE. I USED BLOGGER TO UPLOAD MY WORK SUCH AS IMAGES EMBEDDED PREZI PRESENTATION TIME TOAST AND IT DIDN’T SEEM HARD TO USE I LEARNT HOW UPLOAD PREZI PRESENTATION THIS IMAGES MY TIME TOLD PRODUCTION SCHEDULE.

TO CREATE MY MASTHEAD ‘BE’ WE HAD AN INDUCTION TO ILLUSTRATOR WHERE WE LEARNT THE BASICS ON HOW TO USE IT. I HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCE WITH ILLUSTRATOR BUT I DIDN’T LEARN MUCH SO IT WAS A BIT DIFFICULT AT FIRST ILLUSTRATOR TAUGHT ME HOW TO OPERATE THE TEXT BY MAKING THE LETTERS A DIFFERENT SIZE AND CREATING SHAPES. ILLUSTRATOR ALLOWS YOU TO BE VERY AND CREATIVE AND IT HELPS YOU CREATE A MASTHEAD WITHOUT IT LOOKING BORING.

LASTLY I USED A DSLR CAMERA FOR MY PHOTOGRAPHY. WE WERE GIVEN AN INTRODUCTION ON HOW TO USE THE CAMERAS IN THE STUDIO AND ALSO LEARNT HOW TO USE THE LIGHTS, WE LEARNT HOW TO ADJUST THE SETTINGS THESE WERE ON THE SHUTTER SPEED, HOW TO PUT THE CAMERA ON FOCUS AND HOW TO GET HIGH OR LOW SATURATION. THE MINI INDUCTION GAVE ME AN INSIGHT ON HOW TO USE THE CAMERA AND EVEN THE BASICS OF IT HELPED ME CREATE MY FINAL PRODUCT.