Evaluation 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
- 2. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THE FRONT COVER?
- 3. The previous slide shows how I have constructed my front cover for my magazine ‘’Miss Pop’’, I used Photoshop to the front cover and enhanced the brightness of the background allowing the main image to be the main focus. Also I was able to add texts, buttons, sell lines and a barcode to make my media product much more professional. In order to coordinate myself in creating my magazine I used a flat plan and existing pop magazines which gave my inspiration to construct my magazine to accurately. I also used Photoshop to create my double page spread and contents page.
- 4. A Canon SLR was used to take my front cover, double page spread and contents page images which allows me to make the photos the main focuses of magazine. I focused the model of my front cover by using enduring the brightness however the photo began overly vibrant I reduced this by using the brightness and contrast tools on Photoshop. I learned how to used the flash tool, as you can see for my front cover my model is in a high definition light endured by the yellow/cream background correlating with her skin tone. I used the flash tool to provide good lighting to emphasize the prop of the bubblegum rather than making the background the main focus of the magazine, as within pop magazines what the artists costume, facial expression and prop is the most important feature of the
- 5. WHAT WEBSITES DID YOU USE THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AS A WHOLE ? • I used different types of presentation websites to present my planning. I used Prezi, Slideshare,Emaze and Youtube as I believe it brought my presentations to life and also it allowed me to present my planning in more finer detail. • I have used blogger as it made the presentation process if my work easier over a course period, I also used Dafont and a 1,000 and 1 fonts as it allowed me to experiment when it came to the production process of my magazine. • My evaluation consists of Prezi, Slideshare, Emaze , YouTube and Powtoon . These presentation software's allowed me to automatically present my work in different formats and also gave my the access to develop my explanations through using arrows, recorded voice comments, and videos to explain my front cover, double page spread and contents page.
- 6. WHAT POST PRODUCTION DID YOU USE SUCH AS PHOTOSHOP AND ANY DESK TOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE? I used Photoshop for construction of all my photos, which were edited to make my Images more professional and also the images in my contents page were edited to be bright and vibrant. I used Photoshop in terms of my Photoshop using the marquee tool to layout to my contents page and double page spread, it allowed me to ensure that my paragraphs were in line and were the same width, it gave me the advantage to structure my double page spread accurately. When constructing ‘the letter from the editor’ section on my contents page the rectangle tool gave me the ability to insert the column efficiently.