Q6 editing process
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The document discusses the various technologies and software used to create a music magazine. Photoshop was used to edit images, cut them out, and add effects like outer glows. Quark was used to lay out pages and add drop shadows to text. Both programs allow drawing shapes, adding text boxes, and importing images. Photoshop's gradient tool was utilized to make the magazine's background. Framing images and text in Quark involved right clicking and modifying selected items.
Q6 editing process
- 1. Q6. What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- 2. Hardware That I Used ● In my task to create a music magazine, I had to take images for the front cover, contents page and double page spread. To obtain these images I used a SLR camera, the camera allowed me to take very detailed and high quality images. I then uploaded these images to a computer straight from the camera for use with my magazine.
- 3. Software That I Used ● After I had taken the images, I needed to use Adobe Photoshhop to cut around them and remove any unwanted background. I also used Photoshop along with Quark to construct my front cover, contents page and double page spread.
- 4. Cutting Out Images ● I needed to cut images out for use on my front cover and double page spread. In order to cut images out, I used the Bezier pen tool on Photoshop and cut around the part of the image that I wanted to use. After I had gone around the image with the “pen” tool, and inverted the selection and pressed delete to delete the background
- 5. Adding Effects in Photoshop ● I used a lot of text effects whilst creating my front cover such as outer glow. In order to apply an effect to an object in Photoshop, you first need to find which layer it is on and then double click on it (bottom right image). After yo have double clicked o nthe layer, the menu in the left image will appear. I selected outer glow by ticking the tick box, I then changed the settings on the glow to make it more visible by moving the sliding bars. Other effects like drop shadows can be added in the same way.
- 6. Adding Effects in Quark ● Whilst using Quark to create my contents page and double page spread I used the drop shadow effect to add extra volume to my text. To add a drop shadow to text in Quark, you select the element that you want to add the effect to, which in this case the “Contents” text. I then right clicked on the object and selected “modify” from the list. A menu then appeared which allowed me to add and modify the drop shadow.
- 7. Drawing Shapes ● I used various shapes whilst creating my front cover, contents page and double page spread. To draw a shape in Photoshop, you simply click on the “rectangle” icon, you can choose what shape you want if you right click on the icon. I used the rectangle tool to draw the “skyline” that is on the top of my front cover. ● To draw a shape on Quark, you select the “rectangle” tool and draw out where you want the shape to go. I used the rectangle tool to draw the background for my title on my double page spread.
- 8. Drawing Shapes ● I used various shapes whilst creating my front cover, contents page and double page spread. To draw a shape in Photoshop, you simply click on the “rectangle” icon, you can choose what shape you want if you right click on the icon. I used the rectangle tool to draw the “skyline” that is on the top of my front cover. ● To draw a shape on Quark, you select the “rectangle” tool and draw out where you want the shape to go. I used the rectangle tool to draw the background for my title on my double page spread.
- 9. Adding Text ● Adding text, is the same in both Photoshop and Quark, you simply click on the text tool and draw a text box, you can then add text within these text boxes. You can also change the text to your liking by changing the font and font size as well as making the text bold, italic and underlined.
- 10. Adding Images In Quak ● I used images that I had taken in both Photoshop and Quark. To add images into Quark you simply select the image icon and draw an image box. After you have drawn the image box, you can right click on it and select “import” from the list that appears. This will then allow you to select the image that you want to use from your computer.
- 11. Adding Images to Photoshop ● To import images into Photoshop, you will need to clink on the file tab at the to pof the page. I drop down menu will then appear, giving you the option to place a picture or another file. After you click on this, your documents will then appear and it will allow you to pick the file that you want to place into Photoshop, I used this feature to import my Free CD cover onto my front cover since I created it as a separate file.
- 12. Creating My Background ● Whilst using Photoshop, I used the gradient tool to create the background that is on my front cover. To do this I selected the gradient tool by right clicked on the paint bucket tool and selected gradient. After I had selected the gradient tool, I clicked on the gradient bar at the top of the page (middle Image). This then opened a menu that allowed me to change the colour and amount of points that were going to be in my gradient. After I had selected the points and colours for my gradient, I had to draw where I wanted the gradient to go and in what direction.
- 13. Adding Frames in Quark ● Whilst working with Quark to create my contents page and double page spread, I added frames to the images and text boxes that were on the page. To do this, you need to select the text box or image that you want to put a frame on and right click on it. A list will then appear with “modify” being one of the options. After you click on modify, a box will appear, after you select the “frame” tab, you can select a frame for your text box for image.