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Evaluation Question 2 by Anonymous 68ngAWvUE on Scribd

Evaluation Question 2 by Ben Field on Scribd

Evaluation Question 1 by Anonymous 68ngAWvUE on Scribd

7.) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? Looking back at my preliminary task, I have realised I have come a long way. There are several features wrong with my preliminary task. The colour behind my main model is horrible, the text goes over my models face along with a horrible stretched font in black which in some parts makes it hard to read. I also included a boarded effect around the cover and my main model goes over that making the boarder seem useless and not needed. The masthead is really small and the barcode it massive. The contents page of the preliminary task is even worse. I have used a horrible front where the text is too big with no explanation below it so the reader doesn’t know what they are reading alongside the numbers which are slanted and makes the preliminary task feel rushed. The main model has some editing problems with part of the zip cut out with the hair looking rough and loo

What have your learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? For the majority of my time I was using Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended which is the photo editing software I was using throughout constructing my magazine. I used Photoshop for my preliminary task and for my actual magazine. I experimented with Photoshop a lot and created a lot of draft versions of my magazine using Double exposure effects and cool clipping masked text to an image. This helped develop my skills in what I was aiming to do with my final product. I also experimented with different filters to use on my magazine which made my magazine unique and original. I also used Word to write up my double page spread and part of the research and planning. This is because I wanted to get my spelling and punctuation spot on with on mistakes. I used it for the research and planning because I prefer to do each post separately. I also managed to keep a word count and structure my writing before ins