Draft Evaluation Question 6

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 inserting it into my magazine.

I used a Nikon D3200 to take my pictures in the photoshoot because it is a high quality camera. Because it isn’t my own camera, I had to get used to the features and the functions it had before I took the pictures. Once I was confident with my skills I took the pictures I needed. I also used different angles with the camera to achieve the best quality picture possible.

I used three soft lighting boxes to create a perfect ‘bright’ effect and a shadow effect onto my artist. This helped me enhance my models face and create a more precise and high – quality picture.