What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have used many technologies whilst producing my product, such as the softwares Adobe Photoshop CS4 for image manipulation and Adobe InDesign CS4 for written content, along with the Grab tool to grab certain areas of my product in order to complete this evaluation. I also watched many Youtube and downloaded InDesign and Photoshop tutorials in order to help me learn how to use the softwares, and develop my knowledge of the two. I even visited websites such as http://www.good-tutorials.com/ and http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1. I also used a website "dafont", in which I was able to obtain the font "Alias" which I used for my front cover, and also for testing out other fonts when I was choosing my title. In order to obtain information about circulation, I visited the following websites: Wikipedia (Search Magazine Name and look to the right of the page for it's profile, example below), Bauer Media, and IPC Media. I used this website, Blogger, to document my progress as I advance through the course. In order for me to obtain information about my target audience, I visited the website UK Tribes.
With Adobe Photoshop CS4, I learnt manipulate an image or text in the following ways: To edit an image to clear up a person's face using the spot healing tool of the patch tool, how to use effects with a good use, such as lighting and texturising, drop shadow, bevel and emboss, etc... These are used for both pictures and text. I learnt to distort / re-size pictures, change brightness or contrast and even the exposure of images, to cut out a background of a picture and replace it with something else using the magic wand or/and quick select tool, and to desaturate a picture and then grab colour from certain areas (In the example of a test magazine I created to the right) using the history brush tool.
To add effects like drop shadow and bevel and emboss, I double clicked on the layer and selected from the checkbox, clicking on the tabs in order to change the depth, distance, colour etc... To cut an image out from the background, I used the magic wand to select the background (backdrop), and deleted it, resulting in a layer with the cut out. I then cleared up any white bits left with the eraser tool or the quickselect tool.
My knowledge of photoshop has grown vastly, as I have been practising creating other bits and pieces in my own time, for instance I edited a picture of my friend to create a blue glowing ball above his hands shining on his face, with his stage name "fourstoriesdown" also lit up by the ball, shown below:
With Adobe InDesign, I learnt how to text wrap around an object, for instance a picture, how to drop shadow text and pictures, how to place text on a certain path and also how to make text lead from one box into another.
Using the Grab tool on the Apple Mac computer, I was able to crop certain pieces of my images in order to create compilations on Photoshop, and present my elements in question 1. Like this for example:
Also, using the Apple Mac "Preview" Tool, I was able to study my work in order to inspect features which I may have needed to change.
Beside these technologies, I also had to think about how I were going to take my pictures, in which case I had to think about the background, and zoom of shots. For this I used a 10 mega-pixel digital camera which gave me clear and more accurate results, which would present my magazine much clearer, and be a lot easier to edit. For a clear white background, as on my front cover image, album image and an image from my double page spread, I used a white backdrop (my projector screen) which Vikki stood in front of to pose. Using a white background resulted in a clear and easy way to cut out Vikki from the picture, so I was able to textwrap an image on my double page spread.
I have used many technologies whilst producing my product, such as the softwares Adobe Photoshop CS4 for image manipulation and Adobe InDesign CS4 for written content, along with the Grab tool to grab certain areas of my product in order to complete this evaluation. I also watched many Youtube and downloaded InDesign and Photoshop tutorials in order to help me learn how to use the softwares, and develop my knowledge of the two. I even visited websites such as http://www.good-tutorials.com/ and http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1. I also used a website "dafont", in which I was able to obtain the font "Alias" which I used for my front cover, and also for testing out other fonts when I was choosing my title. In order to obtain information about circulation, I visited the following websites: Wikipedia (Search Magazine Name and look to the right of the page for it's profile, example below), Bauer Media, and IPC Media. I used this website, Blogger, to document my progress as I advance through the course. In order for me to obtain information about my target audience, I visited the website UK Tribes.
With Adobe Photoshop CS4, I learnt manipulate an image or text in the following ways: To edit an image to clear up a person's face using the spot healing tool of the patch tool, how to use effects with a good use, such as lighting and texturising, drop shadow, bevel and emboss, etc... These are used for both pictures and text. I learnt to distort / re-size pictures, change brightness or contrast and even the exposure of images, to cut out a background of a picture and replace it with something else using the magic wand or/and quick select tool, and to desaturate a picture and then grab colour from certain areas (In the example of a test magazine I created to the right) using the history brush tool. To add effects like drop shadow and bevel and emboss, I double clicked on the layer and selected from the checkbox, clicking on the tabs in order to change the depth, distance, colour etc... To cut an image out from the background, I used the magic wand to select the background (backdrop), and deleted it, resulting in a layer with the cut out. I then cleared up any white bits left with the eraser tool or the quickselect tool.
My knowledge of photoshop has grown vastly, as I have been practising creating other bits and pieces in my own time, for instance I edited a picture of my friend to create a blue glowing ball above his hands shining on his face, with his stage name "fourstoriesdown" also lit up by the ball, shown below:
With Adobe InDesign, I learnt how to text wrap around an object, for instance a picture, how to drop shadow text and pictures, how to place text on a certain path and also how to make text lead from one box into another.
Using the Grab tool on the Apple Mac computer, I was able to crop certain pieces of my images in order to create compilations on Photoshop, and present my elements in question 1. Like this for example: 
Also, using the Apple Mac "Preview" Tool, I was able to study my work in order to inspect features which I may have needed to change.
Beside these technologies, I also had to think about how I were going to take my pictures, in which case I had to think about the background, and zoom of shots. For this I used a 10 mega-pixel digital camera which gave me clear and more accurate results, which would present my magazine much clearer, and be a lot easier to edit. For a clear white background, as on my front cover image, album image and an image from my double page spread, I used a white backdrop (my projector screen) which Vikki stood in front of to pose. Using a white background resulted in a clear and easy way to cut out Vikki from the picture, so I was able to textwrap an image on my double page spread.
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