2. Throughout the project I have come across lots of new
software and technology which I haven’t previously
used. I have also expanded my knowledge on other
programmes I have used before such as internet
explorer. I have learnt about lots of new editing skills
using the programmes such as Photoshop using tools
such as the magic wand tool and bevel emboss.
Learning how to edit images has proved very useful in
this project and it will also help me in the future.
Photoshop is a very complicated program; however it
is extremely good and useful.
3. As well as learning to edit images, using new
programmes has given me knowledge on how
to construct a magazine. By constructing a
magazine I mean using Microsoft Publisher,
which is a very simple and very easy to use
software. Mostly, it was easy to use Microsoft
Publisher as it has the same layout as the Word
and other famous Microsoft softwares, so it
was easy to find tools I was looking for.
4. Another very important webpage I have learnt
how to use is the blogger. Blogger is a very
good webpage which helps you easily express
yourself and at the same time help people who
are interested in your expressions to follow
you. Blogger is an easy webpage to work with
and it requires only a few moments to learn
how to use it. Looking at existing products
helped with this and I feel confident that in the
future I would be able to create another
magazine from the knowledge I have gained.
5. Looking back on my progress
from my preliminary product,
I feel that my preliminary
product has helped me in
many ways when creating my
final product. One major
factor that my preliminary
product helped me with was
planning my time, for
example when organising
when to take my images to
allow enough time to edit
them.
6. However I had difficulty with some
of the images I had taken as they were
hard to edit due to the background I
used. I think if I had taken into
account the background of the images
I was taking I would have been able to
create more unique shots throughout
my final product.
7. Although my preliminary product helped with
the planning of my time I have also had to learn
new things which weren’t covered in the
preliminary products. For example as the
magazine was a school magazine I was only able
to use 3 main colours to create a conventional
magazine whereas my music magazine I was able
to be a lot more creative and pacifically target my
audience. Overall I think I have improved
significantly since my preliminary product and
have created a much more professional and
creative product with the knowledge and
experience gained.
