During a Photoshop task, the document's author learned various Photoshop shortcuts, features of a generic music magazine including the masthead, center of visual interest, teasers, and consistent design elements. They also learned how to properly layout these magazine features and used natural lighting and different camera angles to select the best shot for the center of visual interest on the magazine cover.

1. WHAT DID YOU LEARN
During this task I learnt many skills that would help me in my furthe r tasks, I also achie ve d the things that I set out to
achieve in my brief.
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Differ e nt Photoshop shortc ut s I learnt wer e : Ctrl
(reselect), Ctrl + t (transform), Ctrl
+ d (deselect), Ctrl
+ Shift + d
+ j (duplicate selected layer), Ctrl +
Alt
+ z
(step backward), [ (decreases brush size) and ] (increase brush size).
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Differ en t featur es of a generi c musi c maga zin e in general I learnt are:
masthead, centre of visual interest (CVI), teaser story, secondary stories, splash/puff,
competitio ns, price, barcode, website , consiste nt colour sche m e and consiste nt typogr ap hy.
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I also learnt how to lay out these features on a music magazine. For example the masthead
goes along the top of the magazine and must be in the biggest font size; also the CVI can also be positioned in front
of the masthead to demonstrate that it is more important (the masthead must still be legible).
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I used natural lighting for my CVI on the front cover and trialled many different camera angles before choosing
the best one to fit in with the layo ut I had in mind (med ium close -up) .
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Lastly I learnt the conve ntio ns of a pop maga zin e, this wa s the found atio n upon whic h I could strive for succ e ss in
terms of achie ving the look I wa nted.