1. What have you learnt
about technologies from
the process of
constructing this
product?

2. Photoshop
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Photoshop is a programme that pictures and products can be adapted and edited
using many different tools. I used photoshop for my magazine and I honestly
thought that it was going to be extremely difficult. I managed to trial it and tried out
some new techniques and tools. After a week or so, I found it extremely easy to
navigate and use. I managed to create all 3 of my pages with only one problem.
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My models hair was very curly on my first shoot and I used the green room. I used
the Auto-Selection tool to remove all the green from her hair. However, a lot of it
would not come out and I had to use the clone tool to add more blonde into her
hair. After my first shoot, I did another at home and this did not go very well.
Photoshop would not let me remove some parts of her jeans and her body looked
distorted. I solved the problem on my final shoot and the green was removed from
her hair. I think that Photoshop is fantastic and an excellent programme to create
my product.
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I used the shape tool a lot on my magazine to create all of the bubbles and the
shape surrounding my masthead. The variety of shapes meant that I had a good
choice of designs. I also used the text tool to create all of my coverlines. This was a
good idea as I could move all of my text at once and use different fonts to make the
page stand out.

3. Photo shoot
 I used my own camera for the photo shoot so I was fine
taking the pictures. My model is very photogenic but is also
very pale so when using the flash, the image would come
out extremely bright. In the end I had to use no flash and
edit it on the computer. I think this was the biggest problem
but it was all sorted. My images came out very clear and I
learnt how to use my camera in different ways.
 The green screen also taught me how to take better pictures
as it was much easier to use that instead of a home
background. It made it easier to edit so I am glad I used the
green screen.