Q6

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

2. Photoshop
I have learnt a number of skills on
Photoshop such as:
-How to edit a photograph effectively
using the different effects on
Photoshop such as, hue and saturation
and colour and brightness.
-I have also learnt to install custom
fonts from ‘dafont.com’ this enabled
me to have a more professional looking
design throughout my magazine as I
was able to use different fonts that
suited the indie rock genre.
-I also learnt that using basic shapes,
using the shape tool, enabled me to
create a more professional looking out
come and design, I also used blending
options that came up when I right hand
clicked on the layer, I used this to
change the opacity of the shape so it
still enabled you to see the background,
but made the main coverline stand out.

3. Quark
-Using Quark I have developed the knowledge
of how to use the basic elements of the
software, I found it more challenging to use
as it was a lot different from Photoshop.
-I learnt how to put images into Quark, you
draw a box using the image type box, double
click on the box and find the picture in the
documents.
-I have also learnt that you can use the effects
using the ‘fx’ to add shadow and various
other effects such as an outline to your text, I
did this on my ‘Contents’ title.
-I also learnt that I can make both DPS and
contents page look more professional by
using the guide lines, I feel it is important that
everything is uniformed and in line for a
finished professional look.
-I also learnt that using basic coloured shapes
can help to make the page look more finished
as the page isn't completely white, it also
helps to section the content from each other.

4. DSLR Cameras
I learnt how to frame pictures effectively
and also how to use the camera
effectively.
Since I started to create my pages I have
had to take a lot of photos. So to get the
best quality from my images, I took them
on a DSLR, this made the look the best
quality they could.
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