The document discusses the progression of the author's skills from an initial basic preliminary task created in Microsoft Word to a full magazine product created in Adobe Photoshop. The author feels they have learned significant skills in using Photoshop including cutting, editing, and manipulating images as well as working with backgrounds, fonts, and shapes. The final magazine represents a complete transformation and improvement over the initial task, demonstrating the extensive skills acquired over the past 5 months.

1. Evaluation
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have
learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

2. Preliminary task…
As you can see my preliminary task was extremely basic,
created using Microsoft Word with one colour (green) only
a few fonts and one copy and pasted image.
I feel I have progressed massively, leaning how to use
Adobe Photoshop being my biggest achievement.
I can now cut, edit, manipulate, transform and all in all
change image to look professional as well as manipulate
backgrounds and text/font as well as create boxes, puff and
pugs etc.
My magazine shows a complete transformation in the skill
I have obtained over the last 5months and I have
progressed massively.

3. Comparison…

4. • As you can see there is a vast improvement from my preliminary task
compared to my final front cover of my magazine. I have leaned so
many different new skills like: how to cut out a photo, how to edit
and image (brightness, contrast, colour levels etc.) how to place
images, free transform images, use the brush, fix, select, stamp tools
and the list could continues.
• Here are some examples of the techniques I have learnt and how my
skills have transformed.
• I have learnt to use software's such as WordPress, Prezi, Voki,
YouTube and so on and this has benefitted me massively by enabling
me to present my findings in a more creative way.

5. • Here you can see, the transformation between the background, masthead and
image of my front cover. It has changed massively, from when I started as I
included, background effects, an image glow and a completely different
masthead so that it fitted in with my chosen indie genre.

6. • These images show the editing process of how I changed the
brightness and the contrast of the image so that it had a more
professional look and fitted in better with my chosen indie genre. The
yellow and orange colours of the leave and the coats of my models
coincide brilliantly and represent the kind of colours I wished to
feature in my final magazine.