Jessica feels she has learned a lot since her preliminary magazine task. For the final magazine, she learned to more effectively sample colors to match skin tones. She also learned how to adjust the temperature of colors to make them lighter or darker. The photography for the final magazine was improved - it was taken in a professional studio with better lighting and a higher resolution DSLR camera rather than an iPhone. Her knowledge of Adobe software like Photoshop and InDesign also increased, allowing her to better utilize technology tools.

1. Question 7
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2. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you
have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Since the preliminary task, I feel that I have learnt a good substantial amount of
material. My magazine (in my opinion) is pretty good, and if I was a retailer, I would
definitely buy it! But seriously, from the previous task, I have learnt how to sample
colours more effectively to match skin tones, etc.
For example, in my preliminary magazine, I mainly used my covergirl’s face for my
colour samples. Since then, I have been using colour sampling and I have recently
learnt how to adjust the temperature of a colour (lighter to darker).

3. Photography improvements
Preliminary Magazine
Photography
• Pictures were taken in a library corridor with two
ceiling lights with an iPhone 5c camera – 8MP
camera and 336 ppi resolution.
• Colours sampled from coverstar’s surroundings.
• Resolution not great
Final Magazine Photography
• Pictures were taken in a professional
photography studio with three point
lighting and a DSLR camera.
• Colours sampled from the cover stars
faces
• Resolution was very high (6000 x
4000)– very crystal clear pictures.

4. Use of technology improvements
• Adobe Technology (Ps and InDesign) – I had a
basic knowledge of adobe from core art in years
7 – 9 so I was partially able to understand
everything.
• iPhone 5c – I knew how to work my phone’s
camera, I also had a good understanding on
how to use the filters and third party apps to
enhance the look of the picture.
• Adobe Technology (Ps and InDesign,
Illustrator) – I feel that I learnt much more,
as well as from the classes, I also attended a
mini seminar to consolidate my knowledge
of the technologies.
• DSLR Camera – learning how to use the
DSLR camera was really cool. Spending
time in the studio was really good.
Preliminary Magazine
technology Final Magazine technology