1. LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY
TASK, (COLLEGE MAGAZINE) WHAT DO
YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL
PRODUCT?

2. In the progression to the full product from my preliminary task I have learnt a lot of skills
to create a final professional magazine. On my college magazine I used an image I had taken
in a library, although this looked like a good picture using a digital camera, it was not the
right image for a magazine front cover, this is because of the angle it had been taken, the
mast head and cover lines did not sit nicely with the image however in my final magazine
there is a perfect balance between the main image, the mast head and the cover lines which
makes it look professional. I have also learnt about the design and layout, the text I had used
in the preliminary task was big and the spaces were far apart, this looks tacky and not like a
magazine, I learnt how to make these letters and words closer together so they look
professional and not like they have just been placed there. I also know where to place my
cover lines and main image so the Gutenberg design principle has been used and so that my
magazine draws in the audience. In the preliminary task I did not use Photoshop on my
image and this makes a massive difference in what looks professional and what doesn't look
professional. The spot healing tool is not just for covering spots, it makes the skin tone of
the person look even and so the image looks professional, also the colouring in the image,
sometimes the lighting can be to dull and you have to brighten it up, or the colours look to
orange so you have to balance it with cold colours. These are all things i have learnt since i
had done my preliminary task of the college magazine.