The document compares the author's preliminary task on Photoshop to their final magazine cover and contents page, highlighting improvements in their skills. When first using Photoshop for the preliminary task, the author was unfamiliar with the software and tools. By creating a draft cover, the author learned skills like neat cutting, layers, and color changes. For the final cover and contents, the author felt more knowledgeable applying these learned skills. Images for the preliminary task were poorly located and lit compared to thoughtful planning for lighting and composition in the final magazine images. Overall, the author's Photoshop skills and quality of work improved noticeably from preliminary to final tasks.

1. Final cover and contentsPreliminary task

2. Improvements and ProgressionBy comparing the preliminary task to my final magazine I think you can see the improvement in skills on Photoshop. When I first used Photoshop for the preliminary task I had never used it before so my skills on there were very low and I did not know what a lot of the tools did and how to use them. When doing my draft cover I got to know more and more skills that I could use on photo shop like how to make cutting out a picture neater, about all the different layers used and how to change colours on fonts, images and background etc. When it came to making my final cover, contents and double page spread I felt like I knew a lot more and that I would do a lot more on Photoshop with the skills that I had learnt by practising during the preliminary task and the draft. With the images on the preliminary task it was not taken in a good location or on a good back ground as one was taking in front of glass so you can see the reflections and the other was very hard to cut out because of the way she was standing when the image was taken. The images for my final magazine had a lot more thought took into them, like where the pictures would be taken and when during to day like etc, also in the images in the final magazine the model is making direct audience address as she is looking in to the camera in both of the images on the front cover and the contents page. This automatically makes the image look more interesting and draws the audience in because they are making eye contact with the camera. The images taken for the preliminary task were taken in the corridor of the school where the lighting was not correct because there was no natural light coming from anywhere, but the images for the final magazine were taken mid day so the light was perfect for taking images inside and outside. Overall when looking at the two different examples I think the improvements are very obvious as the quality and quantity of the cover and contents has changed a lot.