2. Journey to success
• Designing the preliminary task and the final product was completely
different. When designing my final product I had to go into much
more real detail and be more profesional compared to when I was
designing my preliminary task. In order gain a sense of realism for
my final product I had to do some research into existing profesional
magazine, such as VIBE & Kerrang, whereas for the preliminary task
it wasn’t produced so well. When doing my prelimnary task I was
struggling to use good software to design with but at the end of my
final production I had a good understand of how to use InDesign
very well.
3. When creating my preliminary task I used a mixture of Photoshop and Microsoft
Powerpoint to construct my design. Powerpoint was very limited in terms of what
effects and structure I cold use to construct my product. Using Microsoft
Powerpoint it provided very basic tolos to use and work with therefore I couldn’t
be very effective and creative when designing and creating my preliminary task.
Whereas when I used mainly Photoshop I found out that it had way more features
that aid image manipulation which was a major asset to my front page. This
software offered many more effective features that made my production look
more detailed and proffessional. Using Photoshop I used the layer option to
structure my magazine and organise it so it looks profesional and well-organised.
The image quality in Photoshop was much better than the quality of images used
for my preliminary task. This is because Photoshop can enhance the pixilation of a
photo better, as this is what Photoshop specialises in. Also I used Photoshop for
my final product to enhance my images, insert effects and edit the images I’m
using. This includes cropping out the background or any unwanted parts of the
images using the cropping tool or magic selection tool. This was better then using a
mixture of Photoshop and Powerpoint which was used during the creation of the
preliminary task. Powerpoint is a very limited piece of software probably because
it was made for text and not fot magazines.
4. What have I learnt?
• I have now developed my knowledge and understanding on many aspect s,
thought out the process of making my media product …
• How to use a professional digital Nikon D90 SLR Camera.
• A developed understanding on how to use Adobe Photoshop.
• Expanded my knowledge on new programs such as Adobe Indesign.
• Learnt how to use a blog – update post, create pages, and convert media
files and embed YouTube and moviemaker videos.
• Learnt how to upload presentations onto slide share.
• I learnt how to alter, change and edit images in Photoshop and save them
in the correct format.
• Learnt the importance of continuous saving to prevent my work being
deleted.
