From my preliminary task I feel I have progressed and learnt a lot. For my real product I did a lot more research, planning, and retaking of photos to better fit my magazine. I also used Photoshop CS5 which I knew better rather than Elements, allowing me to spend more time on my product. The time spent on my final product was much greater than my preliminary, resulting in higher quality outcomes that better achieved my vision.

1. Looking Back At Your Preliminary Task, What Do You Feel You
Have Learnt In The Progression From It To The Full Product?
From my preliminary task I feel I have progressed and learnt a lot. For my real product I did
a lot of research into fonts, images, and planned a lot more, such as times and locations for
my photos, rather than walking round the school and just deciding on a spot. I had to retake
some images as when taking them they felt like a good idea, but then when looking back
and trying them fitted into the magazine, they did not work as well, so I went over and
above what was planned to make sure I got the outcome I wanted. I also made my product
differently by using PS CS5 rather than elements, this is the version I had at home, so meant
I could spend time on it easier without worrying on compatibility problems, and also I knew
how to use it a lot more and how it was all set out, meaning I did not waste time in the
production trying to work out were something is that I wanted to use. The time used on my
preliminaries was a lot shorter than the final products I made, which can be seen in the
quality of the final outcomes, compared to the preliminary tasks. The preliminaries were
quite rushed, and if I couldn’t do something I changed it to something that looked different
to what I wanted, but in my finals I spent time to research how it needed to be done so I
could get exactly what I wanted.