The document describes the development of the author's production skills over the course of creating a magazine project. In the preliminary tasks, the author knew little about magazine conventions but learned through trial and error. Comparing early tasks to the final product showed great improvement in editing skills and understanding how to properly apply codes and conventions. This journey helped make the magazine more professional and developed the author's production abilities throughout.

1. How did your production skills
develop throughout this project?
when I started this project which was developing a magazine of a
particular genre, I knew very little about the conventions, the dos
and donts of a magazine .But now if I look back at my preliminary
task I believe I have learnt a lot and improvised to make polished
product .
Similarly When I compare my preliminary tasks with my Final product
I see a great deal of improvement when it comes to my editing skills
such as in Adobe Photoshop and understanding and applying the
codes and conventions in a better way. This whole journey made my
magazine look more professional and developed my production skills
throughout.

2. In my first cover I have simply
joined a background image
with my cover star, the image
looks pasted on the
background and looks very
unnatural.
I have used an excess of
different fonts which is not very
conventional.
There is no particular color
scheme, so my work looks
messy.
I haven’t added any pugs.
No margins are left on either
Preliminary 1
My second cover is better than
the first as I have chosen a color
scheme and added a pug.
But still the use of many fonts is
giving an untidy look.
The biggest blunder I made in
this cover is that I was unable to
crop the main image properly
which makes it look very
unprofessional.
I have also added the social
media contact on the cover which
is conventionally added at the
back.
Preliminary 2 Final task
In my final project I have worked
More carefully while choosing my
Color scheme and fonts.
I made sure that my cover star
Is in the center and covers
maximum
space . I have left margins on
both
Side, as per convention.
I have successfully cropped the
main
Image and refined its edges, so it
Can blend with the gradient.

3. As I wasn’t having a professional makeup artist
for my model, you can see how the base is not
blended and is visible on my models face.
But as my editing skills have developed till
reaching the end product I was able to fix this by
changing the brightness and contrast of the
picture.
If you closely you’ll realize that I have also
changed the hair color of my model by adding a
tint of brown and now it looks more rich in
color. I was able to do this by using selective
color option on adobe Photoshop.
I also changed the lip
color of my model
from glossy peach to
matt hot pink as it
goes more with her
attire. For this I fist
made a quick mask,
then I selected the
lips by using the paint
brush. After that I
inversed the selection
and used solid color
to change the color. I
further blended it by
changing the mode
from normal to
saturation and then
changing its opacity.

4. Preliminary FinalThrough my research any analysis of other media
texts I realized how fonts and colors can have
different connotations and what important role do
they play when it comes to appealing to audience.
For example in my preliminary tasks I used a lot of
different fonts and this variety of fonts and font
sizes on a single cover made it look unprofessional.
However, I used a maximum of two fonts for the
magazine of my foundation portfolio to make it look
sophisticated and elegant.
some conventions also helped me understand how
the arrangement of text is important, so in my final
cover I arrange the text around main image in an
order.
I also learned that we can download a lot of new
fonts and texts through www.dafont.com
For the mast head of my final cover, I used the the
emboss tool from blending options and added a
Shadow to it, to give it a 3D effect.
All this work on fonts made a huge difference
To the final appearance of my project.

5. Attempt 1
.
attempt 2 Final task
The contents page I made
initially looked very
unprofessional as I used a
full picture of my cover
star without removing its
background. I added a
half gradient that didn’t
looked good either.
Similarly the
arrangement of my text
was not conventional at
all
my research in real media text
helped me a lot with the
contents. Following the
conventions I added the name of
the magazine with an issue date
at the top. Then I cropped my
cover star and placed it on the
right, while I arrange my text on
the left and added subline under
my article heading. I learned how
to add a shadow to a picture by
copying the layer adding a drop
shadow. I even added a
background image.
Even after making these
improvements I still wasn’t
satisfied with my final product,
so I decided to give it some final
touches.
i removed the background
image as I realized it wasn’t
going with my color scheme.
I resized my main image and
the position of its shadow so
I can add other pictures to
my contents page.

6. The picture on the left is how my double spread sheet looked initially. But then
I realized there are many loop holes in my work. I felt that the picture of my
model is not taking more than 50 percent of the page which is a convention, so
I added another picture of my model. Then I realized that the background is
making my page look dull so I changed the gradient to bright peach which was
also in contrast with what my other model wears.
The font I chose was also a problem as it wasn’t fiving a formal look to the
page, so I changed the fond added some 3D effects.
By looking at other media texts I got to know that I haven’t added the photo
and interview credits which were suppose to be below the pictures, so I
immediately added them.
In the end also included the page number.
If I look back to my first attempt and compare it with my final double spread, I
would say that I have learned a lot through my research and trial and error
method.

7. There was a problem with the second picture I decided to add to the page, it was my own
photographic error as the head of the picture was cut. To hide this flaw I decided to add a
floral head band to my model . I got this picture from google and added it on top, during this
process I learned about a new tool in adobe Photoshop which was puppet warp, it helped me
bend the band and adjust it with her head.
Another thing that I learned about while
creating the double spread was the use of
guides and rulers. As it helped me divide and
set my text in columns to maintain the
symmetry and tidiness of my page.