The student reflects on progress made from an initial summer task magazine created in Microsoft Word to a more polished final magazine created using Adobe Photoshop. The student notes significant improvements in the professional and thorough look of the final magazine compared to the preliminary version. Key skills learned with Photoshop included accurately cropping images, making minor adjustments to improve the overall magazine look, and having more design options than with Word.

1. Looking back at your
preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt
in the progression from it
to the full product?
Ciaran McGeever

2. This is my magazine front cover and contents page for the
preliminary task. This looks very, very basic in comparison to
my final magazine.

3. My final magazine.
After looking back at
the preliminary
task, I can now see
my significant
progress from the
initial summer task
to the more thorough
and professional
looking magazine I
have here.

4. What could I do without you…
 Without the use of Adobe Photoshop, I
would definitely not have the magazine I
have now.
 It enabled me to crop around images
accurately.
 Make vital adjustments to minor things
that make a big difference to the look of
the magazine.

5. Looking back…
 After looking at the summer task, it is almost
laughable in comparison to the magazine I
have now.
 I feel that I have achieved great things in the
progression the product I have now.
 I would like to add that my summer task
magazine was created on Microsoft Word
which does not have the diversity of
Photoshop and which again reinforces my
opinion that without Photoshop, I cannot see
how I would have got to where I am now.