Evaluation Part 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

Throughout making my magazine I mainly used Adobe Photoshop which enabled me to compile certain elements together which I wouldn’t have been able to do through using a simple software. To ensure the outcome of my images were going to be a success and in focus, I used a Nikon camera. By using this camera i could take the pictures i wanted by using different angles and different apertures which could make certain elements within the image purposely blurred or not. Also as i could change the settings concerning the lighting with the camera, i could make the lighting darker or brighter, or decide how much light i wanted in the picture. I chose to have a lot of light enter the picture as it allowed my image to work well next to the dark text being employed. Before this project I only knew the basics of Adobe Photoshop, but through using it a lot and testing new things out, I now know a lot more and was able to change certain aspects of my images to make them look better and work well next to the other elements on the same page. Also to place certain elements in specific places, through using different layers. Through using Photoshop I was able to change specific images into black and white along with changing the brightness and contrast in certain areas. I wanted to change most of my images to black and white because I thought it fitted in better with the colour scheme, and also resulted in continuity. I too used rectangular shapes to enhance the text of the sell lines, all of these shapes and text were in the same colours which linked to continuity and allowed the sell lines to jump out to the reader. To get the fonts that I wanted I had to research into different fonts and then link them into Photoshop. Once i knew how to do this it contributed a lot to making my magazine look professional, because popular and successful magazines have mastheads and sell lines which unique and loud fonts which stand out to the reader, and are not plain and simple. I wanted fonts which were different and looked busy because i think it is one of the main parts to the magazine, especially to enhance the masthead and make it well known and remembered by the readers. Also, i feel that the fonts I have used relate to the theme of my magazine.

Throughout making my magazine, using Photoshop and Nikon cameras have benefitted the creating process of my magazine because it enabled to make elements of my magazine look as professionally as possible. The angles of my images have been a success as they have direct address to the reader, which makes the images personal. Photoshop has enabled me to change certain areas of images and use unique fonts, along with combining images and text together, which helped enhance the main sell line.