Q6 What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt a lot about using photoshop during constructing this product, I have learnt a lot more than when I did GCSE media where it was more simple editing. By learning more about photoshop I was able to make my finished product more professional and more like an actual magazine cover. I learnt alot about taking photographs as well, I learnt about lighting and camera angles and how to use them appropriately for my magazine, instead of justb taking a picture of someone stood looking stright at the camera i learnt about postioning them and how different poses can connote different ideas and genres and that editing the photo on photoshop can make it look more like it was made for a magazine cover. By editing the picture so the model has lipstick or more eye makeup on it can make them look like a pop artist and make the picture look more professional.
This is my first draft of my front cover, although it is not too far from my finished product I can notice now why my finished product is better. I can see that the main image is poorly cut out and the edges are not completely smooth, this makes it look less professional. There is too much white space and I havent used the font of the text as well as I could have. Also I used photoshop to put lipstick on my model and it looks too bright and not real on this image. I have also learnt since this to edit the image of the model for things like brightness and exposure to make the image stand out a bit more and look less dull and plain.
I learnt to use the cut out tool (quick selection tool) a lot better after my first draft and how to smooth the edges using the rubber and smudge tool so it doesn't look so obvious that it has been cut out from the background and put onto another.
Quick selection tool
Smudge tool
Rubber tool
final product second draft
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