Evaluation Question 6

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

During the production of my magazine I became even more familiar with Photo Shop. I was able to make effects from scratch to add to my pages such as the torn edges on the double page spread and the eroded background my contents page using different brushes and effects. It also became apparent that the use of grouping of layers and keeping organized is a must when producing something with a lot of text and different pictures that need to be constantly altered individually, so I got into a habit of doing that. This made it easy for me to edit specific elements. I also did some editing on photo shop for my final logo by playing around with different brushes and effects this enabled me to change a font from dafont.com into something unique and recognisable.

Throughout the process I used a canon 350d and have taken a wide selection of different bands in different environments. In result of this I have now got a better understanding on the settings on my camera and the different settings to use in the different environments. I have also used dafont.com a lot throughout the process of my magazine. This enabled me to produce a product that didn’t look like it was made on publisher, and made it look more professional. I also used tutorials to enable me to make my blog itself more attractive. Its is a black and grey scratch effect, this makes it more appropriate as it goes well with my magazine style, quite neutral, but edgy looking.