Evaluation Question 7

Evaluation Question 7

• 1.
  7. Looking backat your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? I feel thatI have learnta lotsince myfirstmagazine.Inmy latestmagazine Ihave usedthe Guttenberg designprincipletohelpwiththe lookof mymagazine,tomake itlookmore professional thanthe original magazine thatIdidat the start of the year. I have alsolookedat the colourscheme of my music magazine,usingcolourssuchasblacksand whites, withhintsof redcolourtohelpmake important informationstandout.Thisisdifferentthanmycollege magazinedesignwhichusedthe colourscheme of blues,whites,andblackswhere eachcolourwasusedequally,whichdidn’tmake itlookas professional. I alsobelievethatIhave improvedmyphotographyskillswiththe newermagazine withthe college magazine.Iusedmultiplephotosonthe frontcover,disregardingthe Guttenbergdesignprinciple, whichmade the magazine lookclutter,andimportantinformationwaslost.Whereas,inthe music magazine Ihave usedone phototo coverthe entire page tomake informationsurroundingthe image clear.Alsoinmy original magazine,Iusednatural lighting,aswell asartificiallightingfrominside the college, thismade the imagescontrastandlookunprofessional, andI alsotookimageswitha backgroundof the environment. Onmymusicmagazine Itookthe imagesona white backdrop,with professionallighting,usinglightboxes.Thisallowedme toeditthe photosmore easilyontomy magazine. IusedPhotoshop onmycollege magazinetoeditthe imagesthatI had taken;I erasedthe backgroundfromthe images,sothat wouldfitwell onmymagazine.Although,onmymusicmagazine,I usedPhotoshop tocolourcorrect myimages,alteringaspectssuchasexposure,contrast,aswell as, RGB colourcurves,tomake the highlightsof myimage standout,andthe shadowsdarker.