Q7 Evaluation (END)

Q6 Evaluation

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
After making this product I am really proud to say that I have learnt a lot on how to use new technologies.
First of all, I add to manage and control the camera I've used the first time ive had my photo shoot. At first it was very complicated as i didn't get the best cameras, I got the oldest Canon because there wasn't enough new ones so I've had to learn how to use it properly. There wasn't as many good effects and option on the camera which I had to deal with. After a couple of shots I started getting familiar with it, it was easier to use. However, as the quality wasn't good enough I've had do you Photoshop to live my pictures a little bit and give them a better look.

Photoshop has been the most challenging use of technology for me. Firstly because i have never used Phototshop CS6 before starting my product, therefore i had to learn all the key combination's and had to learn the right terms. I played with photoshop for a it of time so that I could get used to using it. For my front cover,  it was quite had because the images were a bit dry at first, it didn't look like a high quality photo, so with the help of photoshop I got to change the image which turned out good to give me a successful front cover. Here is the change. The first one looks a bit old and boring whereas what I've tired to do was make it a little more exciting for the view of the readers and to create a certain mood which I believe worked.

This is just an example to show how i found the filters

Once I got more comfortable with photoshop I could then edit my images and set my text out with no issue.By using the Paint Bucket Tool i painted the background to est and see which one would look the best and which one I was going to including in my product.

Tip: When using the bucket paint tool make sure the right layer is selected otherwise it might paint the whole page.

One of the hardest task on Photoshop was my layouts and how i would place my text. I would always use the grid when changing something on my page because I wanted everything on the page to be equal.I have made sure each time i was putting text in i was having the gird because i knew hat i would've made my text look way more professional than if I just set the text up without any lines

Lastly the blog! The blog was absolutely unknown to me. Althought the blog wasn't as hard as using photoshop or a camera for the first time, but the fact that you have to post regularly what you are doing to show your progress is a bit complicated to get use to it. The more I used it the better, because I tried to post at least every two days to show my class work and my evolution throughout the making. I think that the blog is a good thing to use better if you post something you can never lose it and you have a proof of every progress you are doing so I'd recommend it to anyone that does media studies.