What I Have Learned About Technologies

My knowledge of how to produce this magazine was gained by various YouTube sources, such as:

I used this source to learn how to cut out my image as shown below. 

I started by using the quick selection tool to cut the model out, after I zoomed in and used the rubber to make the edges smoother.

This is the image before I manipulated it. there were dark shadows below and around the eyes.

I altered the colour of this image so that the model's skin is lighter and the uneven darkness on her skin is manipulated so that it appears more smooth. I used the clone stamp tool to achieve this. I also used the spot healing brush to remove the blemishes.

I used a wordcloud website in the production of this logo, along with the use of the rasterising tool so the text curves around the logo. I learned how to use this website from a peer.

I used this image as a secondary image on the front cover. I thought the strap at the upper side of the image looked strange on the cover. so I used the clone stamp tool to remove it.

This is the image after the editing. I used this YouTube source to learn how to do this:

When I first used this secondary photo on my front cover it didn't have a black stroke around the outside so it looked like this...

The reason I used the stroke is because I didn't like the harsh edges. I experimented with different shadows around the edge and I found, through trial and error, that the stroke tool was the most appropriate for the image.

To achieve the look of this logo I used the rasterise tool to lift the edges with a script font. 

I decided to use this because it would stand out as a logo among the standard, bold text. 

Before the creation of this media product I didn't know how to use the rasterise tool. I found out via different web based sources such as a youtube tutorial and various websites.

For the masthead I used the text tool to arrange the text closer together. I did this so it looked more conventional and I liked how the R joins with the A.

I chose the positioning of the text behind the model’s head because this is conventional for magazines such as NME and KERRANG of which I used ideas from.
I learned how to do this by trial and error, and I found that if i put the image of my model on top of the layer of the masthead it would have this overlapping effect.

I used the polygonal lasso tool to draw the outline of the triangle. i then used the fill tool to fill in the colour. I thought it was effective how it connects to the skyline corner. I used this tool for accuracy so that the triangle wouldn't have any jagged edges.

Go Animate

I used Go Animate to broaden my use of media for this evaluation. I used this online source to create a strong visual/audio response.  This was also effective because it meant that I could edit the response of the characters in the video to sum up the points in thirty seconds as apposed to a real interview which may have taken much longer. This clip is also more interesting and interactive than if I was to Write an essay or use a survey.