Evaluation Question 7!

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have definitely developed my skills on the Mac as I was very unsure of the software in the preliminary task. I think this is because I have spent more time using them now and am used to their layout and how they work through completing my preliminary task and now my full product. I have especially improved in using InDesign, as I was very slow in finding the tool I wanted and in creating my preliminary tasks. But as I have spent more time using InDesign now and having grown more confident in trying new tools and remembering where certain tools are, I don’t spend as much time finding tools opposed to creating my tasks.

I have also improved in using a blog as before this task I hadn’t ever had one. I found I liked uploading my work instead of printing it and after a few tries found it easy to upload as well. At first I had trouble trying to upload photos but when I learnt how to do it I soon found it natural.

I didn’t use photo shop in my preliminary task so when I used it in my full product it was new to me but I didn’t find it that hard to use and found it was really useful for changing detail on photos especially my cover shot where I brightened the whole shot and also made the lips of my model a darker red.

I also feel I have improved my knowledge of what works for a music magazine and what doesn’t. For example what colours and attractive and what photos are the best for covers shots. What fronts are easy to read and what information the audience wants to read or know about. I also think I have improved my eye for magazine creating since the preliminary tasks.