AS preliminary Task:Moana Schischka

In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media

products?A comparison between my front cover and RED

magazine: Clear Masthead

Similar position of image

Bold cover lines: Sans Serif

Issue date

Footer showing what’s in the magazine

Price

Barcode

Flash box

Serif

A comparison between my contents page and a RED contents page:

In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media

products?

Page reference and text about

the page

Image with page reference

Masthead

Same colours being used throughout, My magazine: purple & green. Basketball magazine: Blue, White &

Black.

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

The technology I used to create my product:

What I have learnt from Photoshop:

After inserting my image I realised the model in my image was facing away from “empty space”

So I then clicked on edit and scrolled down to ‘transform’ to then select ‘flip horizontal’; my image then looked much better because she was then looking into the “empty space”

What I have learnt from Photoshop: To insert text onto my background layer I selected the “T” text tool at the side on the tool bar I then wanted to make my font

more appropriate for a college magazine, so I changed my font using the drop down tool at the top of the page to select a different font.

I also wanted to change the colour of the text so I clicked the colour box on the tool bar and selected the colour I wanted.

What I have learnt from Photoshop: The text didn’t completely stand out over the image so to make it stand out, I clicked the ‘fx’ tool on the side of the page where it showed my layers, I then chose ‘Bevel and Emboss’ which then added a drop to the text. Making it stand out.

BEFORE

AFTER

What I have learnt from Photoshop: To create a ‘flash box’ I used the rectangle tool on the tool bar, I then wanted to make it stand out so I used an ‘outer glow’ chosen from the ‘fx’ drop down selection.

I then selected the opacity and size of the outer glow. I also selected the appropriate colour to suit the magazine.

What I have learnt from Photoshop:

Because I wanted to insert an image of a barcode, I clicked on file and selected place

It then opened up a choice of images I could select, I then chose ‘barcode’ and it inserted it onto my product.

I then resized it to fit into the right hand corner of my front cover.

What I have learnt from In Design: To insert text into in design, I clicked on the ‘T’ (text tool) in the text bar and I inserted a text box in the position I wanted it in.

At the top of the page I had the choice of various fonts, and I chose the continuous one I have used for everything else.

I typed what I wanted to write and then to change the colour I highlighted my text and selected the colour block on the toolbar and picked my colour.

What I have learnt from In Design:

Because I wanted to insert an image I selected the ‘rectangle frame tool and created it where I wanted to picture to be.

I then selected place from the file drop down and selected the image I wanted to place inside the rectangle frame.

What I have learnt from In Design: My image didn’t look exactly how I wanted it.

So I then right clicked on the image and selected ‘fitting’ which lead me to another drop down, where I selected ‘fit content proportionally’

Holding shift I then moved the image according to how I wanted it. It then fit proportionally into the rectangle frame tool.

What I have learnt from In Design:

Because I wanted a thick coloured frame around my image, I selected ‘stroke’ from the various selections of tools on the tool bar and increased the weight of the stroke to 6pt.

To change the colour of the stroke I then selected the ‘swatches’ option and chose a purple from the swatches that I had also used for other frames.