This week, I worked independently and at college to get the production finished.
Day 1: I used the frees i had on Monday to work in the Media room on my product, i focused on finishing the front cover. I made sure that the fonts were right, the banners were in place and the main picture was in place.
Day 2: I again used my frees to work on it and i also had the lesson and an after college session. I used my frees to continue with the front cover. I edited the bin, i drew the mouth and the eyes on to the bin. I also drew one of the arms free hand so that it was ready to fill in with the colour and then duplicate to the other side. I used the lesson to start and re-arrange the layout of the double page spread.
Day 3: I used the lesson and frees again to continue with the front cover. Today i concentrated on making sure that the bin was completed and done so that it could be merged together. I then started to add in other images for the posters etc. starting to fill the page up. I also decided to change the colour of the background and the image using the auto colour tool.
Day 4: I used the lesson and another after college session to make sure that the front cover was finished. I had to make sure that all the text was in the right places and i was happy with the placement of images, sell lines etc. I then could focus completely on the double page spread. I managed to edit the image and place it into InDesign for the background.
Day 5: Today was the final day for making the prouduct. I placed the titles into the document, making sure i was happy with the placement of them around the image. I also added in another image and a couple of quotes so that the page didn't look so empty. As well as this, i added in a news box and the page numbers. Finally, i made the text boxes and i placed the final article into the boxes, making sure that i was happy with it and that it read well before saving it, adding the front cover in and uploading it onto Moodle.
I feel as though everything went pretty smoothly conisdering i was pushed for time to get it finished. The main problem i had was editing the images or backgrounds to make them look more professional. For example, when changing the colour of the front cover background, i forgot that when i was cloning it in the first place, i did it in seperate layers so i had to auto colour all of these instead of just one as a whole. This wasn't a major problem, it was just time consuming meaning that i was pushed for time to work on the rest of the little touch ups that needed to be done.
This week, as well as using Photoshop and learning some new skills on there, I took some pictures and learnt how the lighting and positions affect the pictures. I learnt how to use the brush tool in Photoshop and i learnt how to use the magic selection tool to create the contrast between block colours. I used these skills whilst creating the mouth.
Targets:
Next week i need to do my evaluations.
Contingencies:
The main problem that can occur next week is that i don't get all the blogs etc. done. If i don't get all of my work finished by next week, it means that it won't be marked. I intend to put a lot of time in next week so that it all gets finished.
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