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

Evaluation Question 7

Skills Audit Completed

on December 17, 2012

Skills Audit- Apple Macs Looking at my skills audit I was pretty

confident with most of the technological features listed. However I was unfamiliar with Apple Macs and that was hard as throughout the project I had to use an Mac. I didn’t know how to do simple things such as copying and pasting which I knew how to do on a normal PC, but I clearly made a massive Progression with that as I am confident with using Apple Macs now.

Blogger

I had never used blogger before so that was a new experience, however I found it easy to familiarize with and was able to upload images and videos for my coursework.One the that took me a while to know how to do was how to embed a link on blogger to have a prezi etc.

InDesign I found InDesign hard to use to start

of with as I had never used it before however as I familiarised myself with the features on offer I saw my Magazine begin to look better and more professional. I leant how to use the effects properly and add all the elements to specify my target audience.

Progression Overall I made a massive progression

and developed my abilities an knowledge when using the different software and technology. I have used and familiarise my self with programmes such as InDesign, the grab tool to make screenshots and other online websites such as image editors, Xtranormal and Prezi which I had never used before.

Progression of Front Covers

College magazine-Front cover My first task on InDesign was to create a college

magazine front cover which would be suitable for students. I think my preliminary task was successful, but not as successful as my Music magazine front cover as I thought that it didn’t look very professional as I only used one main font for the cover lines which isn't very

interesting. Also it looked very flat and the colours are to young for my target audience. Other than using Photoshop to edit my image to black and white, I don’t think I made use of all the software offered and didn’t use proper conventions of a magazine.

Music magazine-Front coverCompared to my college magazine I think my music magazine looks much more professional clearly showing the progression from my previous cover, and that I have improved my knowledge on using Indesign and my computer abilities such as photoshop. I used photoshop to make the Masthead behind the image and to cut the image and bring it forward. I have also used a wider range of font sizes and a variety of fonts and simpler colours. I combined the use of the font too to change the effects and enhance some of the text to make it stand out, giving it a more professional appearance. I experimented with angles and sizing of font to make certain things stand out over others. Over I think this cover shows my progression and that I took the advantage of more of the tool and software available.

Contents

College magazine contents page

I attempted to continue my theme used on my front cover in to my contents so you could see a clear use of synergy. I done this by using a black and white background as well as using the same colours and effects. Looking back at this I quite like it, however I think I could of used photoshop to enhance the image and edit it to make the title to go behind the hat slightly and to make everything look less flat.

Music magazine contents page For the contents page of my music

magazine, I carried on the theme of the front cover however made it a bit more simple and easier to read. I also use more images which relate to what's inside the magazine. He overall appearance of the contents looks more better as it is simple yet effective. Also it looks modern and sleek as well as it relates to my target audience.