Essay form:
Throughout the creation of my product I used a number of different technologies in order to create a professional looking magazine.
Firstly, when doing my inside and outside photo shoot with
my model, Bradley Moore, I used a canon 55OD DSLR to take the pictures of
Bradley as I felt that I knew how to use the camera rather well as I used it
when creating my preliminary task. As the camera is a digital camera it had
helped me out magnificently as I was able to take many pictures and during the
photo shoot skim through them to check they are coming out well; the ones that
weren’t coming out well I could delete with ease. After I finished my photo
shoot I could instantly transfer the photos from the memory stick to the
computer, and look through the photos I had taken in detail. During the inside
photo shoot I had a white back drop behind the model and it was lit up by
interfit portrait photography lighting, this helped create the right amount of
lighting in the pictures so they appear professional. Another good feature that
helped the pictures come out looking professional and crisp was that I had
trigger lighting, this means that when ever I took a picture the lighting would
flash at the same time; this ensured my photos came out as clear as possible.
For the inside shoot the lens I used for the camera was 18-55mm 4.6 aperture
which meant I could capture each image at a variety of angles and distances of
Bradley.
After uploading the picture on to my computer and choosing
the pictures that I wanted to feature in my magazine, I started to edit them
using a programme called Adobe Photoshop CS5. This software allowed me to edit,
cut, change and modify my images, which helped make the pictures appear much
more professional. One of the main reasons why I used Photoshop
to edit my images was to cut out the background. There are a various amount of
ways that you can do this; one way which is most probably the simplest is to
use a tool called the ‘magic wand’, this allowed you to simply click on the
background and press delete which would get ride of the background completely.
Although this way is quick and simple it cut out my image roughly, so I only
used this method for small picture on the contents page. The method I used for
my front cover was colour range, this allowed me to click on parts of the image
I wished to erase and then edit to perfection using the mask tool.
Another useful piece of technology I used that was Adobe
Premier Pro CS5, this is a programme, which allows you to create videos; I used
this program to create my ‘behind the scenes’ video. The piece of software
allows the user to change the speed of a clip, insert pictures, insert audio
etc. I used the program and sped up a clip, which was 10 minutes long to 2
minutes, which showed the viewer that I took all the pictures in my photo
shoot. I also added audio which was a song, the song was a very famous R&B
song.
The main programme I used was Adobe InDesign, which enabled
me to create my magazine. This piece of software is used by professionals to
create magazines, which I was fortunate enough to be able to use it. The
programme allowed me to create my magazine easier, for instance; when inserting
a picture it allows you too use a tool called text wrap, this causes the text
to go around the pictures with ease. Another useful tool which InDesign has is
that when you insert text and it is more than the page can contain, it gives
the user the option to drag the missing text to the next page in seconds.
Another useful thing is the swatches, this enables you to save colours which is
very useful when you have a theme colour going.
Another piece of technology that most people take for
granted that I used was popular websites, such as: Google, YouTube and of
course Blogger. Google helped me a tremendous amount when I was researching at
the very start of the course as I could gather information about certain
magazines such as Vibe, and I could also gather pictures using Google. YouTube
also helped me as I have videoed some of the production posts and then uploaded
them to YouTube. Finally Blogger has been a huge part of the creation of my
magazine, as it allowed me to post every stage of the production process, which
showed the different stages that I took when creating my magazine.
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