Planning and preparation was really important so that i could understand the various forms and conventions of different fashion magazines. During my preliminary task, i did not research enough and therefore wasn't full aware of the conventions and how my magazine should have been layed out. Since creating my school magazine my knowledge of using Photo shop has increased considerably. For example I now know how to make elements of my magazine stand out more changing the saturation/contrast/brightness of my images. In addition to this, I learnt how to select parts of photos using the quick selection tool in order to cut things out. An example of this would removing the background from my images, which makes my magazine look more professional and effective. I've also learnt how to download newer more interesting fonts, increasing the visual appeal of my magazine. As well as this, the complexity of my page layout has increased as I've done more research. For my school magazine i didn't do as much research, so therefore my magazine follows the conventions more. On my school magazine the fonts i used for my cover lines don't look as effective and appropriate as my fashion magazine. I think this is because my knowledge on fonts as increased stupendously.
Overall my understanding of the software has improved greatly throughout this project because at the start I'd barely used Photo shop and now I have produced a professional looking magazine using it. I also feel that during my 2nd project i came more aware of my target audience.
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