Evaluation Question 6

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

I used my different pieces of technology when taking my images for my magazine. I used:

·         Nikon D3200 with a 55-300mm lens

·         Tripod

·         HP Laptop

·         2 studio lights with white umbrellas

·         White backdrop

I used a white backdrop so that my background was one solid colour. This made it easier to edit on Photoshop. I painted around my model using the paintbrush tool and then selected the background area and deleted it so this just left me with my model.

I used a tripod so that my images did not turn out blurry when I took them.

My two studio lights which white umbrellas helped to get a softer flow so  my images were not so harsh they also gave better lighting as I was shooting inside and the natural light was not enough to get the effect I wanted whereas the studio lights did.

I edited my images on both a website and on Photoshop. The website which I used is called ‘Befunky’ and on here I balanced out the contrasts and tones. On Photoshop I changed various adjustments but mainly I changed my models dress colour from blue to red as this then made her clothes coordinate better with my magazine colour scheme.

The Photoshop tools which I used were:

·         Magic Wand

·         Crop

·         Spot Healing Brush

·         Paint Brush

·         Horizontal Type

·         Eraser

·         Opacity

·         Rectangle

Magic Wand- This tool helped me to remove backgrounds I didn’t want so that I only had the most important part of my image left. I can then move this part of the image over to another background without making it look messy.

Crop- I used the crop tool to get rid of any negative space and to remove parts of images which could not be deleted by the magic wand tool.

Eraser- I used this tool to remove small parts of my image which were hard to reach with other tools. This came in handy when I had to colour the stripes in on my models dress because the lines were very small so when the paintbrush went over the line I could easily erase the mistake and this was easy because I can change the size of my eraser and that way I can remove the unwanted parts.

Spot Healing Brush- I used this tool to remove any slight marks my model has on her skin. This made my image look clearer and more professional.

Rectangle tool- I used this tool to colour my background on my front cover. I made sure that the rectangle was a block colour and then dragged it to cover my A4 page. This then changed my paper colour.

Paintbrush- I used this tool to soften the edges of my main cover image. There was a slight white and green line around my model so I lowered the opacity of my black paintbrush and painted around her to get rid of the outline.

Horizontal Type- I used this tool to put text onto my magazine.