Start of my DPS

This is the start to my double page spread, it was very basic to start with by just having the text and nothing on the second page. I used text flow creation to my text carryon to each box so it all stayed together. I changed the colour of the writing and i also added my masthead and drop question to the article, and this is all i had done so far.

Final Front Cover

My final front cover for my magazine

 I used a range of different skills on photoshop to complete my magazine. I used alot of layers so everything i put on the front was on a layer so if anything went wrong it could be deleted without deleting everything i had done. I used text control to add text to my front cover and used masthead and captions on the image like a proper magazine front cover. I used this to make the text closer together and add more control over the text on different layers so I could change the look of some of the letters so they were not all the same. I used a filter on my photo to make it stand out more and make it look brighter.

I used shape creation to make shapes go on my front cover and make them have eye catching colours and an interesting quote inside. I used resolution setting control so i used 300 pixels per inch before opening the document so it was clear and had a more professional feel. I used the cropping tool to crop the image if there was a light in the background appearing through if i didn't want it there. Clone tool was used to make the skin all over the same so i copied it and applied it to the correct space. Other skills I used were bevel and emboss to change the colours and different filters on the image and also on the text. I used the heal brush tool to cover a sport or imperfection on my image so it looked perfect.
On my final piece i changed some of the shapes around and added some more to my front cover so it became more appealing to my target audience, I also made text larger and smaller.

Final skills audit

AS Media Production: Final Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Lauren Miller                   Tutor group:              Date:

Photographic Skills

Which of the following photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Manual Focus features	x		I learnt how to manage photos manually and how well they look when the camera is in focus and how well the picture looks once it had been changed and how the focus is one of the main things when taking a photo.
Shutter Speed	x		I used shutter speed to take photos of moving images, using a light and drawing a picture with it then the camera captures the image.
Aperture control		x
ISO Control	x		Changed this when changing pictures from 200,400,800.
A tripod	x		Yes I learnt how to use a tripod because it helps a lot when using the camera and makes the picture clearer and can get a good image with no shaking of the hands.
External flash		x
Self timer facility		x
Light meter		x
Composition grids	x		I used a composition

Photoshop Skills

Which of the following features of Photoshop have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Text control	x		I used text control to add text to my front cover, so I could add mastheads and captions on the image like a proper magazine front cover. Made words closer together, and control text on different layers.
Filters	x		Use filters to add to the photo to make it brighter and make it stand out more on the page.
Brushes	x		I used different brush and brush sizes to add different images and changed the size of icons and images I had downloaded from the internet.
Layers	x		Layers were used on something different I did on Photoshop everything was on a new layer so if I needed to delete something or something went wrong it could be deleted and be changed without deleting everything.
Opacity control		x
Shape creation	x		Made shapes to go on my front cover and made the shapes stand out and change the colours and make them having eye catching information.
Brightness and contrast control	x		Made photos brighter so they stood out and made it look more appealing.
Gradients		x
Load selection features		x
Feathering		x
Colour curves adjustment	x		Used different curves, cross processing work
Resolution setting control	x		300 pixels per inch so the document quality is better
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool	x		Used on a tutorial to try what it looked like.
Cropping tool	x		Cropped sized of image if light was there when it was not meant to be there.
Clone tool	x		Made the skin all the same by copying a piece of skin and copying it onto another.
Retouch tool	x		Making the model or image look better and has no imperfections.
Other skills			Doge and burn tool when did the vampire work. Spot heal brush for zoey to make her skin clear. Warp tool to make the teeth longer. Duplicated layers Strokes on text Bevel and emboss

In Design Skills

Which of the following features of In Design have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Have you ever used In design ever before?	x		I started using it in media this year for the first time
Margin and column guide creation	x		So I could set up what my article would look like and where my images would go so it was planned out.
Inserting an image ID	x		Add and image to the DPS by using file and place to get the image into in design.
Resizing images in ID	x		Resized the images as the image didn’t always fit in the box so had to be changed so it looked better.
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation	x		Resized the masthead and made the title stand out on two lines.
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		x
Text flow creation	x		Made the text flow on the article so it joined onto eachother and had a flow to the whole article.
Using transparent imagery in ID		x
Shape/line creation In design		x
Exporting to PDF from In-design	x		Export PDF to upload to moodle for It to be marked.
Text Wrap	x		Around a picture box so the text still had a flow and worked together around the picture.
Other Skills	x		Drop Caps Specific background colour

Number of new skills achieved:

(compare with your initial skills assessment)

First magazine cover

This is my first magazine cover, I was copying from my flat plan. I used a range of different skills on photoshop to complete my magazine. I used alot of layers so everything i put on the front was on a layer so if anything went wrong it could be deleted without deleting everything i had done. I used text control to add text to my front cover and used masthead and captions on the image like a proper magazine front cover. I used this to make the text closer together and add more control over the text on different layers so I could change the look of some of the letters so they were not all the same. I used a filter on my photo to make it stand out more and make it look brighter.
I used shape creation to make shapes go on my front cover and make them have eye catching colours and an interesting quote inside. I used resolution setting control so i used 300 pixels per inch before opening the document so it was clear and had a more professional feel. I used the cropping tool to crop the image if there was a light in the background appearing through if i didn't want it there. Clone tool was used to make the skin all over the same so i copied it and applied it to the correct space.
On my first front cover i needed more guidance to make my final front cover better, and make sure it looked better so i did all this that i have explained with more to make it better and had a move around of some of the text boxes and quotes on the front.