hardware + software and photoshop tools

HARDWARE + SOFTWARE

BLOGGER

• SOME SOFTWARE I USED THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION

OF MY PRODUCT. USING BLOGGER ALLOWED ME TO COLLATE AND STORE ALL

INFORMATION ABOUT MY PRODUCT CREATION SUCH AS MY TIME MANAGEMENT

WHICH SHOWED MY AIMS AND REFLECTIONS FOR EACH LESSON, MY DRAFTS OF

MY WORK AND CONSTRUCTION, IT ALSO HELPED ME TO PROJECT MANAGE AS I

KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR AND WHAT I STILL NEED TO DO FROM THE

PROCESS OF WRITING MY TIME MANAGEMENT PIECE. IT ALSO SHOWED MY

PROGRESSION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

MESSENGER

• ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A SOFTWARE THAT I USED DURING THE PROJECT WAS

THE MESSENGER APP FROM FACEBOOK. I USED THIS TO SHOW MY MODEL

ORGANISATION FOR THE PHOTOSHOOT. THE SCREENSHOTS OF THIS

CONVERSATION WERE LATER UPLOADED TO MY BLOG AS A EXAMPLE OF

EXCELLENT ORGANISATION.

PREZI

• I USED THIS ONLINE TO CREATE MEDIA RICH PRESENTATIONS FOR MY RESEARCH

AND PLANNING WHICH INCLUDED PRESENTATIONS FROM HEALTH AND SAFETY

TO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESEARCH DOCUMENTS SUCH AS FACIAL

EXPRESSIONS AND RESEARCHING SIMILAR PRODUCTS. THESE WERE THEN

UPLOADED AND EMBEDDED INTO MY BLOGGER PAGE THIS IS SO THAT I HAVE

EVIDENCE OF MY RESEARCH AND PLANNING WHICH IS MEDIA RICH.

POWERPOINT

• I ALSO USED THE SOFTWARE OF POWERPOINT THROUGHOUT THE CREATION OF

MY RESEARCH AND PLANNING AS THIS ALLOWED ME TO COMBINE BOTH TEXT

AND IMAGES TOGETHER AND WAS USEFUL FOR ANNOTATING IMAGES AND

SHOWED EXAMPLES OF MEDIA RICH RESEARCH AND PLANNING.

POWTOON

• I ALSO USED THE ONLINE SOFTWARE TO CREATE A MEDIA RICH ANIMATED

PRESENTATION FOR ONE OF MY EVALUATION QUESTIONS. USING THIS

SOFTWARE SHOWED THAT I HAD EXCELLENT IT SKILLS AS I HAVE USED A MEDIA

RICH PROGRAM WHICH IS ANIMATED TO EXPLAIN A EVALUATION QUESTION

EMAZE

• I USED ANOTHER ONLINE SOFTWARE WHICH WAS A MEDIA RICH PRESENTATION

LIKE SITE. I USED THIS AGAIN IN MY EVALUATION QUESTIONS AS THIS SHOWED

MY ABILITY TO USE MEDIA RICH PROGRAMS DURING MY RESEARCH AND

PLANNING PART OF THE COURSEWORK.

PINTEREST

• I USED THE ONLINE APP PINTEREST DURING MY RESEARCH AND PLANNING

PROCESS OF THE COURSEWORK. THIS WAS TO GAIN INSPIRATION FOR THE

GRIME GENRE AND WHAT THINGS THAT I WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH THE GENRE.

THIS WAS UPLOADED TO MY BLOG UNDER INSPIRATIONS TO SHOW THAT I USED

A MEDIA RICH PAGE TO SHOW MY IDEAS FOR WHAT TYPE OF IMAGES TO

INCLUDE IN MY MAGAZINE.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

• I USED THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP SOFTWARE ON THE COMPUTER TO CREATE MY

PAGES FOR MY MAGAZINE. I INCLUDED LOTS OF IMAGES AND TEXT

THROUGHOUT THE CREATION OF MY MAGAZINE TO MAKE IT MEDIA RICH.

RESEARCH + PLANNING

• I USED MANY ONLINE WEBPAGES AND APPS TO COMPLETE MY RESEARCH AND

PLANNING AND MAKE IT MEDIA RICH. THIS IS IMPORTANT AS IT SHOWS

EXCELLENT USE OF IT SKILLS AND IT ALSO HELPED MY WORK TO BE DETAILED

AND LOOK PROFESSIONAL.

CONSTRUCTION

• TO CONSTRUCT MY MAGAZINE I USED THE SOFTWARE OF ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

TO DESIGN AND CREATE THE PAGES ON THE COMPUTER. THE HARDWARE THAT

I USED TO CREATE MY MAGAZINE WAS THE COMPUTER ITSELF TO BE ABLE TO

RUN THE PROGRAM AND THE MOUSE AND KEYBOARD TO BE ABLE TO EDIT THE

PAGES AND ADD TEXT ETC.

COMPUTER

• TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION TO TAKE PLACE I HAD TO HAVE A COMPUTER,

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. THIS ALLOWED ME FIRST OF

ALL TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ITSELF AND THEN

ALLOW ME TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AND EDIT THE MAGAZINE ON ADOBE

PHOTOSHOP AS WELL.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TOOLS

MOVE TOOL

• THIS TOOL ALLOWED ME TO MOVE THE PIECES THAT I HAVE CREATED TO BE

ABLE TO MOVE THEM AROUND THE PAGE BOTH USING THE MOUSE AND THE

KEYBOARD AND ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THE PIECES AROUND THE PAGE.

RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL

• I USED THE RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL TO PLAN OUT WHERE I AM GOING

TO PUT CERTAIN ELEMENTS THAT I AM GOING TO INCLUDE IN THE PAGES ON

THE SCREEN.

LASSO TOOL / MAGNETIC LASSO TOOL

• I USED THE LASSO TOOL TO EDIT THE IMAGE BACKGROUND OUT OF THE

DOMINANT IMAGE OF THE AREAS THAT I SELECT TO ERASE THE BACKGROUND

• I USED THE MAGNETIC LASSO TOOL TO AGAIN THE EDIT THE IMAGE

BACKGROUND OF THE DOMINANT IMAGE OF THE AREAS WHICH HAVE A SIMILAR

COLOUR I HAVE SELECTED TO ERASE THE BACKGROUND.

QUICK SELECTION TOOL / MAGIC WAND TOOL

• I USED THE QUICK SELECTION TOOL TO COLLECT THE AREA IN THE

BACKGROUND OF THE IMAGE TO ERASE THE BACKGROUND AREA WHICH IS NOT

NEEDED.

• I USED THE MAGIC WAND TOOL TO COLLECT THE AREA IN THE BACKGROUND

OF THE DOMINANT IMAGE WHICH IS NOT NEEDED AND IS THE SAME COLOUR TO

REMOVE IT IN ONE GO.

CROP TOOL

• I USED THE CROP TOOL WHEN ADDING SUB IMAGES TO MY MAGAZINE AS THE

FULL IMAGE WAS NOT NEEDED AND SOME OF THE IMAGE NEEDED CUTTING

WHICH IS WHY I USED THE CROP TOOL TO DO THIS EASILY AND EFFECTIVELY.

EYE DROPPER TOOL

• I USED THE EYE DROPPER TOOL WHEN CREATING THE TEXT TO GO ON ALL OF

MY PAGES SO THAT I GOT AN IDENTICAL AND CONSISTENT COLOUR IN THE

TEXT THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH THE PAGE AND MAGAZINE.

RULER TOOL

• I USED THE RULER TOOL TO LAYOUT THE AREAS ON WHICH ELEMENTS OF THE

PAGE ARE GOING TO BE LINED IN CERTAIN WAYS. SO IN MY DPS IT HELPED ME

TO LINE UP MY TEXT SO THAT IT IS ALL IN A LINE AND IS CONSISTENT

THROUGHOUT.

ERASER TOOL

• I ALSO USED THE ERASER TOOL WHEN ERASING THE BACKGROUND FROM MY

DOMINANT IMAGE ALONG WITH THE LASSO TOOLS AND THE QUICK SELECTION

/ MAGIC WAND TOOLS.

BLUR TOOL

• I USED THE BLUR TOOL TO MAKE THE SUB IMAGE BLEND IN MORE WITH THE

FRONT COVER AND TO MAKE THE ROUNDED RECTANGLES BEHIND THEM HAVE

THE SAME EFFECT ALSO AND I ALSO USED THEM ON TEXTS TO BLUR THE

NUMBERS TO MAKE THEM STAND OUT MORE WITH THE DROP SHADOW.

SHARPEN TOOL

• I USED THE SHARPEN TOOL ON MY FRONT COVER ON THE BOX THAT IS BEHIND

THE SELL LINE SO THAT IT STANDS OUT MORE ON THE PAGE AND DOES NOT

BLEND IN.

SMUDGE TOOL

• I USED THE SMUDGE TOOL ON SOME OF THE TEXT IN MY CONTENTS PAGE LIKE

THE PAGE NUMBERS FOR THE ARTICLES SO THAT IT BLENDS WELL WITH THE

DROP SHADOW.

TEXT

• I USED THE TEXT TOOL THROUGHOUT ALL OF MY PAGES AND ALSO USED

DIFFERENT FONTS TO PORTRAY THE GRIME GENRE SO I INCLUDED BOLD TEXT

THROUGHOUT.

PATH SELECTION TOOL

• I USED THE PATH SELECTION TOOL TO SELECT VARIOUS DIFFERENT ITEMS AND

SELECTIONS FROM THE PROGRAM. THIS WAS USED WHILST CREATING MY

MAGAZINE.

ROUNDED RECTANGLE TOOL

• I USED THE ROUNDED RECTANGLE TOOL THROUGHOUT TO GIVE A COLOURED

BACKGROUND TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT I USED ON THE PAGES TO

MAKE THEM STAND OUT MORE ALONG WITH A DROP SHADOW.

RECTANGLE TOOL

• I USED THE RECTANGLE THROUGHOUT MY PAGES TO BACK UP THE TEXT ONTO

A COLOURED BACKGROUND SO THAT IT STOOD OUT MORE AND COULD BE

READ EASILY AND STANDS OUT FROM THE REST OF THE BACKGROUND FROM

THE PAGE.

CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL

• I USED THE CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL ON MY FRONT COVER TO MAKE A PLUG TO

INCLUDE EXTRA INFORMATION IN. THIS MADE IT LOOK DIFFERENT AND STAND

OUT WHILST INCLUDING A MEDIA RICH ASPECT AND IT ALSO GAVE ME MORE

SPACE TO INCLUDE TEXT IN.