Project Management and Monitoring Production – 27/01/12

This week, I feel I have acheived a great deal in terms of my project. In my schedule I had planned to create the PSD document which would hold the front cover, and edit the pictures, as well as create sell lines for the front cover.


I was ahead of schedule last week, as I managed to create the PSD document on Thursday 19th. I therefore had spare time this week, so spent this editing the pictures. I used various tools (e.g. clone stamp tool) to get rid of blemishes on the models skin. I also used the unsharp mask filter, so that the model looks more sharp, and therefore more appealing to the reader. I also played around with the brightness/ contrast settings, and selected various parts so that the skin colour of the model was consistent, as when I had taken the pictures, some parts were more exposed than others. However, I did not manage to improve the sell lines, which was something I planned to do this week.


Although I had not planned on completing the article for the Beats headphones this week, I thought it would be a good idea to complete it, as I would then be able to see how it looked with the picture, which I also have spent time this week editing. I have learnt various skills while laying out this article, such as how to wrap text around a picture in InDesign.


I also started to layout the tablet article, but experienced problems while doing this. I have changed my mind a number of times as to how the article should be laid out, as I want it to look professional, but can't decide which is the best way to do this. When laying out the tablet article, I decided a 'sticker' with the brand name 'Plugged' on it would look good, so decided to look at a tutorial, and create the sticker myself, and as a result have learnt what clipping layers together does, as well as how to learn the elliptical marquee tool on Photoshop.


Overall, I feel that my project is now starting to take shape, but as I am off on a family holiday next week, it is important that I keep up with work when I get back and get straight back into the production of my project, as I only have 3 weeks until the Unit 5 deadline when I get back, and in addition there is half term, where I will not be able to work on any of my articles as I do not have InDesign at home. One thing that I need to keep an eye on over the next few weeks is my network space, as there is now a growing number of documents/ jpegs, and if I run out of network space, I am at risk of losing some of my important documents.


Below you can see the documents that I have been working on this week, and how they have progressed from last week.


Front Cover:

DPS 1:

DPS 2: