Project Management and Monitoring Production – 10/02/12

In my schedule this week, I had planned to edit the pictures for the double page spreads and write both of the article for the double page spreads. However, I have been ahead of schedule, and I had finished both the headphone article, and most of the tablet article.

I have therefore spent one lesson this week writing the article for the iPhone 4S. I did not manage to complete this in lesson though, so I spent some of my free time at college finishing it off. I also had to finish the verdict for the tablet article, so spent half a lesson this week completing that.

Since then, I have continued to carry out the graphic design work for each element of my product. I have added more sell lines to my front cover, and changed both colours and sizes so that it fits onto the front cover, while also looking professional. In addition, I have created a contents page for my product, which I started in lesson, but have also spent free time on.
 
I have also started to tidy up the double page spread articles, for example in the tablet article, I have made sure that on Photoshop, the images do not have any lines around them which were not erased when I used the magic wand tool. I have also added 'P' ratings, so that the products have been rated, giving the reader a better insight into the quality of the tablet. I also added boxes to the description of each tablet, so that it stands out against the background, but changed the opacity so that it looks more professional.

In the Beats Headphones/ Apple iPhone 4S article, I used the skill that I learnt previously, and wrapped text around the image used for the iPhone article. However,when I used the 'detect edges' setting for this, it did not work, so I had to use the 'bounding box' setting and change the size of the image accordingly. I also changed the quote insert to make it look more professional.

I have learnt various skills this week. For example, I have learnt to rasterize text/ shape layers so that I can make selections in them, either to fill in, or remove so that the background can be seen. An example of this is the 'P' ratings on the tablet article, where the blue background can be seen behind the P. I also learnt to use the polygonal lassoo tool, to cut part off a rectangle, so that it looks more triangular. Along with the new skills I have learnt, previous skills from AS Media: Communication and Production are helping me to progress in my project.

I am happy with my articles, and do not believe I need to write anymore for any of the articles, but think that the rest of my time needs to be spent on the grapic design of my product. This is therefore what I will be doing in half term. I have downloaded the Photoshop trial from Adobe, so that I can use this at home, and improve my product over half term.

Below you can see the documents as they are now:

Front Cover:

Contents:

DPS 1:

DPS 2: