Print Skills Audit

Equipment Evaluation

This is an evaluation of the equipment I have used over the past year.

Downloaded Brushes

I used these brushes in my Unit 3 project, as my project was on carbon footprints. I used them in a black colour, and applied effects such as drop shadows and bevel/emboss to make them stand out more. The brush set is called 'Follow In My Footsteps', and I downloaded it from http://www.brusheezy.com/

Downloaded fonts

I chose to use this font in my Unit 3 project, as I thought it was easy to read, and would be liked by the target audience. It is also thick, and therefore may resemble carbon. It is called 'Beer', and I downloaded it from http://www.dafont.com/

Production Monitoring Blog- 4th April (Including finished project)

Last week, my main objective was to tidy up the magazine, and make sure everything looked professional. I think I acheived this by using more shadows, so that the front cover looked more striking. I also made the sell lines smaller so you could see more of the picture, and they weren't taking over the page. This allowed me space to create an additional sell line. I also changed other aspects such as the price which it would be. I set the price originally to £2.99, but changed it to free so that it would appeal more to the target audience. In addition, I made sure all of the front page elements were lined up, to give it a more professional look. I also slightly changed the design of the double page spread e.g. made a polaroid frame in photoshop, and inserted an image of a globe to give the spread more colour and meaning.

This week I plan to start my post production work e.g. my equipment evaluation and final print skills audit, as I met the April 1st deadline.

The final version of my product can be viewed below:

Photoshop Tutorials

This was a photograph I took while I was in London, in the Science Museum:

I have edited it on Photoshop, using 2 different tutorials. These were the results:

http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-effects/surprisingly-easy-rainbow-light-painting-effect.html

I felt this was an easy tutorial, but can make some photos look quite effective without having to do much.


http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970670/1/use-lighting-effects-to-make-beautiful-artwork-photoshop-cs5

This tutorial was slightly harder, but the results are quite good. Although the photo I have done doesn't look like the one in the tutorial, I believe I have applied the tutorial well.