21st December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be printing off my drafts for feedback.

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In this lesson, I have printed off my drafts for feedback.

20th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be collecting my feedback and analysing the results.

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In this lesson, I have been collecting the feedback from my first drafts survey.

19th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be collecting peer feedback about my drafts.

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In this lesson, I have collected peer feedback.

Advert Draft

Here is another draft of an advert for my magazine using an image that I already had. However, I decided to use an image of a bouquet from the internet so that the image was not too similar to the ones I have used for my front cover, contents and article. I think that this advert looks too similar to my billboard and so will have to change the image anyway. I added a slogan to the top of the page at the top.

14th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be continuing to work on my drafts.

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In this lesson, I have completed a draft of my advert.

13th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be continuing to work on my drafts.

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I have worked on my drafts.

12th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be working on my advert.

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In this lesson, I have worked on my advert.

Front Cover Draft

Here I have edited the front cover of my magazine again. I have changed the lighting of my image using the Lighting Effects tool found under Filter > Render. I used the natural lighting option and chose where to position the light from - in this case I chose the top left hand corner, in front of the model. As well as this, I added a sense flare to the top left hand corner to give the image a sunnier appearance. However, these lighting options made some highlights of the image appear too bright and so I tried to dull them slightly using the Highlights/Shadows tool, this was difficult without dulling the rest of the image. I, also, desaturated the image slightly so that it would not appear too bright. I then decided the see what the image would look like completely desaturated (the black and white front cover) - overall, I quite like the appearance of this but I am not sure whether I prefer it to the coloured version or not. Obviously, if I choose to keep my front cover in black and white I will have to change the color of some of the sell lines/subheads to make them more visible.

11th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be editing all of my drafts so that they are complete first drafts for audience reviews.

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In this lesson, I have edited my front cover draft so that the lighting appears brighter and sunnier.

Invitation Image Edit

Here, I have edited another image of an invitation (again, from treeofhearts.co.uk). I have done the same process as the other images.

7th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be editing more photos for my website.

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I have edited another image.

Audience Feedback - First Drafts

Draft 1 feedback from Hannah Ould

Here are the results of my audience survey regarding my first drafts. From this, I will make the necessary adjustments in order to improve my products.

Invitation Image Edit

Here, I have edited another picture of an invitation from treeofhearts.co.uk. Once again, I have used the Perspective Warp tool to make the image seem head on rather than from an angle, this tool can be found in Image > Adjustments. I, also, brightened the image and try to remove as many shadows as possible. As well as this, I have edited the photo in WIX as well by making it brighter so that it will fit in with the theme of the website a bit more.

6th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be continuing to edit images for my website.

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In this lesson, I have edited images for my website.

Website Draft

Here, I have added my edited image of a wedding invitation to the Slideshow in the Home Page of my website. I think that this image works quite well here, however I may have to change the image due to it being portrait instead of landscape. I think that the image matches the aesthetic of my website well and does not look out of place.

Invitation Image Edit

Here is the before and after of an image that I have edited so that it can appear on my website. The first image was too dark, not focused enough and not in the right perspective to be on my website as it did not look professional enough. First I had to change the perspective of the image so that it did not look like it was taken from a slight angle - to do this I used the Perspective Warp tool, which can be found under Image > Adjustments. I then had to brighten the image and remove as many shadows as possible and to do this I used the Shadows/Highlights tool, which can also be found under Image > Adjustments. Whilst this might make the image appear very pale in comparison to the original it matches the aesthetic of my website well and so would not look out of place. Finally, I had to sharpen the image as it was slightly blurred once it had been warped. To do this I used the Smart Sharpen tool which can be found under Filter > Sharpen. Overall, I am quite pleased with the final result, however I may have to change the image depending on whether my website changes or not.

Warping Perspective

 

 

Here I have been editing a picture of a wedding invitation from treeofhearts.co.uk. The original image was taken at a slight angle and so the perspective was not professional enough to appear in my magazine or my website. To change this I used the Perspective Warp tool in Photoshop. I created guide lines so that I knew where to align my invitation so that it would appear to be straight. I selected the points on the invitation that were not in perspective and then warped them to be in line with my guide lines. This allowed my image to look more professional than it previously did.

5th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be editing some of my photos so that they can appear on my website.

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In this lesson, I have edited an image for my website.

Audience Questionnaire for First Drafts

Create your own user feedback survey

Questions for First Drafts

Here is a list of questions that I will be asking some people in regards to my first drafts of my magazine, billboard and website. These questions will allow me to change and improve my drafts so that they will be better. I may put these questions on a survey or a questionnaire so that people can answer the questions online and all of the data will be collected that way.

4th December 2017

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In this lesson, I will be focusing on audience questions for my first drafts. As well as this, I will be continuing to work on my advert.

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In this lesson, I have created some questions for my first drafts and have compiled them into a questionnaire using SurveyMonkey so that I can send it to members of my target audience for them to complete. I will then use the data collected to improve my drafts.

December

December from Hannah Ould