Magazine Cover

 

Questions n Answers:

a) What qualities of your magazine cover make it effective? (eg. What makes it eye catching?, What about it promotes curiosity?, How is it visually pleasing?, What makes it easy to understand?)

Ans. The qualities of my cover that make it effective  are that first of all its made by me, secondly the effort i put in to it and thirdly the PS3 and GTA IV make it look more interesting.

b) What was the order of hierarchy you were trying to achieve for the elements on your magazine cover?

Ans.  I wanted to make GTA IV Stand out because it is 1 of the biggest n most popular games comin out this year.

Class Task #4

Q1. Will a 300 dpi image or a 72 dpi image be clearer when printed out at the same size? How come?

Ans. A 300 dpi image will look more clearer because it will have more pixels per inche then a 72 dpi picture.

Q2. What would a picture created at 1 dpi look like?

Ans. The picture will be very blury.

Class Task #3

 

Q1. What combination of tools did you use to isolate the fruit in “fruit_combo.jpg” and where in the image did you use which tool?

Ans. I used a combo of Wand and Lasso tool.

Q2. Of the methods you used to isolate the fruit in the 3 pictures. Which method did you find most effective in this case?

Ans. Lasso tool was the most useful of all tools. I also used the eraser tool to erase some of the background.

Q3. Experiment with the following:
  After you make a selection in the menu and go to
     a) Select > Modify > Expand
     b) Select > Modify > Contract
     c) Select > Feather
  What do these do? Post a fourth image indicating that you know what feathering does.

Ans. The expand tool makes the selected part larger, Contract makes it smaller and Feather makes the edges softer.