Week 10: Reflection On My Progress So Far

Over the past 10 weeks I have learnt a lot of new skills some of these include:

• Skills within Photoshop: I have learnt a lot of new skills within Photoshop and having used this programme in the past I knew the basics of using the tools within Photoshop. Some of these skills include, setting up a correct canvas, for example, when I made my Movie Poster we were shown how to set up the correct canvas and the correct resolution (which is 100/150). I have learnt how to use many different tools to edit images, I have learnt how from one effect you can transform an image by using the 'Filter' tool button, you have a wide range of options to transform and edit the image.
• Animation: I have learnt how to create an animation within Photoshop and I am therefore in the process of putting the animation which I have created into my DVD Menu Page.
• Encore: I have learnt how to use a new programme, Encore, I have learnt a lot of new skills as I had never used this programme in the past and from learning these skills I have been able to import my DVD Menus into Encore and practice linking them together. I have also learnt how Photoshop and Encore link and work together, as the codecs within the layers need to be correct for Encore to recognise the layers and sends an instruction to Encore for this to them work and become a feature within Encore.
• I have also learnt a lot of new skills within the Research (theory) side to this project, I have learnt the correct ways of research and I have learnt that research is very important when creating a product, as there are many different aspects which need to be researched to help create the end product.

Overall, I have learnt a lot of new skills over the past 10 weeks and therefore I will be able to use these skills within the future and within the future projects.