1. What have you learnt about
technologies from the making of this
product?
Evaluation Question 6

2. I started with a plain blue-lilac background. I chose this colour as it works with the colour scheme.
Although I’ll be placing images over this, I’ll be reducing the opacity meaning that the lilac colour
will show through.

3. I then added a grungy scratched metal background and applied the blend mode ‘multiply’ and
reduced the opacity to 72%. This meant that the lilac colour is visible through the image, while
the vibrancy and contrast of the image are maintained.
(Original image)

4. I then applied a floral background over the top. However, as you can see, the original image
looked different before applying the ‘divide’ blend more and reducing the opacity to 65%

5. What I’ve learnt from this process
• How blend modes on PhotoShop work
• How to use blending modes to create a
new, unique background using already existing
images

6. I then applied a plain black box shape and reduced the opacity to 68%. This way, the background
can still be seen but a more plain, flat background is provided for the text to be placed over.

7. Microsoft Publisher does have text wrapping features, so I used this to create my article. I wrote the main
body of the article in one textbox, changed the alignment to ‘two columns’, wrote the pull quote in
another text box and placed it over the article. The software automatically wrapped the text in the text
box underneath around the quote. I then changed the background to black and changed the fonts to the
colours I wanted.

8. Then I screen capped the article, and pasted it into PhotoShop. Then I cropped the screencap
leaving just the article and applied the blend mode ‘Linear Dodge (Add)’ which made the black
background translucent. Then I resized the box to fit the page.

9. Here’s the finished product. The same basic principles of using blend modes
to create different effects have been adopted in different ways.
Blend mode
‘Lighten’
Blend mode
‘Linear Dodge
(Add)’
Blend mode
‘Screen’

10. Through a direct
comparison between
the preliminary task
and the final main
task, you can see that
I’ve learned about DTP
technologies as the
final product is more
advanced and
professional looking.
This is due to the skills
I’ve learnt in using
editing technology.