We used quite a few media technologies throughout the process of creating the print pieces of the project, for example we used the internet quite a lot during the research stages and throughout the construction. One of the ways we used the internet was to look for examples to help us gather ideas for the print work and also to find tutorials for photo-shop so that we could use the different tools to create different effects to create the look that we wanted, for example we found a tutorial to create the ripped effect on the Polaroid photo on one of the inside panels of the CD case.
With this in mind, Photoshop was the main programme we used to create the print pieces. Firstly, we measured out guidelines for the CD case in photo-shop so that the panels and folds would be of an accurate and realistic size and we set up an A4 sized page for the advert.
We had decided after our research that to get an authentic background to make the paper look worn, we would tea-stain some paper then use the stills cameras, the Nikon D60 SLR, to take original images of the paper to use as the background. Similarly we did this with the outside panels by using an old worn book to create the outside covers of a diary. We used these cameras heavily throughout the construction stages as we again decided to give our print artefacts an original and unique touch by hand-drawing all the text, taking pictures of it all then using the Magic Wand tool on Photoshop to cut the text out. We also used the Nikon cameras to take the image for the advert.
With this in mind, Photoshop was the main programme we used to create the print pieces. Firstly, we measured out guidelines for the CD case in photo-shop so that the panels and folds would be of an accurate and realistic size and we set up an A4 sized page for the advert.We had decided after our research that to get an authentic background to make the paper look worn, we would tea-stain some paper then use the stills cameras, the Nikon D60 SLR, to take original images of the paper to use as the background. Similarly we did this with the outside panels by using an old worn book to create the outside covers of a diary. We used these cameras heavily throughout the construction stages as we again decided to give our print artefacts an original and unique touch by hand-drawing all the text, taking pictures of it all then using the Magic Wand tool on Photoshop to cut the text out. We also used the Nikon cameras to take the image for the advert. 
Another programme we used in the construction stages was Adobe Illustrator, we found some ink stains as part of a vector pack that would suit our diary idea as it would give the impression that the pages were not perfect and were messy like a real diary. We also found a template of a CD on this programme, we found this useful as we could drop the template onto the panel we wanted the CD to be on and see how much of the panel would be hidden behind the CD in the finished product and what would be revealed when the CD was taken out of the case. Throughout the project we were able to voice our progress on a blog site; this gave us a place to post our ideas and we could refer back to the posts and show the changes and progress we made throughout the project.
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