6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?


The main programs and technology I used were Photoshop to produce the magazine and blogger to display my research, preliminary task, main task and evaluation. Technology used to help create my magazine was a Nikon D-90 and a USB. I used the USB to transfer pictures from my home computer to the college computer as I edited my images at home.

At the beginning of the task, when I created the preliminary task I was very poor at Photoshop and this can be seen in the first task. However as the weeks progressed I have learnt more and more in how to use Photoshop. I can now crop, edit, cut out and paste images. This has enabled me to get great looking images for my magazine. A good example of an image I am happy with is the image on the front cover.

An advantage of using Photoshop is that it gives great results, however you have to have the knowledge of how to use it otherwise it is fairly complicated. Another disadvantage of using Photoshop is that when you are putting text on the media products there is no dictionary therefore you cannot see where you have made a typing area. Another advantage of using Photoshop is that it is the best editing software on the market therefore almost anything is possible.

When I took my images I considered camera angle so that my front cover image enticed people to pick up the magazine and buy it. For my main image the shot distance was fairly close so that you could see their facial expressions. I tried to get a fairly simple background so that when it came to cutting the image out it was easier as you could just select the image.