Evaluation question 2

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

PhotoshopO : Photoshop played a big part in the creation of

my magazine as all the images had to be edited, effects had to be edited such as ink splats and text had to be eroded and the colour changed. I had used Photoshop before in GCSE Media Studies, but I think my skills have improved greatly since then as I have learnt to use the airbrushing tool, to remove the backgrounds of images quickly and easily using the magic wand and eraser tools and adding effects such as paint splats and erosion using the paintbrush tools which I think all contribute to giving my magazine a professional look.

CameraO I used a Fujifilm digital camera to

take all of my images so I had to learn how to adjust the settings on the camera to suit the shooting conditions, I also used a variety of different backgrounds and lighting as different locations had to be used for different models. I also used a video camera to film audience feedback which I then had to transfer onto a Mac computer.

Final cutO I used this to transfer and edit my

videos so that they were suitable to put on my blog, I learnt to cut unwanted pieces of film out and add text and transitions to the film.

YouTubeO I also learnt how to use the popular

media networking site YouTube as I had to open an account in order to post my video onto my blog.

Microsoft PublisherO I used Microsoft Publisher to create

my magazine on as I had used this at GCSE and was confident in using it, I found it easy to use as you can set the pages up into single pages and double page spreads which really helped in the overall production of the magazine as I could easily flick between pages to check the continuity of the magazine.

Blogger.comO I used this website for my blog as I

found it quite easy and simple to use which allowed me to post my coursework quickly without having to spend a lot of time editing and changing the positioning and look of the blog.

The internetO for my research I found the internet

useful as it gave me access to a wide range of different magazines and allowed me to compare several covers of the same magazine for example rather than just one. However I did find it hard as using sites like Google and Bing you get such a large amount of data it is tricky to find the useful stuff.

SlideshareO this site allowed me to present my

work in a more interesting way, which shows how I have learnt more about technologies, I had never used this before but I thought it was quite effective at showing my work in an interactive way.

SurveyMonkeyO I used survey monkey to create

online questionnaires for my market research, I found it really easy to select what sort of questions I wanted and then I could just post the link of the questionnaire to anything I wanted. Using technology like this saves a lot of time as it even puts the results into tables.