What have you learnt about

technologies when constructing your

product?

InDesign

From using this software I have learnt how to make my magazine look professional and realistic and how to use the various different settings within the programme to there full ability. Furthermore, I was able to understand what worked best for me and what worked less effectively. Also I think if I decided to use PowerPoint instead that I wouldn’t have been able to get the same effect and due to PowerPoint having limited settings in comparison to InDesign which has a wide variety, moreover, I feel that InDesign allowed me to be adventurous with my piece.

Photoshop

With using Photoshop I learnt about the individual settings and how useful they were when editing my photos. Furthermore, I learnt what worked best and what settings which worked less effectively. In addition, I discovered that I could edit the exposure of light in the image and edit the hue and saturation within an image as well as other settings such as brightness, contrast etc.

Digital Camera

From using a digital camera I have learnt about the different settings available to be used and what camera angles worked best for taking my pictures. Moreover, I was able to establish what lighting worked most effectively and how to position the music artist in the frame.

Blogger

From using Blogger it enabled me to keep a record of all thoughts and ideas throughout this project and I found that it enabled to represent the journey I have come from the beginning to now and shows what skills I have gained. Furthermore, I have been able to keep all my work in one place but in comparison to doing it by hand enables me to constantly edit my work on the go but also with the development of the blogger app which I downloaded from iTunes enabled me to complete my work no matter where I was whether it would be out on the train for example, I was always able to update it. Moreover, I was able to include other technology whilst using the website for example, embed videos, presentations using slideshare and prezi presentations.

Microsoft Word From using Microsoft word it enabled me to write the essays analysing the different contents pages and double page spreads I looked at when carrying out the research before making my own magazine.

Microsoft PowerPoint From using PowerPoint I was able to make the presentations to evaluate my work and moreover, it enabled me to put the pictures of my drafts and final outcomes of them on their.

From using this software I was able to create interactive presentations and I learnt that you could make them follow easily between each part. Furthermore, I learnt that you can insert pictures off of the internet through a search engine when you try to insert an image.

SlideShare From using this software I learnt how to upload presentations and other files such as word documents. Furthermore, I have learnt how to embed them on to my blog posts.