Question 6

1. Question 6
What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Jack Richards

2. Desktop Publisher
I have used Microsoft desktop publisher many times before in my
school years so when I made my preliminary task on this software I
felt comfortable. I made my school magazine on this software and I
found it easy to use but it didn’t produce the best results. The
program is quite basic and there isn’t many technical features which
can be used to produce good work. I also had to do all my
work on my cover and contents at school as I don’t have the
Microsoft desktop Publisher program at home but this was
not too much of a problem as I didn’t take too long to
complete the document as I knew the package well.

3. Desktop Publisher
As you can see
there isn’t too
many options on
the software that
will help the
document look
interesting and
stand out.
This is my
contents of my
school magazine
and it is quite
simple and it
doesn't look
great. I found it
hard to make a
good document
on publisher
even though it is
simple to use.

4. Desktop Publisher capabilities
The software was very
basic but I made use
of the shapes tool to
make it look
interesting and
different.
I only used two
images on the cover
of the school
magazine as on the
software you cant
edit the pictures too
much so they look a
bit boring.
The range of texts on publisher is limited
so I used a simple font that would also
stand out.

5. Adobe Photoshop
I decided to use Photoshop for my main task which was to create a Music
magazine cover, contents and double page spread. I was told that it was
better as more can be done to produce better results but it was complicated
to use. I thought it would be worth it as I want to make my main task as good
as possible. I was difficult to use at the start but I picked it up fairly easily and
after doing my practice piece I was ready to make my proper documents.
There was a lot of tools which can all be used to great result and
once I got used to these they help me make great effects on my
work. I thought every document I did got better on Photoshop as I
was getting better at using the program. Again I didn’t have the
program at home so I did all the work at school which was not ideal as
I would always like to add more and make changes rather than going
back after school.

6. Adobe Photoshop
There is a lot of
tools down the
sides which do
different things
and it took me a
while to know
what they did and
how to use them.
There is a lot of
different tools in the
tab as well and it took
me a long time to
know how to use
them all.
The layers was confusing at
the start but when I got
used to it was easy to use
and effective.

7. Adobe Photoshop capabilities
The contents looks a lot
better as it is laid out
better and the little
effects make it look
professional. It is clear
and easy to read which
the customers want, this
was because it was done
on Photoshop.
This quarter circle
wouldn’t be possible
on publisher but was
easy on Photoshop. I
just but a circle inside
another, cut of the
rest and added a
drop shadow.
This just looks more professional
and appealing than any of the
publisher documents.

8. www.dafont.com
I used this website while making my preliminary and final task as there is a massive range of
fonts and there is one for every purpose, I used dafont for my magazine masthead. It didn’t work
too well as I don’t have a membership so I had to print screen the fonts and copy and paste
them. On publisher I could only use the black example colour and effect which wasn’t that good
as it didn’t look great. However on Photoshop I could change the colour with the paint brush
tool and add effect which I did with my masthead. Even though this website wasn’t the best it
was still good and helped me a lot with the creation of my magazines and without out the
website my documents wouldn’t be as good.

9. www.dafont.com
You can download
the font on to
word, publisher or
Photoshop if you
have a account
which would make
it easier to change
the colour and add
effects.
There is a wide range
of fonts on the
website. I looked
through many of and
there was lots of
options for me that I
could choose. There
was also a search bar
to look up catogories
you wanted the font
to be related about.

10. Other technologies I used
I used lots of other technology's in the creation of my work for many different reasons. These
includes:
oMemory stick
oSD card
oLaptop
oComputer
oCamera
oPhone

11. Memory Stick
I used my memory stick to save all my work on as I could work at home and school. I
regularly backed up my work to my computer incase I lost my usb stick.

12. SD card
I used a SD card when taking photos as I could move them onto my memory to view
and look at the best ones before putting them onto my work.

13. Laptop
I used the laptops at school to do all my work as I didn’t have any Photoshop and publisher
at home. I used my personal laptop at home to do research and other blog work.

14. Computer
The computer I used was at home which I used to complete research and look at
other magazines to give me ideas.

15. Camera
I used my camera to take most of the photos of my models for my magazine. The
quality was quite good which was good.

16. Mobile Phone
I used my mobile phone to take one photo as I didn’t have my camera on me and I
needed to take a photo. The quality was ok but not the best.