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1. What have you learnt about technologies from
the process of constructing this product?
Photoshop - The main software I used and have learnt more about throughout this process has
been photoshop. I had basic photoshop knowledge before constructing my magazine which the
task has helped me build upon greatly. I now understand designing in photoshop in general a lot
more than I did, such as arranging text and images and also editing them. For example I now
know how to remove the background from a photo as I did for my main image and could do so
again if needed, whereas before I was unsure how to do that properly. Another thing which I
was unsure of how to do was adding custom fonts from the internet to be used in work, which
was a lot easier than I imagined.
Camera - Using the camera when taking photos for my construction has helped me understand
aspects that should be taken into consideration when taking photos for a magazine that I
wouldn’t have considered before, such as various shot types and lighting. I am now more
confident with exporting images to be edited also.
Blog - Having never used a blog before of any kind, everything involving the blog was to an
extent learning something new. For example, embedding videos/images or other software suck
as Voki was something I had never done before but now understand.
Online Software i.e Moovly, PowToon, Voki, Slideshare, Screencast - Throughout all stages
of the magazine project I have used software found online that I would never have considered
before, or didn’t even know existed. Each were a great way to diversify my work so as to have
something unique compared to the standard Word/Powerpoint way of presenting evaluation or
planning, whether it be through an animated video such as Moovly or Powtoon, or software that
allows the use of voice to present such as Voki or Screencast.