1. QUESTION 6- W H AT H AV E YO U
L E A R N T A B O U T T E C H N O L O G I E S F RO M T H E
P RO C E S S O F C O N S T RU C T I N G T H I S
P RO D U C T ?
Kate Sutton

2. EVALUATION
During the production task, we had to use an array of different types of
technological aids in order to construct the front cover, contents page and
double page spread for our own article. Personally, I found some of them
much easier to use than others; and this was purely due to having used some
of them previously and some not at all.

3. PHOTOSHOP
 Previously to doing this task, I had never before used Photoshop
and found it extremely difficult to start with! Certain elements of the
program confused me due to their complexity and the fact that I had
no idea what to do or what any of the tools were for. Developing
through the task, I became used to this software and was then able to
appropriately edit my images with ease through following tutorials
and via the process of trial and error.

4.  I learnt how to clone stamp an area of an image in order to change certain
elements to blend them into or fade out another. I used this specifically on the
image that I had chosen for my front cover as it was needed to alter an imperfection
on the back of the model as well as erase people in the background of the image.
Through using a tutorial I learnt that the clone stamp tool selected the colour from
one area to overwrite the colour from another. Here is an image in which I used the
clone stamp tool whilst trying to decide on which image to use for my front cover.

5. PREZI
 Prezi is another program that I had not used before, I found this one much
easier to learn and pick up in comparison to Photoshop. This is mainly because it is
similar to Microsoft PowerPoint (which I have used before). The idea of Prezi is to
make a creative, exciting display which is an alternative way of displaying and
showing information. During the construction of this progress I learnt how to
form and adapt a Prezi presentation to display information to post onto my blog. I
then went on to learn how to change the theme, colour and customise the
presentation to adapt it to fit the theme of my work and the task set.

6.  Another helpful element that Prezi provides is that it also allows
you to import images of your own as well as ones from the internet.
This enables you to be more creative and identify specific areas of
your work. The different technological elements on this program are
displayed on the left hand side, and at the top of the page which also
makes them easy to find. I learnt about these elements on Prezi
through trial and error, as well as using my own initiative.

7.  I used the program to display my front cover and contents page
analysis as it was an effective way of incorporating all of the elements
into one area that are pleasant to read and easy to find. It enabled me
to also post the presentation onto my blog as another media element
to make it more effective and creative. Similar software's such as
PowerPoint cannot do this.