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

2. 1) Using Adobe Photoshop (CS4)
2) Taking photos on digital cameras
- Photo shoot
- Finding the appropriate images
3) Creating individual powerpoints
4) Uploading files onto my blog
5) Slideshare
6) Internet explorer - Researching

3. I have gained a various range of skills from using the
technologies constructing my media product. One of the main
technologies has been Adobe Photoshop, which consists of a
whole selection of tools in order to manipulate the photos or
fonts I had inserted and used. Without Photoshop, I would not
have had the luxury to create the house style of magazine I
wanted. Lighting effects would not have been used without
Photoshop, or even the fancy fonts that were there to be chosen
from.
Two original
images
Manipulated images,
combined through the
uses of lighting effects and
the crop tool on the left
photo

4. This is my own digital camera from home. It is a good quality camera with a
variety of settings to suit the environment. As it is my own personal camera, I
am aware of the settings but I rarely get to change them but as my magazine
needed specific lighting such as flash or no flash, or daylight setting, I was
able to navigate my way around better whilst constructing the magazine.
It is a digital camera, which enables the modern technology to view my
images and upload them straight to my laptop or computer, which gives a
larger image for me to see if I want to keep it or delete it.
Another camera
I used for an
even better
quality image.

5. I have used Microsoft Powerpoint to create the majority of my work on,
it is useful because it breaks down the information easily.
For some of my powerpoints, I was able to add a coloured background.
I could change the text layout, which could show bullet points.
Background
Choosing fonts

6. Slideshare
Slideshare has been an extremely useful website that I have used
throughout constructing my media product. It has enabled me to
become familiar with the program. This was the first time I had used
this website.
This is the main part which I gained skills from. Uploading my power
point from my files was relatively easy, however in order for my
power points to appear on my blog in a convenient way, I had to
embed the short code which I would then copy and paste to a new
post on my blog.

7. Internet Explorer
Bing
Internet Explorer has been a huge help to me because it allowed me
to research areas of media such as conventions of a magazine,
annotations from other Slideshare users and target audience –
language research.
Another useful search engine is Bing. It has allowed me to get
research images and allowed me to upload images onto power points
or even a blog post itself.
An extremely important aspect is my blog on WordPress. It has
allowed me to show my work in an organised and reliable way. It has
shown my progress whilst constructing my magazine.