From constructing this product, the student learned about various technologies including desktop publishing software like Photoshop and InDesign, DSLR cameras, remote flashes, and online software like Google Docs, SlideShare, and Prezi. The student used Photoshop to edit images, InDesign to create double page spreads, and a DSLR camera along with remote flashes to take photographs. The student also learned how to use online software like Blogger, Prezi, and QuickTime to construct and present their work.

1. Q6
What have you learnt about
technologies from the process
of constructing this product ?

2.  From constructing my production work I have
learnt a lot about various technologies. I have
come across software such as; desktop
publishing, Photoshop, professional DSLR’s in
terms of uploading
material, flashes, lighting, remote flashes as well
as manipulating photos. I’ve also learnt a lot
about in design in terms of constructing a double
page spread and integrating text with
images, and excel.
 I’ve also learnt how to used online software that
was used to construct my product, by using
Google docs, slide share, prezi and QuickTime.

3. Photoshop was one of the first desktop
publishing software that I used to create
my product. I particularly used this
software to edit and manipulate images
for my magazine front cover, contents
page and double page spread.
The software Indesign was used to
construct my double page spread as well
as integrating text with images.

4. Manipulated image

5. First of all I adjusted the brightness of the photo because I
thought it was too dull.
Using the magic wand tool
this created an effect so
the photo can stand out.
I used the magnetic Lasso tool to cut out
my artist from the original background to
make it look professional.

6. During my production work I used a
DSLR camera to take most of the images
that are in my music magazine.
Remote flashes were also used when
taking my photographs. This was to
change the lighting effect that the
background had on some
pictures, making the images brighter on
different angles when taken.
I used a white large background when
taking my photographs for the editing to
be more successful and change the
mood of the photos when editing.

7. Blogger is also an online software
that was used to present all of my
media coursework as well as my
production work.

8. Prezi is an online software that helped me to
construct my presentation on question 4 and 5 on
institutions in a flow of movement. As it goes in-
depth getting to the point as it moves around
creating pathways meaning my information can be
distributed quicker.

9. This particular software was used to
send emails. Before I started this
course I didn't know what Google docs
were. But as time went on I begun to
familiarise myself with it.
QuickTime was used
to construct a screen
recording for my
evaluation on
question 1.
Slideshare is another form of an online
software that is purposely used on blogs. It is
very useful because its compared as an online
PowerPoint. I used an embedded code to post
it on my blog, I was then able to edit and
repost and still have a really good PowerPoint.

10.  I used the internet throughout the making
of the product due to research and
background information within my
magazine. I also used the internet to
access blogger, prezi and slideshare.

11.  At the beginning of this course I was unable to
use most of the technology that I have listed. To
enable me to use most of the software I had to
do some independent learning where by I
researched how to used Photoshop and Indesgn
by watching tutorials on YouTube.
 This then helped me to build an audience with
my production work as I dynamically developed
a range of techniques.