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

2. I have used a variety of different technologies in the
process of making my music magazine. I have
used InDesign throughout the whole project, as it
is the main basis of creating the magazine. I’ve
never used in design before, and I think that I
have learned how to work the majority of
components, like layers. Also I’ve used Photoshop
for an array of images, editing them so they can
be used on my magazine. I have had some
experience on Photoshop beforehand but I feel
like my skills have developed significantly through
this project; especially with editing backgrounds.
I’ve also used Prezi for a few pieces of work,
mainly for presenting research, and for my
evaluation.

3. I took all of my photos on either my phone or a
digital camera, and I used photo editing
websites to edit them as well as Photoshop.
The site I used was PicMonkey, which enables
you to edit colours, vibrancy, textures and the
background. This was a good sight as it had a
lot of options for photo editing (even though
it was free). But this did sometimes lead to a
lack of quality, as certain images were badly
pixelated from it.

4. Other technology’s I used were Blogger, which allowed
me to present all my research and planning, my
magazine pages, and my evaluation. I also used
Slideshare for Powerpoint presentations, I liked using
this as I could put the information down in bullet
points, making it easier to read; it also presents the
information well as you can add backgrounds and
animation to it. But it also had some down sides as the
use of bullet points can mean that you lose detail from
the work; similarly it can mean that there are long
blocks of text which look unappealing and are boring to
read. For some of my earlier research I used Wordle,
which allowed me to put all the genres that I wanted in
my magazine, in to one document. It had different
options for looks which was good; it didn’t have any
bad points, but I wouldn’t use it for anything other
than bullet points or notes.