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

2. Camera
 I used a high quality Canon camera for my images.
 Not having much experience using cameras I have learnt a lot from the
process of constructing my product.
 When creating my student magazine, the white balance was too strong
leaving a bright effect on my images.
 With the experience I have gotten from using the cameras, I ensured
that this didn’t happen the second time around.
 Viewing the images on the LCD screen allowed me to view the quality
of my images immediately, and ensure that no more images needed to
be taken.
 The picture in the bottom right hand
corner was used as the image for
my double page spread.

3. Photoshop
 Photoshop was the main editing programme I
used during the construction of both my
student magazine and music magazine.
 I had previous experience with photoshop at
GCSE ICT but I have learnt much more about
it since then.
 Using a lower character to bring the writing
together on my magazine made it look more
professional and provided me with more room
on my magazine, I did not know how to do this
beforehand.
 I also had to crop the background out of some
of my images, using the magic wand tool.
 Many different filters and tools used helped
me to achieve the originality of my magazine.

4. InDesign
 I used InDesign for the first time ever in order to create my double
page spread.
 One of the things I learnt was how to include a drop-cap (This is where
the first letter is bigger, in comparison to the rest of the article). This
helped to give my magazine a professional look.
 I also used this software to split my double page spread into 3 equal
columns to create a clean, tidy look and make my magazine look more
aesthetic.
 I also used a quote in larger font to stand out. This is a quote that I
believe will appeal to my target audience.

5. DaFont
 This was the first time I had used this site.
 It has a wide range of different fonts to fit in with any chosen genre.
 I used DaFont to create my masthead.
 It was screenshotted, and pasted onto photoshop. I also cropped out
the background to give it a tidy look. Also to make the magazine look
like a real, professional one.
 I used DaFont because it has a better quality than that of any
text/font pre-installed into photoshop.

6. Blogger
 Another technology I used was blogger. I have been using this to
keep a track of all my work.
 I post all my work on here so it is all in order and organization, to
prevent us from getting confused.
 I had no problems with blogger, as it was simple and very easy to
use.
 I had never used Blogger before.
Now I can use it in embed my
work, show presentations,
slideshares, images, etc…

7. Prezi and Emaze
 Both Prezi and Emaze were used to show the production of my
magazine.
 I had used both programmes before at GCSE at a low level.
 I have developed my skills in both programmes but using both of
them numerous time to insert images, YouTube videos, etc…