The student learned several new technologies through creating their music magazine product. They used Blogger to upload and organize their work online, overcoming difficulties with the site. Photoshop was used to edit photos; while challenging at first, the student became more proficient. InDesign was needed to layout magazine pages, again with an initial learning curve. The student also gained experience shooting photos for the magazine using a Canon DSLR camera, learning about lighting, angles and more.

1. Evaluation Question 6
What Have You Learnt About
Technologies From The Process Of
Constructing This Product ?

2. Blogger
All of the work that I have produced throughout the
process of creating my products has been uploaded onto
Blogger. This has allowed my work t be viewed easily online
by others. I have over come difficulties with this website
during the course of my work however I have over come
those along with learning many skills.
To begin with I uploaded my work as pages , however
found that only 20 pages could be made. To over come this
I transferred all of my music magazine work into posts
where they are now labelled into relevant sections and my
preliminary task is left as pages.

3. Photoshop
To edit the photos which I had taken and was going to use in different
aspects of my magazine I used Adobe Photoshop. I found this at first a very
difficult programme to get the hang of however my preliminary task helped
with this and throughout the process I became more familiar and found it a
lot easier.
Some of the tools which I used on this include ;
• Changing different adjustments of the images such as the
levels, hue/saturation
•Lasso / Quick Selection Tool to pick certain areas of the image
•Clone Stamp tool which allowed me to duplicate certain areas of an image
onto another area

4. InDesign
Adobe InDesign was the programme which I used to actually create the
pages for my magazine. Using InDesign was the next stage in the creation
process after I have manipulated my photos to a worthy standard on
Photoshop. Alike Photoshop, I did find this a difficult programme to use at
first as I was not familiar with it however it became easier over time as
many of the tools that I were using were the same for each of the pages I
was creating.
This tools included;
•Place , to insert images
•Line , used for creating borders / shapes
•Text Type, allowing me to draw a box where needed and type
•Characteristics, for changing aspects of text or stroke of things
•Gradient Swatch, to create a gradient effect within designated areas or on
the whole page.

5. Cannon DSLR
All of the photos which I took for all three of the
pages of my magazine were with a Cannon DSLR
camera. I had never used a camera such as this
before to take serious pictures therefore learnt a lot
about it over this process. In some cases I used the
camera in conjunction with a backdrop and lighting to
ensure I captured the most professional photos and
light my models features appropriately. In other
shoots I used a light reflector and hand held lighting
as in a dark outside environment I found that it was
important to capture as much extra light as possible. I
also have learnt a lot about camera angles as I have
used a variety of these through different shoots for
my end product from extreme close ups to mid shots.

6. Other Technologies Used
To complete the evaluation questions for this product I have used a variety of
technologies, some in which I am already familiar with and others I am using for the first
time.