The document discusses technologies learned during the process of constructing a magazine product. The author learned about InDesign, which is used by magazine and newspaper companies to layout publications, and found it useful for setting up the magazine template. The author also learned about Animoto, an online video creator, which they used to make a 30-second advertisement video for the magazine genre. Additionally, the author gained experience using a Nikon DSLR camera to capture higher quality images compared to a smartphone. The author also became more proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and SurveyMonkey through completing this magazine project.

1. 6) WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT
ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM
THE PROCESS OF
CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

2. NEW TECHNOLOGIES: INDESIGN
InDesign for those unaware is made by Adobe. It is used by all major
magazine and even news paper production companies. InDesign
came into great use for me when creating and constructing my
magazine. Prior to this task my knowledge of InDesign was not very
good, in fact my knowledge of it’s existence was also non existent. In
summary InDesign is used to put all the magazine ‘Furniture’ into
place and then you can alter the text and layout to suit your needs.
InDesign was great for utilizing the construction of my magazine
especially due to the fact that InDesign is preloaded with the set up
you need, meaning when you open up and new document say for
your DPS you can chose 3 columns a page which saves the creator a
lot of time and hassle.

3. NEW TECHNOLOGIES: ANIMOTO
Another new technology I came across was ‘Animoto’. Animoto is an
online video creating website. It allows you to add a theme, music
and text. I used this to portray my chosen magazine genre. I did this
by creating a simple 30 second video to advertise the genre itself.
The music was chosen out of random however it was selected within
an indie-rock genre. The music really reinforces my genre as well as
the images of famous well known Indie-Rock artists. My video then
uploaded to my blog by being embedded which was very convenient
and easy.

4. NEW TECHNOLOGIES: NIKON DSLR
The camera used was a Nikon DSLR. Prior to it’s use I wasn’t very
familiar with the use of a digital camera considering everything
nowadays is done via smartphones and easy to use disposable
cameras. The use of these kind of cameras are normally in a
profession mainly photography. I learned how to capture images and
videos using this camera. Also it give me a better insight on how to
shoot an image against certain lighting to maximise the look of a
better shot. The quality of the images produced is outstanding.

5. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
As well as new technologies used there were a lot of familiar ‘faces’ in
terms of already used technology.
Due to my preliminary task I was able to develop a basic knowledge
on how to use Adobes Photoshop which was a major importance
considering it helped me edit every photo used in the magazine.
A very commonly used software was Word. I used word to develop the
writing posts on my blog and also using it to spell check them.
I also used SurveyMonkey to construct my surveys. This is relatively
new to me as the first time I used this was in my preliminary task.
It is safe to say I did use a lot of old and new software during the
process. On top of that I also used social media quite often than
usual when sharing my Survey.

6. USE OF THESE SOFTWARES
Use Of Social Media Use Of
Software: