The document discusses technologies used to create a magazine product. It describes using Prezi, PowerPoint, and SlideShare for presentations, and Mixbook for an online book. Photoshop was used to edit photos taken with an iPhone camera in natural lighting. Photoshop allowed precise editing of images and text through tools like the text, resize, and shape tools. Learning how to use these various programs, software, and tools helped produce an original and professional magazine product.

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

2. Programs and Software
For this evaluation, I had to present my magazine and answers to the questions
using different types of media to show originality and creativity. In doing so, I
had to find suitable programs and software to do this. I used the following:
• Prezi – an online presentation software
• Powerpoint – a presentation software powered by Microsoft
• Slideshare – A site where Powerpoints are uploaded to and embeded onto
blogs and sites
• Mixbook – An editing site where you can make your own online book of
content

3. Camera, location and lighting
• For my photo shoot I used my own camera which was on my iphone
5s as this has high quality and I am familiar with the device. I used
a plain white backdrop to make the images look as professional as
possible and also to make the focus on the model.
• I used natural lighting to give a natural effect as it was a bright day
when I did the shoot and the lighting was bright. Lighting was very
imporant as I wanted the images to look as natural and laid back as
possible but also professional and crisp. I did this so that the model
was the focus of the image. I chose to do the shoot in the moring so
that the natural light was bright and would shine through the
windows of the room I was shooting in. I also slightly edited the
background on Photoshop to make it even brighter.

4. Adobe Photoshop
I have used Adobe Photoshop previously as I did GCSE photograohy and so I was
fairly famialr with the software. I chose to use Phtotoshop instead of InDesign
which I did last time because I know the Photshop software better and therefore
can use it to the best of my ability to create the most professional look for my
magazine. It took a few days to get used to the software again as I played around
with the tools, I also looked at tutorials on Youtube so that I could use new tools
that I hadn’t used before. Once I became used to the software and its tools, it was
fairly simple to use and allowed me to create detail and precision so that my
magazine looked professional.
• The text tool – I used this lots to type the sell lines and article titles, with this
tool I was able to change the size of the font, the style and boldness
• The resize tool – I needed to use this as some of the images I used were to big
to fit onto the canvas size of the magazine so this allowed me to resize them to
the right size without becoming pixelated
• The shape tool – This tool was important in adding dimension and shape to
my front cover so that it looked eye-catching and diverse