The student used various new media technologies in their construction, research, planning and evaluation stages. They list the hardware and software used, including a camera, Photoshop, InDesign and web apps like Slideshare and Blogger. In Photoshop, the student learned how to crop images, use layers to create a collage with pictures and overlaying pins, and how to use custom brushes and the clone stamp tool to remove backgrounds. InDesign was used to select custom fonts for a digipack. Slideshare was a useful tool to embed documents, presentations and PDFs on their Blogger site.