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- 1. EVALUATION QUESTION 6 What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- 2. Technologies used • Throughoutthe production of my media music magazine coursework, I have gained experience in the use of various different types of software and hardware, and have learnt more about how technology is used during production of a media product.
- 3. Technologies used • Theseare the technologies that I used throughout the project: • SLR Camera • Adobe Photoshop • Quark Xpress • Microsoft Paint • Blogger • Prezi • Microsoft PowerPoint
- 4. SLR Camera • Inorder to carry out the photoshoot for my music magazine, I had to acquire a SLR camera. This is because the use of an SLR camera guarantees the highest possible quality for the images, and allows the images to look much more professional and visually attractive for the reader. As a first-time user of an SLR camera, I thought that the operation of the camera was fairly straightforward, and I quickly managed to get the hang of using the various camera function. Transferring the photos to a computer was also easy with the use of a USB data cable.
- 5. Adobe Photoshop • Photoshopwas probably the software that I used most throughout the project. Before starting the project, I did already have a beginners’ knowledge of Photoshop, and using the program so extensively during this course has helped me to further my Photoshop skills. I have learnt about more of the in-depth features of Photoshop that are used to refine the product even further, for example the blur tool used on the outline of the photoshoot images.
- 6. Quark Xpress • Asidefrom Photoshop, the other software I used to edit my magazine was Quark Xpress. As I was used to using Photoshop to edit pictures, it took me a while to get the hang of using Quark as they are very different pieces of software. Eventually though, I learnt the ins-and-outs of working with the software and figured out how to use the various features of Quark to my advantage, for example the very useful features that implements columns into the text, which did come in handy for formatting my double-page spread article into three columns.
- 7. Microsoft Paint • Iused the Paint application in order to screengrab my editing process for use in my blogs. I also used Paint’s Shape function in order to highlight the features of Photoshop and Quark that I used to produce the magazine. This was a fairly easy task, ad I have used Microsoft Paint numerous times before with past projects.
- 8. Blogger • Blogger isan online blogging website, which I used to keep track of my coursework progress using a written blog. Blogger is a very handy tool as it is user-friendly, easy to navigate and also allows you to use HTML code to embed things like PowerPoint presentations (uploaded to Slideshare) and audio recordings (uploaded to Soundcloud) into your blogs.
- 9. Microsoft PowerPoint • Ihave used Microsoft PowerPoint a few times throughout both the pre-production and post- production stages of my magazine, in order to add some variety in to the way I have presented my blog entries. When I finish producing each PowerPoint presentation, I upload the file to a website called Slideshare, which allows me to then embed the presentation onto my Blogger profile using HTML code.
- 10. Prezi • Prezi isan online presentation software, similar but slightly more advanced to Microsoft PowerPoint. It allows you to choose more visually interesting designs and animations for your presentation, and it also allows HTML embeds on your blog, so it is a very useful piece of software.