The document discusses technologies used in producing a music magazine. It describes learning to use Photoshop tools like drop shadows and learning Publisher was not sophisticated enough. A blog was used to document progress, which allowed for easier editing than physical documentation. While the project could have been done without most technologies, it would have been of lower quality. Software like Survey Monkey and Slideshare helped with collecting opinions and presenting work. The only new hardware used was a camera for production.

1. What have you learned from technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
- I have learned a lot about a wide range of different technology for my product. I had
not previously used much of the software for producing the product. Technology has
really enhanced the production of music magazines, even just in the last 10-15 years.
- I found the tools on Photoshop are mostly simple and easy to use, and felt more
comfortable using them as my product progressed. I found effects such as the “drop
shadow” and “stroke”, very useful in improving both the images and text aesthetically.
However, I did find myself overusing some of these effects, which all together had an
adverse effect on the product.
- At first, I tried to use Microsoft Publisher, but after using this for the College
magazine, soon realised it was not suitable for the final product. It is simple but not
sophisticated enough to produce professional looking magazine pages.

2. - For the first time, I have documented my progress through the use of a blog. I felt this
augmented my project because it is much easier to edit mistakes. However, there are
obvious restraints, such as it not existing physically, and the threat of a computer
unexpectedly crashing, which could mean you lose hours of work. Luckily this did not
happen whilst I was completing my project.
-The project as a whole could have been done without most of the technology,
however it would have been of a much lower standard. For example, instead of using
Survey Monkey, I could have asked people face-to-face for their opinions.
- Another way software has helped is through the use of Slideshare to present my
PowerPoint presentations. This could have been done by saving as a JPG file, but the
multi-media aspect of Slideshare makes it preferential.

3. Hardware
I have not learnt much about the hardware involved, as i had already used the
majority of them for previous work. The hardware i have used is: A camera,
memory stick and a PC/mac. The memory stick and PC were used throughout all
stage sof the process, whereas the camera was only used in the production stage.