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1. Evaluation 6 – What have you learnt
about technologies from the process
of constructing this product?

2. CAMERAS
• To take my draft images I used a Nikon d3200.
This camera was very effective and produced nice
images, however I realised there needed to be a
higher element of sharpness in my images so for
my final photos I used a canon 60D. I believe this
camera was very simple to use and produced a
sharper image, which worked on my pages better.
I used the picture setting and also the night mode
setting for my pictures to produce the best image.
The sharpness was one of the key things I needed
for my images in order to keep the professional
look. A challenge I came across with the cameras
was finding a replacement camera to use; it was
hard to find the right camera for the images I
wanted to portray however with some research I
soon got past this. The only problem was I didn’t
have access to my own camera; therefore I had to
borrow my friends so it was less convenient for
me. Having access to my own personal camera
would have allowed me to have more time and
concentration during photos to get perfect shots
and settings.

3. COMPUTERS
Throughout the process of research and planning
and also creating the magazine I used a school
iMac and my own iMac at home. During the
coursework I didn’t learn anything new about
the iMac, I just learnt how to operate different
software’s and applications to help me get
through the task successfully. It was extremely
beneficial having iMac’s at my school. Another
benefit was that I was lucky to have access to an
iMac at home; this allowed me to spend extra
time to put in more effort at home, which helped
me improve a lot of aspects of my research and
planning and especially my magazine.
I also used a MacBook Pro to upload photos
onto my memory stick when an iMac was
accessible. This was useful because I already had
knowledge on the operating system which made
it easier to move around the MacBook to
find/store files.

4. PHOTOSHOP CS6
My Photoshop skills have improved
drastically, comparing my preliminary tasks
with my final pieces you can see this. I have
learnt a lot of little things in
Photoshop, which have enabled me to
create my successful magazine. I have learnt
how to use the magic wand tool to cut
models out and place into different
backgrounds, all different angling tools to
make sure my text and images line up
together correctly, I used different
Photoshop skills when editing my images as
well, when editing I used different settings
to alter the brightness and contrast of my
images, this made other fonts stand out
more in comparison. To begin with I didn’t
have access to Photoshop at home, which
prevented me from putting extra work into
my magazine, however I soon overcame this
situation so it was accessible from home.

5. ANIMOTO
Animoto was a very useful
application to use when
delivering my pitch. The
site allowed me to put all
of my pitch together with
the use of music, which
fitted in with the genre.
This was very useful and
made the pitch more
interesting.

6. MEMORY STICK
My memory stick was vital for me
during the whole course of my media
project. This is because it allowed me
to easily/simply transfer work from
school for home access. Without the
use of my memory stick I would have
struggled to get all of my work
completed in time because files were
too big to send via email etc.

7. BLOGGER
I posted every stage of my coursework on my blog, this ranged
from research and planning, to my magazine drafts and
updated drafts. This has been a useful website to use for
keeping track off my work as well which has been beneficial
throughout the coursework.

8. SCRIBD
When my writing has been long I have used the scribd
website to embed my work straight onto blogger, the
website puts the work, as a word document, onto the
blog, this uses up less space so their isn’t consistent
scrolling needed as well.

9. PREZI
I also used prezi to put work onto my blog; this made work
look more creative rather than the standard word
documents. It is like using PowerPoint however you can be
more creative which is useful. Before the task I had never
used prezi before so I have learnt a lot about it and also I
can take this into other subjects and events where I need to
present information.

10. FLICKR
• I used Flickr to put my final shots on my blog as a photo
stream. This website was useful as it allowed me to put
all my photos on at once with no hassle.