This document lists various digital tools and online platforms used by the author for their music magazine coursework, including planning (Fireworks), downloading fonts (Font Websites), taking photos (Camera), editing photos (Photo Editing Apps, Flickr, iPhoto), creating presentations (Prezi), getting feedback (Padlet), adding interactivity to photos (ThingLink), recording audio (SoundCloud), blogging (Blogger), layout and design (Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop), and embedding media (YouTube). The author provides brief explanations of how each tool helped with their coursework and what they learned in using the tools.

3. Fireworks - For planning and constructing my music magazine.
Font Websites (Dafont.com)- To download fonts to allow my magazine
stand out from the crowd.
Camera- Taking the pictures I put in my music magazine.
Photo Editing Apps (Fotor and iPhoto) – allowed me to use a range of
different effects, filters and tools to enhance my photographs.
Flickr – I put all of my photographs on flickr and I could flick through
them rotate them and download them.
Prezi - A way to present a slideshow presentation in an interactive
way
Padlet – Allows people or myself to post comments on a wall.
ThingLink – Allowed my to make my photos interactive by using
hotspots
Soundcloud – I recorded voice clips onto here and used them as
proof

4. BLOGGER
To upload all of my coursework I used blogger.com, which is a Google tool that allows
amateurs (like myself) to easily create and update a professional looking blog. I
used Blogger.com like my media diary. It’s a great tool because it allows me to
upload pictures of work, embed other bits of software such as prezi.com and
receive comments on my work. I had never used blogger before but I would
certainly use it again.

5. ADOBE FIREWORKS
I used fireworks to produce my DPS, Front cover and contents page. Before doing AS
Media studies I hadn’t really used fireworks much and I thought it would be much
harder. Using fireworks enabled me to produce a high standard consistent
products. I used many different tools which enabled me to produce my products
such as the tools enabling me to select a background and push images forwards
and backwards . Throughout the process I learnt a lot but one thing I learnt was
how to remove the background of a image using the magic wand tool and the
rubber. Other things I learnt to do was adjusting my text to make it fit in a certain
area, the properties box allowed me to do this. I could select the alignment of my
text and also how kerned the text was. I also learn how to adjust the transparency
of images and shapes again by using the properties box I used this feature in my
contents page to allow the text to be read easily. I also learnt about how to create
a structured magazine through the use of grids and guides

6. IPHOTO
This was a piece of software I used on my mac to edit my photos. It
allowed me to edit and store the photo easily. For example I could
lighten the photo or darken it. One thing I learnt by using iPhoto is
how different filters can really adjust the tone and mood of my
photo.
This is on of
the preset
filters. I
changes
the photo to
give a
vintage feel

7. PREZI
This is an online presentation tool that enabled me to present my information in a
cool unique way. It’s an online program that I could easily embed onto my blog.
One thing I leant whilst using prezi was how to make a path so the transitions
between my slides looks more animated and not simplistic.

8. YOUTUBE
This is a video sharing website which I can upload a video and embed the video onto
my blog. People can then comment and share the videos. I have leant that
YouTube is a very quick way to upload my video. I've always known how to search
for YouTube videos but I’ve never known how to upload a video and tag it for
users to find. After using this I now know how do that.

9. THINGLINK
Using thinklink has given me greater understanding of hot spotting images and how
to do. Using thinklink allowed me to put a link, sound, image or text to a certain
part of my image. Before I didn’t understand what a hotspot was. A Hotspot is the
area on an image that is hyperlinked to another action or location.