1. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
2. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? Adobe PhotoShop enabled me to create my magazine front cover. It was extremely effective and allowed me to edit all of my photographs to create an effective and realistic magazine. It was incredibly easy to use and it was easy to get the hang of it. For example using the polygonal lasso tool allowed me to select certain items that I wanted to edit, leaving the rest of the rest of the image original. Using Adobe InDesign, I created both my contents page and my double page article. In design is simple to Photoshop. However, InDesign allows you to layout all of your work as if it were the actual magazine. It is slightly harder to use than PhotoShop, but it was still useful and helped a lot. I used blogger to keep track of all my coursework. I uploaded all of the work I did, and all of the research leading up to the completed work. Working my way through the task booklet, I uploaded a piece of work every time I completed one of the tasks. This was extremely helpful and motivating as I was able to see how much work I had done and what was being completed.
3. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? I used Microsoft word quite a lot throughout the course. I used it to type all of my research so I could spell check the work and ensure that it was all up to standard and made sense. Microsoft Powerpoint was also an extremely useful tool. I was able to write up research information and upload it in to blogger. The reason Powerpoint was so useful is because it made my blogger file appear more interesting as opposed to having lots of information just written up. I used internet explorer to help with everything. I used it to find ideas for my magazine, to find new fonts, to help research. I was able to use internet explorer as my main research base, and got most of my research from it. It also allowed me to use blogger to upload all of my work.
4. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? Preliminary Task Final Product Since my preliminary task, I have improved my skills using photoShop. I have also learned how to effectively use InDesign to create a professional look. By looking at other magazine's I was able to create a cover and contents page and improve my final product from this. From PhotoShop I have learnt how to add effects to my magazine such as changing the levels to make certain images brighter or darker. I used InDesign to develop all of my work together so I could see what it would look like as a final piece, all together. I have also improved my manipulation skills. This allowed me to change aspects of an image leaving the rest of the image the same, not being altered.
