The document discusses the various technologies the student used to create their media products, including an SLR camera, scanner, studio lighting setup, Mac computer, Blogger, Prezi, Photoshop, InDesign, Final Cut Express, Safari, YouTube, Google, and dafont.com. The student found the SLR camera useful for photography, the scanner for digitizing documents, the lighting setup for controlling lighting, and the Mac for running creative software and uploading content. Blogger allowed documentation of the process, Prezi for interactive presentations, Photoshop and InDesign for image and text editing, Final Cut for video editing, and various websites for research, fonts and sharing content.

1. Question Six:
What have you learn about technologies from
the process of constructing this product?

2. SLR CAMERA
SLR adjusts flash levels
and takes good images
both inside and out.
The SLR has a large
capacity which was
beneficial to me as I
needed to take
many images to
then make a final
decision.
When taking close up
images the SLR is
useful as it autofocuses
and this can save time
and produced great
quality.
SLR has
easy one
touch
capture and
is really
easy to use.
I used this camera to take all the images that I needed for my
magazine. I also used it for photography development and
practice.

3. SCANNER
The scanner produced
high quality scans and
the documents were
clear when on the
computers.
The scanner took a
long time to scan one
document which was
time consuming when
I had several pages
which I wanted
scanning
I used this scanner mainly for my hand drawn flat plans and prelim products. I
also used it for my model release forms which were hand signed so needed to
be scanned into my blog.
The scanner allowed me
to put handwritten/drawn
documents onto the Mac.

4. 3 POINT STUDIO LIGHT SET UP
Using a 3 point light
set up I could
illuminate my model
in whatever way I
wanted which was
useful when creating
shadows.
These lights have dials on the
side to help me control the
intensity of the light which was
useful when I needed a
brighter set up
The three types of lights include Key light which
is used as the main light on the model. The fill
light is used to fill in shadows. And the back
light is used to make the model look separated
from the background. By moving the position of
these lights I can control the lighting more
accurately than if I had one or two lights.
I used the studio and the lights in the arrangement to shoot Charlie, Daniel and Lauren. Using artificial
lighting gave me a better finish on the final image than when I used an outside location.

5. APPLE MAC
The Mac runs
programs like
Photoshop and
Final Cut Express
well with little
errors or crashes.
The Mac allows
you to upload
videos, audio and
images to Blogger
and Youtube fast
I used the Mac in every lesson whether it was to go online and update my
blog, upload images, edit pictures in Photoshop, create my magazine in InDesign
or use Photo booth and Final cut to create videos for my blog.
The Mac also has a
very fast download
speed for
images, video and
also fonts.
Due to the Mac high
resolution and large
screen it views
images and videos
clearly and precisely.

6. I used to Blogger to document the whole process of my media
product from start to finish. I uploaded videos, YouTube
clips, Prezis, Power points, Word documents, text and images.
Allows teachers
to track my
progress with
work online.
Easy way to track
processes as all
post can by
ordered
chronologically.
Let me document
the whole process
from
research, construc
tion and
evaluation of my
media products.
Allows you to upload
Prezis, Youtube
clips, other movie
files, images, powerpoint
presentations, word
documents and text.

7. I could upload my
prezis to my blog to
show my information
in different ways
Allows you to
present your work
in a different and
unique way
It allowed me to be
able to talk about
my work and have a
visual aid to prompt
me.
I used Prezi to present information in a more interactive way. I used this online
tool mainly for presenting research and also when evaluating my own products.
Can easily add
Youtube clips and
voice overs to the
Prezi.

8. It allowed me to add embossed effects to my
puff and banners to make them stand out.
PHOTOSHOP
Allowed me to change
the colours of images
and text.
Allows me to manipulate
images and add different
effects.
Photoshop was better at handling
images rather than text that’s why
I used it for my front cover.
I used Photoshop to edit all my images and also create
interesting mast heads and title for my contents and front cover.
I could layer images and
alter specific layers to
alter the image.
I used YouTube tutorials
to help me with
Photoshop:
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=rrzCtKQ5x0E

9. INDESIGN
InDesign is better at handling text that’s
why I used it for my contents page and DPS
By using InDesigns guidelines I could
create well structured even looking pages.
Allows me to
manipulate text
and add effects
such as stroke
and emboss
InDesign allows you to alter the spacing
between letters and the height and
widths of fonts to suit the space
I used InDesign to construct my magazine. I used it primarily for my contents page
and double page spread as the program is goo at handling text. This program was
where my final products were exported from .

10. FINAL CUT EXPRESS
It exports videos quickly and in
a range of different files which
can be imported to Blogger or
Youtube
Final Cut allowed me to splice
video and images together to
visually show what I was
talking about.
It’s a good tool for producing well
executed videos with clear sound
which is beneficial to my
evaluations
I used Final Cut for editing videos that I had taken using the webcam on the Mac. Using
this program I was able to splice images and video together to help me create a video
which could have integrated visual aids. I mainly used this for evaluation questions

11. SAFARI
I used YouTube to find helpful
tutorials for Photoshop. I also
used YouTube to upload research
video. This allowed me to easily
add my videos to my blog.
However YouTube can crash often
which is a disadvantage.
I used Safari as my main source of internet and normally it performed
well. However I have used Firefox when Safari has not been able to load.
With in safari I have used a number of different sites…
I used Google as my main search
engine as it is fast and reliable. I also
used Google Images specifically in the
research stages of my products for
example inspirational photography
and mood boards.
dafont.com allows you to
download fonts for free. It has
categories to help you find a
style of font. The fonts also
downloaded really fast and
were easy to upload to
programs.