The document discusses technologies learned during the process of creating a music magazine. Photoshop was used to design the magazine cover and allowed experimenting with tools to create a professional look. Photoshop was also used to add text captions and headlines. When taking photos for the magazine, the author learned about lighting, backgrounds, and when to use the flash or take portraits versus landscapes. Blogger and other online programs like Prezi, SlideShare, and Xtranormal were also used and taught layout, presentations, and uploading materials, providing new skills for future projects.

1. Q6) What have you learnt about technologies
from the process of constructing this product?
To construct my magazine I used Photoshop for my magazine front cover, this allowed my magazine to look
professional. I was able to experiment with different tools which helped me get an idea of what I wanted my magazine
to look like. Also Photoshop allowed me to insert text which was vital for my magazine as I had to include captions,
cover lines etc. I feel that through the process of constructing my music magazine, I have learnt a great deal about the
different technologies involved in the creation of a product like this, in the past I have had experience of using a
camera, however for this project I used I DSLR camera there was much more to think about this time. I had to think
about lighting and background as well as about what the model had to do. I learnt about when the flash was necessary
and when it was necessary to take a portrait or landscape photo. I was lucky that I had a 12 mega pixel camera to use
because it gave me really good quality images to use and I found that it was unnecessary to edit them too much.
I also found that I really got to experiment a lot with Photoshop on this task. I had used the program before when I
edited some photos for my media course in secondary last year but I hadn't used it in a huge amount of depth so I
found that many features were quite new and difficult to me when I began to create my music magazine. I found it
interesting to edit the page layout and use features such as drop-shadows which I'd never used before. I did really
enjoy using Photoshop because it allowed me to make my magazine to look professional and ita was a challenge and a
change to using the usual Windows programmes such as Microsoft word etc.
I also learnt a lot about online programs such as Blogger because I had never used it before and so I had to quickly get
to grips with it in order to make good progress with my project. Once I got into it, I found it very easy to use and I think
I'll probably use it in the future. I encountered other programs that I had never used such as Prezi, SlideShare and
Xtranormal. Alideshare has allowed me to upload my presentations on to blogger I found them all very simple to use
and I think they were a very effective way to illustrate different aspects of my magazine project. I enjoyed using them
and I think that I picked up a lot of useful experience that I can employ in the future.