The document discusses the various technologies and software the author used to create their magazine product. They used Blogger to document their process, Photoshop to design the cover and edit images, Microsoft Publisher for layout of text-heavy pages like interviews, the font website Dafont to find suitable fonts, Firefox for research, Slideshare to present research, Prezi for mindmapping ideas, YouTube to embed videos, a Nikon DSLR for photoshoots, and an iPhone for concert photos. Through using these technologies, the author improved their skills in areas like photo editing, publication design, and presenting work online.

1. What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product?
When creating my magazine I have been able to
improve my knowledge in a variety of different
programmes and software's so that my product is
made to the best of its ability.
These next slides will explain what I have used
to make my magazine and how I have used it.

2. I have used blogger to document the
process of making my product as it
gives a clear guide to all of my
posts for my coursework. I feel
that this website is easy to work
to find posts I may need that I
have done in the past, with the
archive column. During my time
using this website I have learnt
how to make my posts more exciting
by inserting slideshares, prezzies
and even videos.

3. I used photoshop to create my front
cover, contents page and image
double spread. I also used this
software to edit all of my images
so that they looked professional
and suitable to appear in a
magazine. Before starting my media
coursework I had experience with
photoshop when doing GCSE work
however I think I have broadened my
knowledge since then as I’m aware
of different editing tools to make
my photos the best to their
ability. The next slide will show
my images before editing and after
editing with Photoshop.

4. BEFORE AFTER

5. I have used microsoft publisher to
create my double page spread with
interview. I decided to use this
instead of photoshop because it is
easier to handle great quantities
of text. For example, I was able to
carefully group my columns together
so that all the text was in a
correct order. Before doing this I
wasn’t aware that you could change
the widths of columns and group
them together so my knowledge of
publisher has definitely improved.

6. The website dafont I had never
heard of before staring my media
coursework. This website played a
large role in creating my magazine
as I was able to extract different
fonts that I felt would be suitable
for my target audience of more
mature readers. The fonts I decided
on I was able to download onto the
computer and use on both photoshop
and publisher. I therefore wasn’t
limited to just default fonts and I
think I made my magazine a lot more
exciting than it would be without
my chosen fonts.

7. I used firefox as my main search
engine for the research into my
magazine. I was able to access many
different sources that included
existing magazines and statistics
about them so I was able to base my
magazine on one that is in the
world today.
I was also able to access google
images when researching for my
photoshoots and target audience. I
found different existing
photoshoots that have been used in
music magazines so that I could get
inspiration for my own.

8. Like I am currently doing, I have
used slideshare to present a lot of
my research and documenting the
updates of my magazine. By using
this website I have learnt another
skill as I wasn’t aware the site
existed before starting my media
coursework. I really like this
wesbite as I am able to document
large amounts of text in only a
small blog post.

9. Prezi is also a new website to me
that I was able to use for noting
down my research. I quickly grasped
how to use this website and was
able to create different mindmaps
with my ideas on. I used this to
write down all the possible names
of my magazine so that I could go
back to it when deciding to see
which one stood out to me most.

10. Having used youtube in the past I
was instantly able to upload videos
I had done for my blog onto the
website. I was then also able to
insert these videos onto blogger so
that they are easy to view.

11. In my photoshoot, I used a Nikon
DSLR. In the past I have used a
number of different cameras however
this one was brand new to me. I was
able to use this camera in the
studio with the lighting to get a
professional effect. I also learnt
how to use zoom and flash to get
different effects.
For my concert photos I used an
iphone 4s which isn’t the best
quality however was suitable for
the context.