Overall, the student created three products - a front cover, contents page, and double page spread - using various technologies. For the front cover, the student used Photoshop and learned how to edit photos by adjusting colors, contrasts, and cutting images without harsh lines. For the contents page and double page spread, the student used InDesign and learned how to lay out content by arranging text in columns and spacing it evenly across pages. The student also used a DSLR camera to take high-quality photos and learned how to adjust the camera's settings to suit different environments.

1. Question 6

2. What have you learnt
about technologies from
constructing this
product?

3. My Products
 Overall, I have created three products: A front
cover, contents page and double page spread. To
construct my front cover, I used Photoshop,
whereas for my other two products, I used
InDesign.
 To take my photos for these products I used a
DSLR camera.

4. Front Cover
 For my front cover the software I used was
Photoshop. I had used Photoshop a few times in
the past before, therefore I was familiar with
some of the basic features and how to use them,
however there were some things that I wasn’t
aware of and things that I could do, just with little
skill. In the creation of my front cover, I learnt how
to edit the photos that I took, editing the colours,
contrasts, etc and also how to cut the images out
without having harsh lines and edges. I also
learnt how to make the images bigger without it
becoming blurry, which was something I couldn’t
do before.

5. Contents page and double page
spread
 For these two products, I used InDesign. This
was a product that I had no previous experience
with, therefore I was starting from scratch in terms
of knowledge and skills. I learnt how to do
everything, I learnt that it is a technology used for
laying out content. I learnt how to arrange text,
set text out in columns and how to space it evenly
across the page in order to make it professional. I
did this by learning how to use the guides on the
screen, and by the time I had finished the two
products I felt as though it was simple and easy
to use despite initially finding it difficult.

6. Camera
 The DSLR camera that I used was critical in the
making of my products. I used the camera in
order to take photos that were clear, high-quality
and that looked professional. I had never used a
camera this good before therefore it took a few
times to get the photos that I wanted for my front
cover etc however in the end I was happy with my
ability to take good photos on the camera and
had many options to choose from. I learnt how to
zoom in and out, and change the settings of the
camera to suit the environment the photos were
shot in.