The student learned new skills in Photoshop and became more proficient at using Mac computers through creating their magazine pages. They also gained experience incorporating feedback from their target audience and improving the professionalism and features of their full product compared to their preliminary task by trying different techniques and adding special features.

1. Questions 6+7

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

3. • Photoshop is the main piece of technology that I
have learnt more about when trying to create
these magazine pages because I had a very
limited knowledge of Photoshop initially however
I think I have learnt a few new things on it and
hope to increase my skills further in the future.
Also I learnt how to better co-operate with Mac
computers because I had never used one before
starting this course and found it very difficult to
adjust from my PC to a Mac. However now I like
to think I am quite highly skilled and can use a
Mac computer with great ease.

4. Looking back at your preliminary task,
what do you feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to the full product?

6. • I think my preliminary task looked very rushed and
incomplete and there were just a few features involved
because I thought it was different. However with my
full product I know I have tried lots of different things
to see if they worked and tried to add in as many
special features as possible but also try and make it as
professional looking as I possibly could. Also I have
taken on advice of people in my target audience range
to see whether they have anything they think should
change about my magazine to improve it. This has
helped greatly because it has helped me try and appeal
as much as possible to the audience that I wanted to
appeal to.