The document discusses the learning and skills developed by the author in using various software programs and technologies for creating a magazine project. The author learned to use InDesign to construct the magazine and Blogger to document the process. Skills in Photoshop, iPad, Google Chrome, Facebook, and DSLR camera were also developed to aid various aspects of planning, designing, gathering feedback and high quality photos for the magazine.

2. FROM BEGINNING THIS TASK I HAVE LEARNT HOW TO USE TWO NEW PIECES OF SOFTWARE:
INDESIGN AND BLOGGER. INDESIGN HAS HELPED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MY PRODUCT, WHEREAS
BLOGGER HAS HELPED IN THE PRESENTATION OF MY DEVELOPMENT AS A DESIGNER.
DESPITE NEVER HAVING USED IT BEFORE, I HAVE LEARNT HOW TO SETUP MARGINS, BLEED, SLUG
AND ORIENTATION OF MY PAGES, THROUGH WATCHING YOUTUBE TUTORIALSAND TRIAL AND
ERROR. THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES I HAVE DISCOVERED HAVE ALLOWED ME TO CREATE AN
EFFECTIVE CONTENTS PAGE IN COMPARISON TO MY COLLEGE MAGAZINE WHICH I MADE USING ONLY
WORD AND PAINT, RESULTING IN A SIMPLE PRODUCT. WITHIN INDESIGN I HAVE ALSO LEARNT ABOUT
TYPING ON A PATH AND LAYERING IMAGES AND TEXT. I HAVE ALSO LEARNT ALONG THE WAY THAT
YOU CAN DIRECTLY EDIT IMAGES FROM INDESIGN IN PHOTOSHOP, WHERE ADJUSTMENTS ARE
AUTOMATICALLY SAVED AND UPDATED ON THE INDESIGN DOCUMENT.

3. •PHOTOSHOP IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PIECE OF SOFTWARE I
HAVE USED MANY TIMES, HOWEVER THROUGH
CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT I HAVE LEARNT MANY NEW
THINGS ABOUT PHOTOSHOP. FOR EXAMPLE I WAS
PREVIOUSLY USING THE LASSO TOOL TO COPY AND PASTE
AREAS OF SKIN TO COVER BLEMISHES IN THE COLLEGE
MAGAZINE, HOWEVER NOW I UNDERSTAND THE ‘SPOT HEAL’
TOOL, AND ‘CLONE STAMP’. WATCHING A YOUTUBE
TUTORIAL AND READING AN ARTICLE ONLINE I HAVE ALSO
DISCOVERED THE POSSIBILITIES OF ‘LIQUIFY’, ALLOWING ME
TO DEFINE CHEEK BONES AND PINCH IN OR BLOAT OUT
AREAS OF THE BODY.

4. • I HAVE ALSO DOCUMENTED MY IDEAS AND
DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE USE OF BLOGGER. THIS
IS A DIARY FORMAT PIECE OF ONLINE SOFTWARE THAT
USES DIGITAL CONVERGENCE TO INCORPORATE A
RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO CREATE A
SUCCESSFUL AND INFORMATIVE DOCUMENT. THE
TECHNOLOGIES I HAVE USED WITH BLOGGER INCLUDE
SCRIBD, SLIDESHARE, THINGLINK, ISSUU AND PREZI.

5. VOICE NOTE
• I USED VOICE NOTE ON MY MOBILE PHONE IN ORDER TO RECORD THE
INTERVIEW I HAD WITH MY FEATURE BAND, WICKED FAITH. THIS ALLOWED
ME TO REVISIT THE INTERVIEW WHEN I NEEDED TO REFERENCE IT OR WRITE
IT UP ONTO MY DPS. I RECORDED THE INTERVIEW IN THIS WAY BECAUSE IT
SAVED TIME DURING THE INTERVIEW RATHER THAN WRITING IT DOWN AS
IT HAPPENED, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT ENSURED I TRANSLATED THE
INFORMATION THEY GAVE ME DIRECTLY WITHOUT MISSING ANY KEY
DETAILS.

6. IPAD
• MY IPAD ALLOWED ME TO RECORD IDEAS AS I THOUGHT OF THEM DUE TO ITS PORTABILITY. IT ALSO
ALLOWED ME TO EDIT MY BLOG ON THE GO, HOWEVER PROBLEMS OCCURREDWITH THE WAY SAFARI
WORKS COMPARED TO INTERNET EXPLORER. BLOGGER IS PRESENTED MUCH DIFFERENTLY ON MOBILE
DEVICES THEREFOR THE FORMATTING OF MY BLOG CHANGED OFTEN WHEN VIEWING IT ON THE IPAD. THIS
WAS USEFUL AS A RECORDING DEVICE HOWEVER I FOUND IT WAS EASIER TO STICK TO USING A
COMPUTER WITH INTERNET EXPLORER.

7. GOOGLE CHROME
• ANOTHER PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN I TRIED ACCESSING CERTAIN ADD-ONS FOR BLOGGER, SUCH AS
SLIDESHARE, WHERE THE DOCUMENTS WOULDN’T UPLOAD CORRECTLY. I OVERCAME THIS ISSUE BY
USING A DIFFERENT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, GOOGLE CHROME. WHEN USING THESE PROGRAMS THROUGH
CHROME EVERYTHING RAN SMOOTHLY THEREFOR I TRIED TO USE THIS AS A FIRST OPTION FOR ALL OF MY
WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE THROUGH THE INTERNET.

8. FACEBOOK
• I USED FACEBOOK AS ANOTHER WAY OF REACHING MY TARGET AUDIENCE, 13-17 YEAR OLDS, BY
UPLOADING IMAGES OF MY MUSIC MAGAZINE IN ORDER TO GATHER OPINIONS AND
IMPROVEMENTS. I ALSO USED THIS TO GATHER SOME AUDIENCE RESEARCH. WHEN I CREATED A
QUESTIONNAIRE THROUGH SURVEY MONKEY I SHARED IT TO FACEBOOK IN ORDER TO RECEIVE AS
MANY RESPONSES AS POSSIBLE, AS PEOPLE OF AGES BETWEEN 13 AN 25 MAKE UP THE HIGHEST
NUMBER OF FACEBOOK USERS.

9. DSLR CAMERA
• WHEN ATTENDING MY PHOTOSHOOT AT THE WATERFRONT WITH WICKED FAITH, I TOOK MY DSLR
CAMERA WITH ME TO COLLECT A RANGE OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR MY MEDIA PRODUCT. THIS TECHNOLOGY
ALLOWED ME TO GATHER HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHS TO USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF MY MAGAZINE.
USING A DSLR CAMERA OVER A COMPACT CAMERA MEANT I COULD GAIN A HIGHER QUALITY FINISH IN
MY MAGAZINE, AND USING DSLR OVER A FILM SLR CAMERA MEANT I COULD DIGITALLY TRANSFER MY
IMAGES USING AN SD CARD, INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING THE FILM AND CREATING PHYSICAL
ENLARGEMENTS AND CONTACT SHEETS.