Evaluation Question 6 draft

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

At the start of the process I had no experience of using Photoshop so had no idea how to use it effectively. By comparing my preliminary exercise to my finished magazine it is obvious how much I have learnt during the process. I used Photoshop at the start of my research and planning to create a mood board, this helped develop my skills in using the program. I learnt how to:

-          Place text, change fonts and sizing of text

-          Insert, manipulate and edit images

-          Choose dimensions for my magazine that match those of current magazines

-          Insert rectangles and other shapes and change the colour and shape of them

I’ve used blogger for this process to post all of my research and planning and updates on my production process. I’ve learnt how to combine Scribd with blogger to post word documents to my blog. I previously didn’t know how to do this.

I’ve learnt how to take pictures using a Nikon D 3200 camera and then learnt how to import the images captured from the camera to a computer so I could use them for the development of my magazine.