Evaluation Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

This is a DSLR which I used to take all of the pictures of my models, after using it many times I have  learnt about the different settings and which ones are best for which picture I am taking. The reason this is necessary is because different settings work better for different camera shots and give them a higher resolution and better quality. I was already familiar with how to use a camera however this is much more advanced and had to learn what all the settings do.

I have used Photoshop for all my Image creating and editing and have used it to fully create my music magazine including my cover page, contents page and double page spread. Photoshop has many photo editing tools which speed up the production of my magazine such as the Magic wand tool which I can use to quickly separate a section of image which I want to keep and remove the unwanted part of the image.

I have used iPhoto to import all pictures taken on the DLSR camera and put it onto the mac. Using this, I can quickly transfer photos of which I have just taken onto the mac immediately. It also saves my last photos which I have imported incase I lose them.

I have used a mac for all of my media work throughout the year and, all applications used in creating my magazine were used on a mac. It has all the applications I have needed for the production of my magazine. I have used a mac before so I was familiar with how to use it however there is some software which is completely new to me which is pre-installed on the mac.

I have used Microsoft Powerpoint to create all of my simple slideshows which needed creating. It is not very professional however it is simple and easy to use.

I have used Blogger to post all post all of my media coursework onto the internet where it can be examined. I have never made a blog before however it was easy to get the hang of.

I have used Prezi to create a presentation about my target audience, I have never used it before however I got the hang of it quite quickly. It is more professional than Microsoft Powerpoint in my opinion.