6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing the product?

Technologies used in this process

Throughout this process I have used a variety of different methods of technologies such as Tumblr, Prezi, PowerPoint presentation, Slide share, Microsoft word and Photoshop. However, For the main construction of my magazine I mainly used Photoshop to ensure that the quality of my editing of my was up to a magazine standard. I used Tumblr to research and blog the process of constructing my magazine which was one of the most useful methods of carrying out my actual research. I used PowerPoint, Prezi, Microsoft Word and slideshare mainly to present my research and evaluation .

PowerPoint& Slide shareI used PowerPoint and slide share together when presenting my evaluation questions as at first I was quite unaware of how to use slideshare and was more comfortable using PowerPoint presentation as I have used in the past and am very aware of how to make a presentation. However, when I first started using slideshare I was quite confused although in the end I did manage to understand the method and was actually quite easy to conduct.

This me referring my PowerPoint presentation onto a slid share document.

PreziPrezi is another piece of technologies I have learnt on the process of making this magazine. I used Prezi for the same reason which was to present my evaluation questions. I found Prezi quite easy to use although being a beginner on Prezi can be quite difficult as there is not much guide. However, after working it out it is actually another simple method to use to present work. So overall I feel I can say that I am quite confident with using this particular piece of technology.

Here is an example of me using Prezi.

TumblrBefore creating this magazine I had never used Tumblr before so this was also another new piece of technology I was introduced to. Therefore, to begin with Tumblr was slightly confusing for me as I had never used a blog before, however once I got some guidance from peers in my class i had a full understanding of how it worked. In which I would post the process of designing and constructing my magazine. Tumblr is one of the most useful methods I used while making this magazine because it is were I would post the development and designing of my magazine but also a useful method I could gather research from.

Here are some of my blogposts

Microsoft word Microsoft word was something I was very familiar with before this process and was one of the things I used to present some research construction on. However, I did not really use this particular technology so much as it was very limited in what I could offer me for helping me construct my magazine. Although I did use it to type of my draft interview for my double page spread.

Draft of double page spread article.

PhotoshopOverall, in this whole process I feel I have become the most confident in Photoshop in which it is what I have learnt the most about. This was also the most important as it was were my magazine was going to be conducted which was vital as I my magazine had to look conventional. In my opinion I felt Photoshop was the most challenging of the technologies that I have learnt to use throughout the process. This is because It was new to me and something I had never used before so I had to learn the basic which I created my preliminary task for. However, with some help from peers in my class and my teacher I began to feel a lot more comfortable and learn how to use the majority of tools in Photoshop such as the magnetic lasso tool, magic wand tool, line tool, stroke and the Polygonal tool.

Magic Wand tool

One tool I used on constructing my magazine was the magic Wand this tool crops out colours and it creates a selection of pixels which are similar in colour to the point where you clicked. I used this tool mainly on my the masthead of my front cover and contents page. In which I got these mastheads from Dafont.com using the font Rakoon. Therefore, I used the magic wand as it would have had a background of white which I cropped out with the magic wand tool.

This is me using the magic wand tool to go around my masthead so I was able cut out the background and change the colours around.

Magnetic LassoMagnetic lasso tool- This tools allows me to crop around an image to get the a sharp finish to cut out an image. It also gets rid of the background on an image, for example I used this tool on most of my images like my front cover.

Here is an example of me using the magnetic lasso tool to cut around one of my pictures to cut out the background.

StrokeStroke tool has been is used to outline the outside of text which I experimented on the masthead of my contents page. However, I felt it did not suit the style of my magazine. This was quite an easy and simple tool to use on Photoshop.

Here is an example of me experimenting a stroke on my contents page.

Polygonal tool

Polygonal tool is used to sharpen the finish of a picture. Which I often used if I had cut out an image using the magnetic lasso tool.

This is me using the polygonal tool to cut around her hair to give it a sharper finish.