Evaluation Question 6

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

Software

Photoshop

I have learnt from photoshop that it was very useful to use when constructing my front page and contents page, the task was made a lot easier because of the range of tools available. I particularlly found the use of a different layer for every picture, shape or text because this meant i could move individual parts of the magazine around until it looked neat and in order. Photoshop benefited the production of the magazine as i have used it regularly in the past giving me knowledge to what each tool can do, this meant i could use my abilities to make it look more professional overall as if it were a real magazine on sale in shops.

I learnt from using In Design that it is a very good programme to use when constructing the double page spread particularlly because of the tool which allows you to shape the article around the picture i had in the mddle of my page, i found this very useful as it saved creating different text boxes around the image and i could alter the article at any time and wouldnt have to worry about the image in the middle. The benefits of using In Design on my double age spread is thatit again made it look like a profesional magazine and also meant it matched with the front cover and contents page.

Blogger

I found blogger very useful because it allowed me to display all my work regarding the magazine in order which i couod go back to for example i could look at my audience research post and read over what the audience wants in my magazine then go back and include it. Also in my blog is my flat plan ideas which i could go back to to remember the layout to my magazine. Blogger benefited the production of my magazine because it meant i was more organised and knew what i was doing.

Hardware

iMac Computer

 

I found using a mac computer very useful because it provided me with all the software and interbet access i needed to maje my magazine to the best of my ability. I particularlly found useful the large screen compared to a normal comuter because it meant i could have more than one programme open at once and drag things across yet still have a clear screen to work on.

Proffesional camera





 Using a proffesional camera was important in the production of my magazine beacause it made it look more proffesional wheras if i used a normal digital canera the quality would not be as good and you would be able to tell that the magazine was not real and proffesional.