Evaluation: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of creating this product

While I already had knowledge on how to use digital cameras, some parts of this coursework have been a complete new thing to me that I had to learn to use quickly. Although I had to do this, I feel I learnt how to use them effectively to create my magazine.


Software
Software would include any program on a computer. To create my magazine I used Adobe Photoshop CS3, which I had no knowledge of previously. Although I had to teach myself to use it, I found it very easy to use and I found it very useful for making my magazine.


For creating my article I used Microsoft Word to write it all out before putting it in my double page spread. This allowed me to see what I was writing clearly and allowed me to make any changes to spelling and punctuation that were necessary.


I used Microsoft Paint for small touch ups of my work, for example reducing the reflection of the flash in the eyes of my model on the front cover.


I used a program call GIMP (short for GNU Image Manipulation Program) to take parts of images for specific uses, for example the guitar across the top of the contents page was cut from an image much larger than the space I had available at the top of my page.


Computer
For my work I used the Apple Mac computers at school and my own laptop. While I used the school computers mainly for textual posts, I used my laptop to upload my image-based posts, as this is what I used to create my magazine, so they were all saved on it. I also used my laptop for text-based posts when I was at home.


Camera
I used my parent’s Fuji digital camera to take my images for my magazine, which is very simple to use so it was not problem to understand this.