Technologies

Technologies

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  EVALUATION 6: What haveyou leant about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
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  PHOTOSHOP  When Ifirst started this project, the only soft ware I had used before was adobe Photoshop. Personally I feel like this gave me a huge advantage when constructing my magazine, as it made it a lot quicker and easier to edit my photos and add them into my magazine. I also used Photoshop to construct my magazine as a whole. Again I found this easier as I was better at using Photoshop than any other software. I used my own SLR camera to take my images with. I did this because I knew how my own camera works, so this saved me a lot of time by knowing how to use my camera. I also didn’t have to worry about when I could borrow a camera; I could take my images when I wanted to.
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  BLOGGER  Before Ibegan to create my magazine, I had never used a blog before, or created a blog on line, so this was the first time I had used this software. To learn how to use this software, I just worked my way around the software, and if I really found myself struggling, then I would have a look into the examples that the exam board posted on line. I found this very helpful as it gave me ideas on how to design my blog, and how to make it work as simple as possible. Personally I feel that my blog works well along side my magazine and they compliment each other.
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  INDESIGN  Again beforeI started my magazine I had never used InDesign. I first used this product when I designed my preliminary task. I struggled with using it at first, but the father in to the task I went, the more I understood the software. I used you tube clips and websites to show me how to use InDesign. When it came to creating my final product. I constructed the whole thing on photoshop. I did this because I am much better at using photoshop than InDesign. After I have finished the three pages on Photoshop I transferred these on to InDesign. I did this because it made sure that all my pages were the same size, and the correct size for a magazine. It also helped me to make sure that all the writing and photos were evenly placed. Finally it helped me to ensure that I had borders an correct spacing between the text and images. By using InDesign it gave the magazine a more professional look. I am glad I used InDesign to put my magazine together.
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  ONLINE TOOLS  Ialso used online materials such as ‘Prezi’ ‘Slide share’ and ‘Bubblus’. These are all online software, which I used to present my work on my blog. I had never used any of these before I had done my blog. On of my favorites to uses was ‘Prezi’ this is like an online presentation. I liked this because it was simple and easy to use. It also looks very affective. If I were to do anything like this again I would most defiantly use this software again, along with the other technologies I have used.
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  MAC  I usedan Apple mac to do my blog on. I did think because personally I am a user of macs so I found it easier to use one. I also found them much faster to use that a normal computer, which made my work much easier to do. The only problem I had was that I didn’t have all the correct software on my computer so I was constantly having to use two different macs with the correct software on.
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  STUDIO  For theimages I used for my two page spread, I used a studio for my images. I used this as it made it much easier to take my photos and set them up. Unfortunately the studio I used only had a white back ground. This gave good light to the images but also made the whole look boring and repetitive.