Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing your magazine ?


During this assignment i used a number of different technologies to construct my magazine. Firstly blogs have been completely new to me and have learnt how to create new posts and edit old ones. I used Blogger to create my first ever blog, from this i how learnt the basics of blogs and why they are a important media text and can generate traffic. I used the design function to change the design of the blog and look and feel how i wanted it.

Another technology That i used for the first time was Slideshare, slideshare is a presentation sharing website that allows you to embed power points into your blog or website. I used slideshare to show my planning for my magazine and what it will look like. It was a easy to use website that has many features, one of these is that they are public so other people can view view them. One of my power points got 800 views in the first 8 hours and made me realise that this is a great way of sharing to the wider audience.

I also came across Prezi whilst creating my blog. Prezi is a unique presentation software which allows the maker to completely change the way the viewer reads it and customise the order. This was create for creating mind maps and link them together using the pathways feature. Prezi has started getting more attention over the last few years from design based companies and you can see why.

I created my final magazine in adobe Photoshop and used it to change various colours and make changes as i felt fit. I did edit my images here i edited them in Lightroom 3 where it is a photo editing based program that has much more options than photoshop and therefore thats why i used it. All of my pages were put together in photoshop. Different blending options and already a basic understanding of the program was a factor in deciding to use this piece of software. Layers can often be annoying but if kept under control like labelling each one then there isn't a problem and continue.

To take my images i used a Canon 600D. This is a high end DSLR camera which allows you to change the focus of subjects and zoom in and out to get your desired shot. The high resolution of the camera allowed me to edit the image lately if it need to, like cropping for spot removal tool.