What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
For my
pictures for the magazine I used a Sony Cyberlink and played around with the
lighting and settings to make sure my photos were of the best quality and
looked professional. I found correct lighting was the most important in taking
a photo- but if light was scarce playing with exposure and such could
dramatically improve the quality.
Outside of
school, I used my Dell Inspiron for editing on Photoshop Elements. This was a
different version to the school one so throughout the process of making my
magazine I also learnt about how to use this version I used photoshop elements
for editing my pictures, and putting together my magazine. As I'd never used
photoshop before, I felt I learnt most about this during the making of my
magazine- from the enhance tools, to the magic eraser, to all of the features.-
mostly the crop, enhance, magic eraser tools and learnt how to use layers.
Blogger was
used to upload my progress on my magazine, and to post my research and
planning. By using Blogger I was able to keep track, and easily see what I have
done, and what I need to do or improve. Blogger is an example of web 2.0 technology,
so my progress was posted online publicly, which came in handy if I needed
online feedback or opinions.
As it can add
extras that photoshop can't, I used picnik to test filters on my photos and
other effects.
