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

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

 Throughout the process I have learnt how to use different computer software to help me create my magazine pages.

The main software that I used to create my magazine was Adobe InDesign. Using this software I think that I created professional looking pages. Through using InDesign I learnt new skills and I learnt how to use the software effectively and to its best potential.

InDesign has lots of options for things like font, colour, shape, size and more. This allowed me to play around with each section of my magazine and get it to how I wanted. Through InDesign I learnt how to wrap text around an image. This allowed me to put a pull quote on my work and not have other text written over the top of it.

I used PowerPoint to do a lot of my planning. I used this as I found it easier to use than the blog format. Through using PowerPoint for my planning I learnt how to save a slide as a picture so that I could quickly and easily upload it onto my blog. This saved me from copying and pasting the information or print screening the slide

To edit my photos I used Adobe Photoshop and an online editor.

On Photoshop I learn how to use the magic wand tool to remove the background of a picture. Although I used this to edit a photo I didn't use it in my magazine.

For the main editing of my photos I used an online photo editor called fotor.com. I used the site to enhance the colours within my photos  by changing things like the brightness of my photos. I also used it to remove any blemishes on my models face to make it look more professional.

After spending a lesson on the shutter speed on a camera, I learnt how to create a cool effect in a photo using something as simple as light. I tried to take a picture to use for my feature article using the skills i had learnt about shutter speed, but it didn't come out as planned so I didn't use it.

Before and After Editing Example

                                                       

Before                                                     After

Progression

The pictures below show how i created my front cover and contents page. It helps to show how i used the technology provided to my advantage and how i used the different tools on InDesign to create the page i was looking for.

Photo Shoots

 Photo Shoot One

As I used the woods as my location for my photo shoot it got dark early. This resulted in nearly all of my photo being in the dark and having black background. It also didn't show the location very clearly so the photos weren't usable for my magazine. Also when I looked back at my photos I wasn't happy with the poses and the expression of my model in the photos.

This resulted in me re shooting my photos on another day at an earlier time when it was still light.

Photo Shoot Two

These are all of the photos that I took on my second shoot and did not use. These photos turned out a lot better than my first photos and I found some photos that I was happy to use. Most of these photos didn't get used as I had more than I needed, although some of them I didn't use as I wasn't happy with the look that my model had and I didn't think they would be suitable for my magazine.