Evaluation question 6

EVALUATION QUESTION 6What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Production

To create my media product I used a range of technology that I was not familiar with. This included:• Photoshop• Quark• SLR Cameras

These were all technologies that I had little or no experience with so it took me a while to get used to them.

PhotoshopWhen I first came to use Photoshop I found it really confusing. I had never used anything as advanced so it took me a while to get used to it and how everything worked. I think that Photoshop is the program I learned the most about, as it was vital to my production process. I used lots of tools such as:• Text tool• Shape tool• Custom shape tool• Gradient tool• Text editing tools (Drop shadow & Stroke)• Photo editing tools• Pen tool

Photoshop

Text tool

I used the text tool to create all of the text on my front cover and the title text for all of my pages.

Text editing tools

I used tools such as drop shadow and stroke to

enhance my text and made it stand out on certain

backgrounds.

Shape/Custom shape tool

I used this tool to create all of the

rectangle and square shapes on my

pages and the arrow shape on my front

cover

Photoshop

Gradient toolI used the gradient tool to create a gradient behind the main cover line on my front cover and I also added a gradient to the main imageon my double page spread to make the imagelook darker. Photo editing tools I used these tools to change the levels of the image on my front cover to make the background behind the cover star more transparent as the text was hard to read over the top of the background.

Photoshop

Pen tool

I used the pen tool to cut around the head of my cover star on the front cover so that the masthead was behind it. I also used this tool to cut out images for my contents page.

Cut out using

the pen tool

Quark• I found Quark the most difficult to use. It was unlike

anything I had ever used before so it took some time to get used to. The tool I used the most in Quark was the text tool. I also used the photo import tool and the shape tool. I arranged all of text into columns and used the text tool to arrange all of my text. I used the picture tool to import all of my images, including the backgrounds that I created on Photoshop. I used the shape tool to make shapes for my pull quotes on my double page spread.

SLR Cameras• Before creating my media product I had some experience

with using SLR Cameras. I found SLR Cameras the easiest to work with, and also the most fun. I learned about the importance of lighting and mise-en-scene and how these can really affect the final outcome of the image. I also learned about the basic settings on the camera such as auto and manual focus and how these could be used in different ways.

Planning

I also used a range of technologies to help with the planning and documenting of my production. These included • Blogger• Prezi• Scribd• Slideshare

Blogger

Blogger was vital for my coursework as this is where I documented all of my production and planning work. I used Blogger as a diary to document all of my production work, and also all of the planning work that went into producing my media product such as researching the market place.

Prezi

I used prezi to create presentations to showcase planning work for my media product. Prezi was fun and easy to use as it has a range of interesting templates that can be used to make presentations look more interesting.

Scribd

I used Scribd to document written planning work such as the questionnaire that I made for my audience research. Scribd was easy to use and a good way to document written work.

Slideshare

I also used Slideshare to present my planning ideas and also my conclusions from my audience research. Slideshare is a simple way to upload power point presentations to blogger to present planning work such as analysis of magazine pages.