What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

Camera

• – I used my own Fuji camera to take all of the pictures on. Because I had used the camera before, it meant that I knew how to use it and how to use it to the best of its ability so I could get some high quality photos.

Youtube

• I used youtube at various different times when constructing my cover, contents page and double page spread. I used it to look at video tutorials on some of the techniques that I wanted to use on my products. This allowed me to be more of an independent worker and it also allowed me to learn more effectively, after watching the video I knew how to do the different techniques.

Photoshop elements 8.0• – I have this software at home, which allowed me to work out of school

hours so I could make sure I got everything done in the time given. I mainly used this software to edit my photographs on; this meant that when I got back into school and into my lessons, I could go straight onto constructing and designing my three products. When using this software I learnt how to get rid of red eye and how to make the edges a lot softer and how to get rid of blemishes, using the plaster tool. This allowed my images to look more aesthetic. When using this software I also learnt how to use the clone tool, which is the feature I used to get rid of the shadows in the background of my selected images.

Clone tool

Other examples

Photoshop CS5• This is the software that I used at school. It is a much better software than

photoshop elements because there are more features, and it is easier to use. I used this technology in my double page spread when getting the skyscraper for the bands logo, and getting it to fit in. I found a picture on google images and then pasted it in photoshop. With this technology it allowed me to change the contrasts of the brightness/darkness and the tone of the image. This is what made the image of the skyscraper black.

Adjust colour, tone and brightness/darkness

Indesign• I used Indesign to create my products on. I found it a lot easier to control and

design on than photoshop. With Indesign I learnt how to change the columns into three’s, so it would look more appealing on a double page spread and realistically look like one that you would find in a shop. At first I did only use two columns, but I don’t think it worked that well. I also learnt how to add in numerous square shapes so I could work in them, this is what I did for the one in the right hand corner, this allowed me to add a conventional feature of a music magazine and to add additional information about the band.

Change number of columns