Question Six:

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

SLR CAMERA

SLR has easy one

touch capture and

is really easy to use.

SLR adjusts flash levels and takes good images both inside and out.

When taking close up images the SLR is

useful as it autofocuses and this can save time

and produced great quality.

The SLR has a large capacity which was beneficial to me as I

needed to take many images to

then make a final decision.

I used this camera to take all the images that I needed for my magazine. I also used it for photography development and

practice.

SCANNER

The scanner took a long time to scan one document which was time consuming when

I had several pages which I wanted

scanning

The scanner allowed me to put handwritten/drawn documents onto the Mac.

The scanner produced high quality scans and the documents were

clear when on the computers.

I used this scanner mainly for my hand drawn flat plans and prelim products. I also used it for my model release forms which were hand signed so needed to

be scanned into my blog.

3 POINT STUDIO LIGHT SET UP

These lights have dials on the side to help me control the

intensity of the light which was useful when I needed a

brighter set up

Using a 3 point light set up I could

illuminate my model in whatever way I wanted which was

useful when creating shadows.

The three types of lights include Key light which is used as the main light on the model. The fill

light is used to fill in shadows. And the back light is used to make the model look separated from the background. By moving the position of

these lights I can control the lighting more accurately than if I had one or two lights.

I used the studio and the lights in the arrangement to shoot Charlie, Daniel and Lauren. Using artificial lighting gave me a better finish on the final image than when I used an outside location.

APPLE MAC

The Mac runs programs like

Photoshop and Final Cut Express

well with little errors or crashes.

The Mac also has a very fast download speed for images,

video and also fonts.

The Mac allows you to upload

videos, audio and images to Blogger and Youtube fast

Due to the Mac high resolution and large

screen it views images and videos

clearly and precisely.

I used the Mac in every lesson whether it was to go online and update my blog, upload images, edit pictures in Photoshop, create my magazine in InDesign or use

Photo booth and Final cut to create videos for my blog.

Let me document the whole process

from research, construction and evaluation of my media products.

Allows you to upload Prezis, Youtube clips,

other movie files, images, powerpoint

presentations, word documents and text.

Easy way to track processes as all

post can by ordered

chronologically.

Allows teachers to track my

progress with work online.

I used to Blogger to document the whole process of my media product from start to finish. I uploaded videos, YouTube clips,

Prezis, Power points, Word documents, text and images.

Allows you to present your work in a different and

unique way

Can easily add Youtube clips and voice overs to the

Prezi.

It allowed me to be able to talk about

my work and have a visual aid to prompt

me.

I could upload my prezis to my blog to

show my information in different ways

I used Prezi to present information in a more interactive way. I used this online tool mainly for presenting research and also when evaluating my own products.

Allows me to manipulate images and add different

effects.

Photoshop was better at handling images rather than text that’s why

I used it for my front cover.

I could layer images and alter specific layers to

alter the image.

Allowed me to change the colours of images

and text.

It allowed me to add embossed effects to my puff and banners to make them stand out.PHOTOSHOP

I used YouTube tutorials to help me with

Photoshop: http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrzCtKQ5x0E

I used Photoshop to edit all my images and also create interesting mast heads and title for my contents and front cover.

INDESIGNInDesign is better at handling text that’s

why I used it for my contents page and DPS

Allows me to manipulate text and add effects such as stroke and emboss

By using InDesigns guidelines I could create well structured even looking pages.

InDesign allows you to alter the spacing between letters and the height and

widths of fonts to suit the space

I used InDesign to construct my magazine. I used it primarily for my contents page and double page spread as the program is goo at handling text. This program was

where my final products were exported from .

FINAL CUT EXPRESS Final Cut allowed me to splice video and images together to

visually show what I was talking about.

It’s a good tool for producing well executed videos with clear sound

which is beneficial to my evaluations

It exports videos quickly and in a range of different files which can

be imported to Blogger or Youtube

I used Final Cut for editing videos that I had taken using the webcam on the Mac. Using this program I was able to splice images and video together to help me create a video

which could have integrated visual aids. I mainly used this for evaluation questions

SAFARII used Safari as my main source of internet and normally it performed

well. However I have used Firefox when Safari has not been able to load. With in safari I have used a number of different sites…

I used YouTube to find helpful tutorials for Photoshop. I also

used YouTube to upload research video. This allowed me to easily

add my videos to my blog. However YouTube can crash often

which is a disadvantage.

dafont.com allows you to download fonts for free. It has categories to help you find a style of font. The fonts also downloaded really fast and

were easy to upload to programs.

I used Google as my main search engine as it is fast and reliable. I also

used Google Images specifically in the research stages of my products for example inspirational photography

and mood boards.