EVALUATION TASK 6What have you learnt about technologies

from the process of constructing this product?

Camera I used a Canon camera to take my pictures for my magazine. This camera was very good and made my pictures to a good quality. This camera was better than the standard cameras you can get. I learnt that using a good quality camera was better and easier to use than using a phone camera or using a little camera. I also learnt that by using this type of camera would increase my chances of getting a better quality picture because of the camera quality it has and by using better equipment to help the camera become more sturdy and supported.

TripodI used a tripod to hold my camera into place. This was instead of doing it by hand and having the picture wonky and blurry throughout the magazine. Using one of these was easy and made the picture quality much better than holding it/using it by hand. I learnt from using this that it made the picture quality better as a result. I also learnt that is made the camera easier to use because how easy it was to slot into the tripod and how easy it was to keep the camera into place. Also it made the pictures become more easy to be different to each other, because I was able to make the angle and height of the camera to be alternated.

White BackdropI used a white background to make the background of my picture very clear and better quality. I used this because as a result the pictures look better on the camera, than a picture with a different background that wasn't made for taking pictures. I learnt from using this that overall it made all my pictures look better and not look blurry. I also learnt that by using one of these it made the camera quality looks much better than it did with any other background, that wasn’t made for taking pictures with. For example, with my preliminary task I used a cork board, which made all my pictures turned out quite blurry.

LightingI didn't use natural lighting because these lights made the picture quality much better than it would with natural. I used them because the overall result was better than my preliminary work which had natural lighting to them. I learnt from using these that it makes the model look better and not too natural. It made it easier to use on Photoshop because everything already looked much better than it would have with natural lighting. I also learnt that by using lights, it allowed me to advance with different technologies and try out different equipment that I hadn't used with my preliminary task.

Mac ComputerI used the Mac computers to make my magazine. I used these because the layout and what was on them was better than the normal computers. The Photoshop version was more current and you could also use different fonts for your magazine to allow you to have the best one’s, that you would want on your magazine cover/pages. I learnt that by using these I could make my magazine to good quality and have all the tools to make my magazine to a good standard on the macs. I also learnt that by using one of these computer, I was able to advance the technologies used and get an overall good quality product and have a better understanding of the making of magazines.

BloggerI used blogger to place my magazine work onto and also to present my final magazine onto a post and publish it so that everyone can see it finished. What I learnt from using this website is that its helpful to present your work into a nice and presentable way. Also this website allows you to add pictures, which makes the blog turn into a form of word document, which you can publish to the world. I also learnt from this website that you can place all of your work for one topic into a blog and allow people to click the links and navigate around your blog.

1001 Free Fonts

I used 1001 fonts to get a few fonts for my magazine. I used this website to get my title for my cover, contents, the name on the double page spread and the title on the double page spread. What I learnt from this website is that you can save the name of the font you like and add it to Photoshop to use within your design. This made the technology of using the macs better because I was able to adjust the settings they originally had on the mac and add my own fonts to the computer.