Question 6 =]

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

During the process of constructing this product, I got the chance to use a computer completely different  to the one I am used to. At home and anywhere else I use a computer, I generally use a PC, but to produce my magazine I used an Apple Mac. At first it was difficult to get used to it, but as I spent more time adjusting my magazine and blog, I found it got easier and easier. Now I can use it just as well as I can a PC. I found out shortcuts for particular applications which saved me time. Working on the Apple Mac gave me the chance to work on Adobe Photoshop CS3 to produce my magazine’s front cover and contents page. As I had no experience with Photoshop, at first I found it difficult to manage but as I explored it more, I found tools and applications to make my magazine look like existing, selling music magazines. I used tools on Photoshop to adjust my images' size, change fonts, size and colour of text, and add backgrounds. As well as using Adobe Photoshop CS3, I also used the application Pages on the Apple Mac. This was used to make my double page spread. I found this a lot harder than Photoshop as I had a bit of trouble using it in the start. After using this application for a while, I found ways of adding my masthead and making it look like an existing magazine double page spread. As we were not allowed to use found images, all the images used in my magazine were taken by me. This gave me the opportunity to use a digital camera. This was very easy for me though as I have had a lot of experience with a camera. This made collecting my images a lot easier.