evaluation

1. Evaluation

2. Research:
• Google chrome
• Intranet- media packs and resources
• Adobe premier pro- to edit my audience research video
• YouTube- upload interview
• survey monkey- to create a survey
• Slideshare- to convert into PowerPoints to upload on blogger
• Social media (Facebook, Twitter)- share survey
• Adobe Photoshop- preliminary task
• Microsoft PowerPoint- market research, magazine analysis
and survey results
• Blogger- to show all my work
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Hardware/Software

3. Planning:
• Microsoft PowerPoint – photography plan and pitch
document
• Photocopier- to scan in the mock up of my front over,
contents page and double page spread
• Microsoft word- reader profile
• Adobe bridge- contact sheet
• Blogger
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Hardware/Software

4. Production:
• Adobe Photoshop- edit photos, to create the front cover
and contents
• Adobe InDesign- double age spread
• Microsoft word- article for double page spread
• Blogger
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Hardware/Software
Evaluation:
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Slideshare
• Microsoft word
• Prezi
• Blogger

5. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
When constructing my magazine, some of the technology which I used was familiar such as
Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. However there were some programmes which I had never used
and using them for different aspects of the magazine I have learnt a lot from these technologies.
To start the process, I set up a blog to put my coursework on. I had no
experience with blogger but is seemed like a useful platform to store my
work in different formats. I had to learn how to upload posts by changing
the size and layout of my blog and embed html codes to be composed
into PowerPoints which was useful due to a lot of my research being in
this format. Even the smaller things such as changing the fonts and sizes
of the images were different to the normal programmes I use such as
word. Overall, I am feeling more confident with using blogger

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
When using adobe Photoshop for the production, I was familiar with it as
it was used for the preliminary task but I had experience prior because of
another subject. I could identify the different tools and skills needed for
simple editing but I learnt more throughout the process such as the
blemish tool to hide any imperfections and the selection tool to copy
layers and overlap the masthead on the background. I found tools which
made the images look more effective like the levels and
brightness/contrast. To develop further from this I also learnt to convert
the Photoshop document into a JPEG in addition to post on my blog. For
my contents page I used the text tool which I wasn’t familiar with but
most of my contents page had the same skills as my front cover.
Premier pro was a useful platform to edit my interview. I had never
used premier before this task but was easy to learn how to clip parts
together and trim them. However I found it quite difficult when trying
to edit the brightness because it was quite dark and it would keep
changing. Also, sound levels and transitions with text were difficult
but once I learnt how to do it for one question I could repeat it for the
rest of the questions because it was easier to do instead of
changing the sound levels. I found this programme a challenge but it
was a more exciting way of presenting my work on blogger.

7. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
InDesign was used to construct my double page spread. I didn’t find this
programme as difficult as premier but it was harder to work compared to
Photoshop. I have had experience with InDesign when making a book
which differs from an article because of the different skills. I learnt how to
insert guidelines for my columns and also link the text boxes together so
they would flow. However to change the colour of the text you had to use
a code for the specific colour wanted which was to open up Photoshop
and use the colour picker to use back in InDesign. This way very
important because the red I chose was used predominately on my front
cover.
YouTube is a programme I frequently use as it is a
good search engine for videos. It is a very familiar site,
however when it comes to uploading media it was a
small challenge. Due to me having a google account
which is also connected to blogger, my account was
already set up to upload. I attached my video file and it
took a few minutes to upload. I thought this platform
was really useful but also an interesting way of
presenting work

8. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
I have frequently used Adobe Bridge before for many contact
sheets. Even though I have used it to create contacts sheets I
haven't uploaded any before in a JPEG format. I learnt how to
change it from a psd to a JPEG and upload it to blogger. I think
that this programme is an appealing way of presenting all of my
images
For my photography I used a canon camera which was
familiar with me prior to this stage. I knew how to use
flash, change the iso and shutter speed which enabled me
to use the right settings and angles in order to create the
effect I wanted. I used the studio in order to capture the
correct lighting which is how I learnt to use the light boxes.

9. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Another site called slide share was a new
experience and I learnt how to upload a
PowerPoint to blogger. Due to the fact that you
cannot transfer a PowerPoint onto blogger I
had to upload it to this website which convert it
into a digital slideshow. I also learnt how to
embed the code into the html option on blogger
which I then had to compose and share on my
blog. This way it isn't just a link which directs
you to a different website and is visually
appealing on my blog
For my interview I used survey monkey which I had no
experience with. It helped me collect results for my research. It
was quite easy to use because it allowed me to have different
styles of answers such as multiple choice and written answers.
The link was available to share on social media which is how I
got most of my responses. The responses were then displayed in
charts with percentages which was simple and is clear to see the
amount of people who answered.