Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

The process of creating my magazine also benefited me as I learnt how to use various products. One of the first things I learnt how to use was a camera called Cannon E0S 400D.  I used this camera to take all my images, this cameral was also used to take images for my college magazine but I felt I learnt more while proceeding with my main task. All my pictures were taken in various different locations (outside) although the county of the location was the same but in different geographical areas. I decided to do this as by doing this you can find the right picture, but if you decided to stick to one location, you may never know if the background of the picture is the most suitable for you. To get my picture on its full quality, I had to keep an eye on the time and weather when I decided to take my images; I had to make sure the time and weather was of sunny and bright as this would have a great affect for the image and the audience. One of the main issues of taking my pictures was keeping the camera steady while taking them; as I had no tripod, me and the model had to very still while taking the pictures. Also as we were in an outside location, citizens kept walking past, so this also wasted some valuable time and was very difficult to take pictures.

Another valuable skill that I have learnt in the process of creating this magazine was how to use Photoshop in an advanced way.  Before I started on this task I had very little knowledge on how to use Photoshop however my skills have improved. I used the Photoshop CS3 as it was the only Photoshop software available in school, also I was not in hold of my own Photoshop at home, and this was another issue I had, as I had limited time and was unable to work on my piece at home.  Due to this I had to spend my free periods in the learning recourse centre to work on my magazine. However Photoshop CS3 was reasonably easy to use and easy to get the hang of.

One of the affects that I learnt how to use is using a stroke. If you look at my college magazine, there is no stroke used, which had some negative effects on the magazine. Some of the writing was not clear as it would blend into the background. But since I have learnt how to use it, it has become very useful and is used, in almost all fonts in my magazine.  Using a stroke can be very affective in the audience’s eye, as it can make a cover line very eye catching and affective. As you can see in the following print screen, the font used is with a stroke and the stoke blends into the same colour as the model’s trousers, but when the word comes away from the trousers, the stroke is more noticeable.