What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?
When I began the creation of my media product I had no idea how to use a number of different software on the computer. I knew how to use the social networking site http://www.facebook.com/ and used it to contact people to ask if they would be willing to help out by posing as models. I then had to learn how to use the online blog site, www.blogger.com. Luckily this was quite straightforward and I soon picked it up. However other programs such as Adobe Photoshop took a lot of getting used to. This was the first time I had anything to do with Photoshop and I remember feeling very disheartened at the beginning. I didn’t know the first thing about it and was worried that I would be unable to complete constructing my magazine. However after numerous hours of practise I began to slowly get the hang of it. I wouldn’t say I was very good with it now but I am able to persevere with it and eventually get the result I want. In order to evaluate my media product in a more interesting way I had to learn how to use websites such as www.animoto.com, www.prezi.com and www.flickr.com. Through the creation of my preliminary task I also learnt a great deal more about how to create things on Microsoft Publisher. The most useful technologies that I used turned out to Adobe Photoshop and www.blogger.com. Photoshop was extremely useful as I was able to edit my photographs and make them look as professional as possible. I was also able to experiment with the layout of my magazine in a quick way. By creating different layers I was able to hide and show different things as I wished in my journey to create the best music magazine that I possibly could. The use of www.blogger.com was also very useful because it allowed me to express my inspirational ideas in a more modern manner than simply writing them in an essay, and gave me the freedom to express myself in a more creative way. It also helped me reach out to a wider audience as people around the globe will be able to access my blogger page and view my creative journey.
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