1. Evaluation question 6: What have
you learnt about technologies from
the process of constructing your
product?

2. InDesign
The brief I chose to do was print therefore I had to make a magazine and decided the best
technology format to do this on would be InDesign as it has many different technologies
that allow for my product to be the best it can be. As I had never used InDesign before I
had o learn how to do it constructing m preliminary task help me learn some of the basics
and also form various YouTube tutorials. I used in design to create the layout for my
magazine and for writing the text that would be in it I chose to do it in InDesign because it
had all the tools I required to make the best magazine I could and implying all of these
tools into my magazine would make it stand out and look as professional as possible.
Some of the tools which I applied to my magazine are drop shadows and inner glow on my
text this would add effect to it and make it look presentable and eye catching to the reader
rather than just plain black text and know animation to make it standout. Another thing I
learned through using InDesign was how to wrap text around images or other text this is
useful as it helped add variety to my magazine and change the style form being the same
throughout. Another thing I learned is how to edit the colours to create the one I was
looking for this was a problem at first as I struggled to work the tool but eventually go
around the barrier to create the colour for the background of my masthead. The final thing
I learned on in design was how to place images on as I had trouble fitting them on the page
and making them fit around the text to make it fit around my text so the content in the
magazine compliments each other.

3. Photoshop
For my brief I had to take images to import the picture on my work I
uploaded them onto Photoshop first. This is because on Photoshop I was
able to edit the picture to how I wanted. At first I really struggled with how
to use it because I had no previous experience with the tool meaning I had to
learn how to function it. From using Photoshop I have however leant new
skills for example how to edit photos for my magazine by using different
tools that enabled me o cut the image and delete certain aspects I didn’t
want in order for it to be ready to go onto my magazine. I used InDesign to
edit my photos for example to add effects to make the picture standout
more and be unique I learnt this form various YouTube videos and form class
support from my teacher to help me learn some of the basics that I had not
done before

4. Blogger
Again the use of blogger was new to me as I had never used this before either. Unlike
the other two technologies blogger was simpler to use as it had less tools to learn how
to use meaning it was simple and quicker to get the hang off all though there were
some complicated aspects. Some customizations on blogger I had to learn was the
different layout available and how to apply them to my blog to make it more personal
and appeal to the work I was doing on it. Another good thing about blogger is that you
can go on it on different devices this will be good for when you are wanting to access it
from different locations and you can go on different devices like a computer,
smartphone and tablet.
The major disadvantage to blogger was the fact that you needed a internet connection
to access blogger and if you didn’t have a internet connection you will not be able to go
on it and this will limit the progress of your research and planning.

5. Camera
In the process of making my magazine I had to use a camera to take
pictures for my cover, 2 page spread and contents page. By using a high
quality camera it helped me produce the best images that would go
onto my magazine to make it look more professional as if I used a
camera with not as good quality this would impact my magazine and I
learnt that I would have to use the best camera available to make my
magazine the best as possible. I had to take into account the lighting
and the best places to take the pictures would be to make sure the
pictures are clear. By researching about the camera I got a better
understanding of how to use it and what effects I could do to make
every image I wanted accurate to the purpose I was using.

6. Presentation
In the process of making my magazine I used various
websites to help present my magazine for example I used
Prezi this is a good website for designing and creating
PowerPoints also other websites that are good for creating
presentations are slide share as this is like Prezi and allows
you to customize your work to make it look more
presentable. These websites enable uses to access them at
home so if I you need to do the work at home then you will
be able to. Another thing is that you can upload them
straight onto blogger and will be ideal as you will need to
display all your research and planning on blogger as you get
marks for this.