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

Through the production of creating a music magazine i have learnt many different things whilst in the process.

Here i am in this picture using a mac!

Through this process i have learnt how to use a mac properly Finally! However, i felt more comfortable actually making my magazine on a windows computer as i know properly how it works and how to use the majority of the programs properly. Althought, on the mac i was able to use picnik to edit my pictures which i knew a bit about already but i really got to be able to discovery different things on it. This was very helpful as the macs work very quickly and i was able to then save my photo's on my memory stick then place them into my magazine.

Sian has also taught me to use serif, which is photo editing software, which before i struggled using. However, with the help of my partner Sian, i was able to learn things on it. Too create the overall porduct we used Serif Draw Plus i already knew how to use this, meaning i felt comfortable using it

Other technology used was Sian's trusty camera a Nikon D5000, and as Sian likes to call it 'the cool one with the flippy screen.' we used this camera for all of the main images used throughout both of our magazines.

Also as sians a technical genius she has photoshop on her computer meaning we had acess to use it if we needed it, in the end we didnt need it as all of the photo's came out pretty well.

Overall i think i have learnt a lot about the technologies i have used as although when looking at them they appear scary, just sitting down and trying them out and finding out how they work make life a lot easier.