Wednesday 31 March 2010

Question Six

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From the process of constructing this product i have learnt alot about technologies. To start with when creating my preliminary task i used Serif Page Plus. I found that this programme was quite easy to use after playing around with alot of the settings and working out where all the different functions were. This programme is the sort of one that can be simple to use if you stick to the basics but if you feel like being adventurous it does give you that opportunity. This is apparent when it comes to doing things such as the layering and experimenting with different editing techniques. But when creating my preliminary i had no idea how to se such a programme and therefore just stuck to the simple and basic ideas.
Then when it came to producing my actual magazine front cover , contents and double page spread i decided to experiment and try using a different programme on the computer. For my final outcomes i chose to use photoshop. I found photoshop hard to use at first but after persevering and experimenting with different features that are on the programme i managed to put together a final front cover , contents and double page spread. Throughout this whole process i print screened some of my steps and progress as i went along. By doing this i can look back and notice the improvement and progress of my outcomes. And ofcourse taking into consideration my lack of knowledge on computers and design programmes like photoshop i can see a large improvement throughout my work and from the preliminary task to final outcomes.
Throughout the project a few obstacles were hit due to the use of technology but i soon over came these and carried on with my work. I think that having problems with the technology can often be a good thing as this is a good learning curve and it helped me to realise that you must save your work at every step and keep a record or print screen of every change and piece of progress that you make to either the blog or the magazine itself.
Overall i believe that i have learnt alot about technologies and if it wasnt for this project then i would have never created a blog and therefore it has given me inspiration and motivation to want to carry out similar things in my own time. Or even just to take notice and look at a blog. Now i also know how to use a programme like photoshop and this means that i have a wider range of skills and can also develop other work to a better standard.

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