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

The camera which I used to take most of the pictures was a Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm, which was great to use for the cover picture, one on the contents page and the double page spread ones as I was able to adjust setting well, and did not have to worry about whether or not it would be high quality. Due to the quality, it was easier for me to use Photoshop on the pictures, as I didn’t have to mess about with any blurred ones or any with terrible lighting.

For the rest of the pictures, I used a Nikon Coolpix L4 digital camera, on which I was able to slightly adjust settings, if needed. It was a plus as again I didn't have to worry about the quality as long as I stuck to still images, the camera was great with how clear it needed to be.

On the school computers, I did the basic things to my media product, gaining a higher level of skill by doing so; therefore when I did the rest on my home computer, I got better and better at using Photoshop. I used the school computers to look for pictures of bands which would feature in Delve, art which would inspire the magazine’s style and research.

I found that at home on my computer or laptop I was able to achieve more and had the most patience as it was silent, therefore I was able to concentrate more. I also had a lot more time at home to do it, so was able to take my time on Photoshop and researching etc.

I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 at home, which I used throughout the construction process of my magazine. I think that this version of it was the easiest and simplest for me to use, and I was able to try a lot of different things, looking at different effects. I was able to explore common image effects in the filter gallery such as film grain, which I considered using but decided that it wouldn't match the style of the rest of the magazine. I looked at general tools such as the magnetic lasso tool and the magic wand, which I used for all three of the pages of my magazine and improved on throughout the process, as at first I was very unsure of my skills with those tools in particular. I found some tools more difficult to use, such as the clone tool, though it turned out to be simple and easy. 

For my magazine pitch to show to the class, I used Animoto to portray the type of magazine which I was going to create; adding pictures, music- Razorblade Kiss by HIM- and text. I found Animoto extremely easy and quite fun to use and I was pleased with what I was able to produce on it.

The only other main thing which I used in the process of constructing my music magazine was Blogger, on which I was able to use as a sort of journal. Whenever I had an idea of what I may include in my product, I would add it to my blog in a post, along with inspiration such as music, art and style.