Evaluation Question 6

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Hello Everyone,

   Today, I answered question 6 of my evaluation “What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?”

In the process of making my music magazine I needed to take high quality professional images. Therefore I had to learn how to use high quality equipment. I used a Canon camera to produce photos of very high quality. I learnt that to get the best photos use the manual settings and manually change the shutter speed, aperture, focus and zoom. This way getting the photo in focus with a lot of light and looking professional. In terms of photography I learnt the importance of creating an image a good picture isn’t taken by chance they’re constructed. The rule of thirds is important as it draws the audience’s attention to certain places.

I also learnt how to use Photoshop which I was never very good at but I’ve learnt to do things like airbrush, clone stamp, use the dodge and burn tools to make my models look the best they can and get rid of any imperfections which is what professional magazines do. Also I used brightness, contrast, and curves to improve the colours in my images.

To make my actual magazine I needed to learn how to use Indesign. I learnt how to place frames to get the layout I wanted and then place images and text into the frames. Indesign was very useful as it helped make the pages look a lot more professional but also it made a lot easier to get things such as images and text where I wanted them.