Evaluation Question Six

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

I constructed my product on a program called In Design. At first I was not very aware of how to use this program, it was completely alien to me. However I began to familiarise myself with the program, and learnt the functions of each button. I am pleased that I was able to correctly do this, in order for my magazine to reach it's best potential.

I edited my photographs in Photo Shop

One of the main tools I became accustomed to using was the 'brush size' tool as I was using the 'clone tool' to take away the majority of the imperfections of shadows and disfigured lighting in my photography. I changed the brush size to fit my image, and the opacity guide made it far easier to control the density of colour I was manipulating with.

These are the three tools I mainly used; The Eraser Tool, The Paint Brush and The Clone Tool. I used the eraser tool on my models hair to erase stray bits of baby hair and loose ends, it was very helpful and I doubt my magazine would look as it does without using this. I used the paintbrush to keep the background of my images clear without shadows; this was a great way of readjusting my photographs. The main tool I used was the Clone Tool. I became aware of this in my Preliminary Task and I was astonished at the difference it made to my photographs.

I used these function boxes on In Design to change the fonts of my magazine. It was really easy to understand compared to the other functions, I found In Design much easier to use than Photo Shop also. Each box contains a different tool to change the shapes and texts on my magazine.