Evaluation 6.

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


I have developed a range of skills on Photoshop which helped me to evolve my magazine. I've learnt how to select parts of an image or even crop an image using the quick selection tool or magnetic tool. This has helped me to obtain professionalism (for example) by increasing the size of my cover artist on a new background to give proportion to the magazine. I learnt how to use certain effects as well, such drop shadows and outer glows, which in general gave the magazine a more exciting, refined look. In addition to these skills, the use of layers was essential. I took special care in the ordering of layers so that certain items would be in front or behind of another, ensuring that visual impact is enhanced. Layering also allowed my to create my masthead!

As well as Photoshop, I also gained a degree of knowledge using Blogger and Dafont. I previously was unaware of Dafont and had no idea of how to use a blog. Dafont allowed me to download fonts which were more developed than the default ones on Photoshop. I spent hours searching through the fonts Dafont had to offer which gave me appreciation of certain fonts and in what areas are they best suited. I am well equipped to give tips on how to use blogger (which was certainly not the case before). During my time on Blogger, I've learnt how to post a power point, embed a video from YouTube and convert files to a certain format so that they're eligible for Blogger.