Evaluation Activity 6

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

Camera

For the images I took for my magazine I used a Canon EOS 1000D DSLR. In using this, I could take many high quality photos in quick succession. The manual setting allowed me to adapt the white balance, depth of field, focus etc. to get the best quality images possible. Before I would use a digital camera with automatic settings, but now I know how much better quality images can be achieved using a manual SLR. 

Computers

I used my macbook to make my magazine, this allowed programs like photoshop to run faster and more efficiently allowing me to complete my magazine quicker and to a higher quality.  

Software 

The latest Adobe Photoshop - CS5 is a great program to edit photos and set out the magazine. I originally knew how to do some simple things on it, but as I started to put my magazine together I learnt new ways to use the program and benefitted with my magazine. I used Pages as a word processor to write up all my documents I needed. The web applications I used for research in particular include scribd, to help upload my documents and animoto to make animated presentations. 

iPhone
I used my phone as a way to take notes when away from a computer and take photos to help me in my preliminary tasks and test shooting.