ºÝºÝߣ

ºÝºÝߣShare a Scribd company logo

Evaluation 6 copy

•Download as PPTX, PDF•
•
R
Raveena Kaur

The document discusses the various technologies used to create a magazine, including planning with a mood board on an iPad, taking photos with a Canon DSLR camera, importing photos to a laptop with iPhoto, editing photos with effects and tools in iPhoto, designing pages with Pixlr and Prezi software, presenting research on ºÝºÝߣshare, publishing content on Blogger, and relying on internet access for research, software, and project access from any device. Key technologies discussed are iPhoto, Pixlr, Prezi, ºÝºÝߣshare, Blogger, and internet access.

1 of 10
Download to read offline
Evaluation 6What have you learnt about technologies in the process of creating this product?
Planning Pictures In order to plan the ways in which I was going to take the pictures for my magazine I created a mood board using pin treat. I also looked many more different covers online. I then saved everything that I had found and put it onto my iPad. Before the shoot with my models I then showed them the mood board and other images on my iPad to give them a brief overview of what I wanted them to do.
Taking the pictures In order to take my pictures I used a camera from school which was a Canon EOS 1100D. The settings on the camera took a while to figure out, as they were all on auto so the camera changed see the settings that it thought would be best. As I was taking my photos outside it and had got dark the camera thought that it was best to have the flash on. However this made the pictures come out lighter in some areas than others. As the settings were changed the auto focus also turned off meaning that I had to ensure I focused the camera myself before taking the picture.
Importing the Pictures After I had taken the pictures I used the USB lead in order to import all of the images to my laptop. As the pictures were taken on a public camera I deleted them once they had all been added onto my laptop. I then kept them all on iPhoto to later be edited.
Editing the Photo’s As I have a Apple laptop I was able to use iPhoto as my editing software. The software was easy to use as it allowed you to undo and re do things if any mistakes had been made. I used the the effects the most on the software. As my pictures were taken outside in the dark I had to make them a lot lighter, iPhoto allowed me to do this successfully without making it look like the pictures had been over edited. Next I used the warmer effect in order to give my photo’s warmer tones. The blemish tool then allowed me to remove any imperfections or blemishes that my modes may have had.
Pixlr In order to create my Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread I used Pixlr. This is free to use online however I put the software onto my laptop as it allowed me to carry on with my magazine even when I didn't have any internet. Pixlr allowed me to do many different things to my magazine like adding text on to the image,place images onto of each other and fade certain things. Like the letters T.R.B on my DPS. The negative to the software is once you have pressed apply to the thing that you are working on you are then not able to go back and change it. So I screenshot every now and then to prevent me having to get rid of everything that I had been working on if I didn't like something that I had added at the very beginning.
PreziIn order to present some of the research and evaluations added to my blog I used Prezi. As I first used press I didn't understand how to use it however as I asked other people in my class and played around with it for a while I finally got the hang of it. I liked using Prezi as it made blog posts more interesting to use rather than just typing everything out into block paragraphs. One thing I didn't like about Prezi was as you had used up all of the circles that come with the publication any more that you add are really small and are placed in random places around you publication. However with a bit more playing around you can get them into the place that you want them. Another thing that was difficult was uploading the finished Prezi onto blogger as you can not simply
ºÝºÝߣshare At first I found this a lot harder to use than Prezi as I didn't get that you had to make the power point and simply upload it. However I like the way in which slide share presents the information as you can a lot more to it than you are able to on Prezi, with it still be clear and effective to read. Although ºÝºÝߣ Share looks good and presents the information in a clear way there are many different stages that have to occur before the slide share can finally be shared onto blogger and takes a long time.
Blogger As I had a blog perviously I was familiar with the blogger website so did not need to take masses of time getting use to how everything worked. Blogger has many positives and negatives to it. It always you to easily present information using many different forms mediums, it also allows you to go back and edit posts as many times as you need to. However the format of the blogs can be frustrating when you are trying to add many pictures to a post as sometimes they do not go to the places that you want to on the post.
InternetDue to everything be published onto blogger the internet was always being used during the production of my magazine. The internet was vert useful when it came to researching everything around my magazine and looking into what other magazines had done perviously. When ever completing any media work I always had multiple tabs open looking at many different things. When wanting to edit anything on my blog I needed the internet. Also many of the editing softwares that were used were online. A massive positive to the internet is that fact you are able to access your work anywhere that you have a connection on any device.

More Related Content

Evaluation 6 copy

  • 1. Evaluation 6What have you learnt about technologies in the process of creating this product?
  • 2. Planning Pictures In order to plan the ways in which I was going to take the pictures for my magazine I created a mood board using pin treat. I also looked many more different covers online. I then saved everything that I had found and put it onto my iPad. Before the shoot with my models I then showed them the mood board and other images on my iPad to give them a brief overview of what I wanted them to do.
  • 3. Taking the pictures In order to take my pictures I used a camera from school which was a Canon EOS 1100D. The settings on the camera took a while to figure out, as they were all on auto so the camera changed see the settings that it thought would be best. As I was taking my photos outside it and had got dark the camera thought that it was best to have the flash on. However this made the pictures come out lighter in some areas than others. As the settings were changed the auto focus also turned off meaning that I had to ensure I focused the camera myself before taking the picture.
  • 4. Importing the Pictures After I had taken the pictures I used the USB lead in order to import all of the images to my laptop. As the pictures were taken on a public camera I deleted them once they had all been added onto my laptop. I then kept them all on iPhoto to later be edited.
  • 5. Editing the Photo’s As I have a Apple laptop I was able to use iPhoto as my editing software. The software was easy to use as it allowed you to undo and re do things if any mistakes had been made. I used the the effects the most on the software. As my pictures were taken outside in the dark I had to make them a lot lighter, iPhoto allowed me to do this successfully without making it look like the pictures had been over edited. Next I used the warmer effect in order to give my photo’s warmer tones. The blemish tool then allowed me to remove any imperfections or blemishes that my modes may have had.
  • 6. Pixlr In order to create my Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread I used Pixlr. This is free to use online however I put the software onto my laptop as it allowed me to carry on with my magazine even when I didn't have any internet. Pixlr allowed me to do many different things to my magazine like adding text on to the image,place images onto of each other and fade certain things. Like the letters T.R.B on my DPS. The negative to the software is once you have pressed apply to the thing that you are working on you are then not able to go back and change it. So I screenshot every now and then to prevent me having to get rid of everything that I had been working on if I didn't like something that I had added at the very beginning.
  • 7. PreziIn order to present some of the research and evaluations added to my blog I used Prezi. As I first used press I didn't understand how to use it however as I asked other people in my class and played around with it for a while I finally got the hang of it. I liked using Prezi as it made blog posts more interesting to use rather than just typing everything out into block paragraphs. One thing I didn't like about Prezi was as you had used up all of the circles that come with the publication any more that you add are really small and are placed in random places around you publication. However with a bit more playing around you can get them into the place that you want them. Another thing that was difficult was uploading the finished Prezi onto blogger as you can not simply
  • 8. ºÝºÝߣshare At first I found this a lot harder to use than Prezi as I didn't get that you had to make the power point and simply upload it. However I like the way in which slide share presents the information as you can a lot more to it than you are able to on Prezi, with it still be clear and effective to read. Although ºÝºÝߣ Share looks good and presents the information in a clear way there are many different stages that have to occur before the slide share can finally be shared onto blogger and takes a long time.
  • 9. Blogger As I had a blog perviously I was familiar with the blogger website so did not need to take masses of time getting use to how everything worked. Blogger has many positives and negatives to it. It always you to easily present information using many different forms mediums, it also allows you to go back and edit posts as many times as you need to. However the format of the blogs can be frustrating when you are trying to add many pictures to a post as sometimes they do not go to the places that you want to on the post.
  • 10. InternetDue to everything be published onto blogger the internet was always being used during the production of my magazine. The internet was vert useful when it came to researching everything around my magazine and looking into what other magazines had done perviously. When ever completing any media work I always had multiple tabs open looking at many different things. When wanting to edit anything on my blog I needed the internet. Also many of the editing softwares that were used were online. A massive positive to the internet is that fact you are able to access your work anywhere that you have a connection on any device.