QUESTION 6

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• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? Cameras and software like Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator has taught me a lot when I was constructing my media product. Websites such as Time toast, Prezi and Survey monkey contributed to this as well. Even, Blogger taught me a lot as well.

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• When I was using the cameras in the studio I felt that it was simple and very easy because I have a lot of experience using DSLR cameras as I own one myself and I like to do photography as a hobby. In the studio I knew exactly what to and not do as I had the knowledge and experience an example is that too much lighting can make a picture too bright in media terms called exposure meaning the amount of lighting affects the image you take. In the photography studio,

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• I used Adobe Photoshop to produce my front cover as it was compulsory. Using Photoshop wasn’t as challenging at all to use because I used it to produce the front cover of my college magazine and that I have used Photoshop in the past many times so Photoshop for me was very easy to use. To add to this, I played with different effects on making my image darker or lighter.

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• I used InDesign for my contents page and double page. Though, I had used InDesign for my college magazine as well it was still a bit challenging because InDesign doesn’t divide your work into layers like Photoshop does so I found it very difficult to grip on each item that was placed on the page. Moreover I had never used in design before so I found it difficult to get used to it and know where the tools are located and where they are now. After using InDesign for a reasonable amount of time I do not like I at all and I feel like it’s very hard and would use it as a last resort.

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