Question 6; What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product.

While creating my Music magazine I have learnt how to use many different types of software the first was Microsoft Publisher. I learnt how to insert and crop a photo, as well as add a professional look to my images that I used in my magazine by adding borders when necessary. I also found the choice of colours for text and background as well as borders very helpful. It was through using the colour chart that I decided on the colour scheme for my magazine. I also learnt how to change and edit the size of text as well as group sections of text together so that I am able to fit text together like I did on my contents, with the title and subtitle arranged next to the number.

I have learnt how to use Photoshop CS3 version to edit my photography. Using Photoshop was made a lot easier because of the type of camera that I used. When the Cannon takes the image it identifies each individual pixel and captures the colour to make it brighter rather than other cameras that some other camera that blend pixels together. This causes the colours with in the image to not as bright and the image is not as accurate and clear as it could be.
 I learnt how to duplicate the background layer of my image, this is important as you are able to make small adjustments to anything in the background of the image that you don’t like or need. From then on you can add each layer to your image so you are able to take anything out and clear up any part of each layer of the image so that it makes a clearer image.
I also learnt how to make automatic image adjustments, this is were you are able to enhance the colours within the image. So you are able to take the mid-tones of the image and make them stand out, it is also able to affect the shadowed areas and make them stand out or blend in.
I didn’t realise how much changing the emphasis of the curves can have an effect on your image, in the beginning I was just seeing how some automatic adjustments could have an effect on the image. I learnt how to change the contrast from media to strong and the effect of the intensity of the lines in the image. I also learnt that you can impact the highlighted, mid-tone and shadow areas separately so that you can balance up all areas of your image.
I learnt how to isolate pixels within the image and make some of them brighter and others darker so that this can make the contrast of my image. However the contrast of some digital images can damage the contrast of the image, although it does need the editing to much can makes the image loose detail.
I also used Photoshop to crop and resize the image, but I did not use the option to have a border inserted around my image and this is because I preferred the wider options that publisher had for the choice of borders compared to choice that Photoshop had.

I used A Cannon EOS 600D Camera and the Isle of Man College Photography Studio to take my pictures, In the beginning I was unfamiliar with what I was doing but by the time I reached my third photo-shoot I was a lot more comfortable with the equipment and this is why the quality of the the pictures like the lighting was more accurate and the poses were better, I used images from the third photo-shoot throughout my magazine.