EVALUATION

Q6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

Olympus OMD Camera I learned that to make sure the images weren’t blurry you have to increase the shutter speed

however since I was using still models the camera only needed a low shutter speed. I also learned that if you increase the shutter speed you need to increase the aperture because if the shutter isn’t open for as long it lets in less light. Raising the aperture widens the lens which lets more light in so you don’t end up with dark photos.

I also learned that you don’t only need to use the flash if it is dark. You can use it if there too much exposure in one place, for example a window, and you need to balance out the light level to stop the rest of the image being too dark. I also used another flash which lets you adjust its position which means you can bounce light off certain surfaces so you can light up another side of an object without having to find an alternate light source. As I had white walls I was able to use this technique so I could light up my models whole face.

You increase/decrease the aperture with these wheels

flash

lens

I have learned how to use various different tools in Photoshop. For example I have learned how to manipulate the text to get it exactly how I want. At first the text would bunch up and it was difficult to get it into a format that worked well with my magazine but I was able to figure out how to change the font, colour, size, line spacing text height etc. and I was even able to download separate fonts to incorporate them in my magazine.

I also learned how to edit the photos themselves by adjusting the vibrance and the hue/saturation which allowed me to make them appear brighter and give them more of an atmosphere.

Another tool I learned how to use was the transformation tool which helped me to change shape and size of each image and if need be, twist it to a certain angle to make it flow with the image so it would fit perfectly into my cover. For example I had to shrink down the image of the cover and double page spread so they would fit onto my front cover without distorting them in any way. If you hold shift while changing the size of an image you avoid distorting the proportions which can make the image look skewed.

Prezi/mindeister/slideshare

I was able to create a slideshare account which meant I was able to embed my power points onto my blog with ease. You simply upload the power point to slideshare and copy the embed code into your blog.

Prezi is much like power point but you can make much more complex and interesting presentations. You can change the path that the slides follow and you can insert pictures which are much more easy to fit in to a slide. You can insert them into a slide and have a separate path for it so you can specifically zoom in on the image without it taking up too much space if you need a lot of space for text or just more images.

Mindmeister lets you create mind maps so you can clearly map your ideas and I used it to compare a few magazines. It is fairly easy to use and you can also embed these into your blog.

Although I was already quite familiar with tumblr I didn’t have much experience with blogging. I learned how to embed things by copying the embed code then pasting it into the video style blog post which allows people to view my work without having to leave my blog.

I also learned that by tagging posts they will be seen by more people so this is a good way to get publicity for your blog and that there are different types of blog post which can be used so the posts look better and work more efficiently.

Click the video button

Paste the embed code here