Evaluation Question 6

Throughout the production of my musiz magazine I have used and developed my skills in numerous different technologies.

The first bit of technology I used was the Canon 1000D DSLR camera to take the photographs of my various models. This peice of technology was completley new to me, so I had to learn how to use all the different settings available on this model of camera, this took quite a bit of getting used to but all in all the photos I took were a complete success. To begin with I took a few photos with my phone but these photos were badly lit, and quite blurred compared to the photos taken with this camera, so the camera was a nessecity for my model photos.

A very handy piece of technology that I used throughout the production of my magazine which I took full avdantage of was my phone (Samsung galaxy s5). I used my phone to message my friends to organise times of when to take photos, and to gain feedback. I used facebook and whatsapp to gain my social networking feedback, I took screenshots on my phone of these comments and continued to post them to my blog.

To record the software I have been using I have used Ishowu when demonstrating Adobe Photoshop, and for recording software that I used at home I used TinyTake by MangoApps to record voicethreads and videos. Both these pieces of software were completely new to me, I didn't know that software like this was so easy to use, it also provides another way to record evidence during the production stages.  

The video below shows a little tutorial of how I have used Adobe Photoshop as another piece of technology. I filmed the video using Ishowu and the voiceover using TinyTake. 

In case the audio quality isn't fantastic here is an overview:

I decided to create a simple masthead and manipulate one of my photographs of my model Josh.

For the masthead I created a text layer and chose the font and then changed colour by using the colour picker tool. I then added a black box behind my mastehad, by drawing a rectangle using the shape tool and then using the paint bucket to change colour.

When manipulating my picture of Josh I showed how to adjust the brightness/contrast, the hue/saturation and the levels of the photo to add various filters and to enhance the photo. I then showed how to smooth out a skin tone by using the spot healing tool across Joshs jawline.

Other peices of technology I have used are Flickr, Prezi, Slideshare and Blogger.

Flickr was a new platform for me to produce question three of the evaluation regarding distribution. Flickr can be used as an alternative to regular powerpoint presentations to show and present my work in a more creative way.

Prezi is something I have been familiar with for a long time now, and I prefer Prezi to Powerpoint because it is more interactive and is really easy to present your ideas.
Below I have added a short video of how to use the basics of Prezi and how Prezi can improve an average presentation.

I had never come across Slideshare before, but I have learnt that Slideshare is a way to post your own powerpoints for public viewing, which could give a lot of extra feedback.

And finally Blogger, I had never used Blogger before AS Media the closest I have ever had to a blog is a Tumblr blog, but Blogger is completely different. I really like using Blogger and how simple it is to use to post your progress online for everyone to see, again it has a comment feature which encourages feedback. I have learnt how to embed links into blogger which was a nessecary part of a few of my other evaluation questions.