Evaluation Q6

Before starting this project my ability to use technology was limited to Facebook, Bebo, e.mail Google, powerpoint and publisher. Since doing this project my technology skills have improved  vastly as my jpeg image created on photoshop shows. I have now also learnt to use computers, camera. voice recorder, Photoshop, blogger, FLICKR and animoto to research, plan construct and evaluate my product.By using this technology I have been able to reach a wider audience through using blogger for views and opinions and by using photoshop the product quality is massively improved because the tools available allows you to cut around images, sharpen images, remove red eye, add shapes and colours and divide into layers. FLICKR and animoto are very useful forms of technology that enable you to present images in a modern way.     

Photoshop
I used photoshop to make my magazine using lots of different tools such as the lasso tool to cut around images,the red eye tool to remove red eye from images I would use,I also used the free transform tool to make images larger and smaller.It took me a long time to learn how to use photoshop because it was something I had never used before, using these tools for the first time was very advantageous because I did not really understand how to use them and made lots of mistakes early on this used valuable time but was worthwhile because if I had not attempted different things with different tools I would not have learnt the programme and improved my own skills, which meant I produced a better product .

Camera
I used the camera to take my images for my magazine I found it hard to take images of such a good quality because I have never done any photography but dealt with this and took lots of different images.Sometimes I couldn't get the conditions of my photos right for the context so I had to brighten them up and cut around them.Next time we have a task like this I will be able to take images in the right conditions such as against white so I don't have to use cutting out tools.

Blogger
I have used blogger lots thought the task and feel like it has help me lots with my research and planing although I can work Blogger properly now in September I found it very challenging because I
had never used a blog before and had no idea what a blog should be like.

Voice Recorder ,animoto and flicker
I used a voice recorder to create a pod cast which was for question 3 of the evaluation.7 and flicker on question 5 I usesd a animoto for question 7.
I felt all three where very adventuress because I would have been a lot more comfortable and it would have been easier putting it on my blog which I have had since September and can work properly but decided to challenge myself as I have found the whole task challenging because of the technology used but decided that these were other types of technology I could try and master.

After using all of these different methods of technology I believe I am more competent and I have learnt lots and lots about new technology and have addressed areas of difficulty. I believe that by using these forms of technologies I have learnt allot because  it has introduced lots of different forms of media that I didn't even know existed and that I would not have used.I believe that in the future I would defiantly use these forms of media.