What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

When I was making my media products for my Media AS coursework I used a range of different programs. The programs I used were:

Adobe Photoshop CS5

When I was making my media products for my Media AS coursework I used a range of different programs. The programs I used were:

Adobe Photoshop CS5

This is The main program that I used when making my media products. I had used This program a lot at home so I was very skilled in it before using it to make my media products. I already use it a lot in my free time so it was very easy to use when it came to making my coursework. I particularly found it useful when it came to editing my pictures I had taken of my model. I wanted my pictures I used to look very airbrushed as these are the sorts of photos that are on fashion magazines and the kind of magazines that are made. most models on magazines tend to look "perfect" and this was the look I was going for. it was a very useful tool as it enabled me to remove any blemishes easily. it also enabled me to change any features. For example I made my models nose a bit thinner, and changed the shape of her face slightly. I also enhanced a lot of her features like her eyes. It also came in handy when adjusting and creating all the text that went on my front cover, contents page and feature article. I was able to add little details like drop shadows and strokes which made it look more professional. 

Microsoft Word

I used this program when I was analysing my mood boards or magazine pages for my research and planning. I found it useful because it is a very easy program to work with, as it has been around for years and everyone knows how to use it. I recognized that a lot of people used Flickr for the analysing, but I had never used Flickr before and just found Microsoft Word much easier. It was then really easy to post it on to my Blogger. However a disadvantage of this is that every time I wanted to post it on my blog, I had to save it as a PDF, then JPEG as Blogger doesn't recognize word files.

Dafont

When I was creating my coursework I wanted to use a lot of different fonts that Photoshop didn't have. Most of my fonts I used if not all of them were download from dafont. This is a great website for downloading all different sorts of fonts whether its gothic, fancy, hand written or retro. they are also all free so its a very good way of making your media products look professional without paying the extra price. However a disadvantage is that I had to making all my course work at home because you cant download any of these fonts at college. and it doesn't enable you to work with them because of this. Luckily I already have Adobe Photoshop CS6 on my computer at home.

Blogger

This is where I posted all of my AS Media coursework. I found it very useful when posting of my work and it was a great way when my teacher came to marking my work. I found it very user friendly, and it is free as well. However a disadvantage of Blogger is that whenever I wanted to post my work I had to covert it to PDF and then JPEG otherwise it wouldn't recognize the file.