Powerpoint for technology media
- 1. What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?
- 2. What I Knew Before • Before this media project, I knew how to take photographs and use simple editing skills on these photographs. However, I was not at all skilled in how to operate MACs or use programmes such as Photoshop or In Design- I had not come across these programmes before. Due to this, I initially found it difficult and quite intimidating to have to adapt to these new programmes and machines. • Also, I did not know how to use sites such as Blogger or Prezi, as I had never encountered them before in school or at home. Therefore, I did not know how to negotiate my way around these sites and therefore did not realise the full potential and benefits of using such technology.
- 3. Photoshop This is the canvas where everything is constructed and edited. I used this to assemble all my images while editing and cutting them out. The colour and stroke panel allows you to apply colours, effects and gradients to add a more professional quality to your piece. The tool panel allows me to insert I used Photoshop so as to create professional looking images for all my magazine pages. For instance, I edited the colour and hue text onto a canvas, change the of my photographs to use on my front cover, contents page and colour, use brush and pencil double page spread so as to make them look ‘vintage’ and allow tools, cutting tools and to grab them to correlate with the nature/ genre of music that my images/items on the canvas. magazine focuses on.
- 4. In Design This panel can be used to alter the stroke used, e.g. creating gradients for text to make them appear faded and create a more professional image. I have used In design throughout this project to assemble all images, shapes and text on one page so that I was able to construct a front cover, contents and double page spread that look as if they could feature within a The canvas is used to assemble all genuine music magazine. I of the elements on the page- it can then be viewed as a legitimate This top panel is have found In Design magazine page. used to alter the exceedingly useful for this This panel allows you to perform tasks size, spacing, font task due to the fact that it such as inserting text, selecting objects and positioning of enabled me to create and on the canvas, drawing shapes, and the text. appreciate the skills needed changing the colour of text. to form a real magazine issue.
- 5. Blogger This top panel allows you to view the different elements involved within your posts, e.g. comments made on posts, and the settings on your blogger site. The title of your posts will be created in this box. This panel allows you to insert images, make links to websites and alter the positioning, font and effects (e.g. bold, italic) of the text. Blogger has proved very useful throughout the duration of this project due to the fact that it has enabled me to post every When creating any aspect of my work onto the same site, where both me and my post, either with an image or lecturer are able to view it. Also, because you are able to edit text, all information will be your posts, it is easy to continue with a piece of work from one located within this box. week to the next. It is far easier than having to save each individual piece of work in separate folders within your documents.
- 6. Prezi This cluster of tools allows you to either add text, another path, or insert an image onto your prezi- making it more effective and visually impressive. This toolbar enables you to zoom in and out of certain areas on your prezi- allowing you to easily navigate around the site. When using Prezi, I initially found it hard to master the navigation of the site. However, once re-watching the tutorial, I The ‘title’ box allows you was able to easily operate the site and to create a centre around create my own Prezi on the conventions which all your images and text will be located- it is of of music magazines. This is an similar format to a mind alternative and interesting way to map. present information, and is very easy to view the information.