Evaluation;4- How did i use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

  I have used many new technologies throughout the making of my music magazine.

MAC

Firstly the most obvious technology that was new to me was the Mac. I had no experience on a Mac before, it was hard to establish how to use and work the Mac but after alot of practice and help from other students i found my way around. I used the Mac to create all my coursework on Photoshop, i used the interent on the Mac for blogging, uploading, researching, downloading fonts etc.

PHOTOSHOP

I have used photoshop to create my front cover, contents and double page spread. I used various tools and to edit and change images. It took alot of time to work out how to use photoshop as i had never used it before. Using photoshop to create my magazine was a huge success as it gave me a variety of different tools. Once i knew my way round photoshop i found it very enjoyable to use.

BLOGGER

I have used Blogger to create my won blog with all the work and progress i have done throughout the making of my magazine. I think it a very useful and good way to keep all my coursework as it looks attractive and is easy to access. I have made my blog fit with the housestyle, genre and theme of my music magazine. I also found it useful for feedback from other followers to my page, as i could create polls and have comments from them. I never used Blogger until now and i feel it was good and easy to establish, it was fun and enjoyable to put together and make my coursework look a success.

POWERPOINT/SLIDESHARE

I used powerpoint of images together, uploaded it to slideshare  so i could display it as a slideshow on my blog. Using this reduced the amount of space taken up on my blog, and made it look more attractive. I have never used slideshare before but will be using it in the future as i found it a huge help and success and very easy and quick to use.






DAFONT

Dafont was very useful and helped me alot in the making of my music magazine. I found fonts that were appealing and went well with my choice of genre. I had never heard or used dafont before but i found it very useful to use and it was easy and quick to use. It made my magazine more appealing for my target audience. 

SCANNER

I used a scanner to scan some of my coursework onto the mac so i could upload it to my blog. Some of the logos i created by hand i scanned into my blog. I already knew how to use a scanner so this was no hassle to me. It was quick and simple. 

GOOGLE

Google was a massive help in my coursework as i could research other music magazines, collect images and research anything i needed to. Google is very easy to use and easy to copy and paste from. 

PAINT/WORD
Word and paint i used a lot at the start of my coursework as i wasn't familiar with photoshop i found it easy to use a programme i knew how to work . I used it to change parts of my name and logo, to test out fonts and to save some documents of coursework. 


DIGITAL CAMERA

For each photoshoot that i did i used my own digital camera to take my photos. It was quick and easy to use and upload the images as i have used a digital camera many times.