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

Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel I have learnt an awful lot. My preliminary ask was to make a college magazine. When comparing both of the magazines, I feel I have developed my skills of using Adobe Photoshop.

Prior to making any of the magazines, I had very little idea of how to use Adobe Photoshop. I knew the basic tools but didn’t know many technical aspects of the program. The preliminary task was beneficial for me to develop my skills, and get used to using Adobe Photoshop. I could have used Microsoft Publisher, yet I wanted to challenge myself, and If I could develop and improve my skills on Photoshop, then it might be beneficial to me later in my life. When doing my music magazine, I didn't’t realize how much more I had learnt, and how many tools I could now work well.

Editing was one of the tools I used the most in Photoshop, and using this on my own preliminary task, didn’t have a very positive out come. Yet after developing these skills in Photoshop, I feel my music magazine looks a  lot more professional.

Doing this music magazine has made me realise that, in my opinion, Photoshop is the easier software to use rather than Microsoft Powerpoint.  Some of the tools on Photoshop are very technical and I feel that this is what makes the product look the most professional.