Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

On my path to constructing my music magazine I have learnt that using Photoshop will be the biggest part of my magazine because with this program I will create the magazine. I have learnt many skills on Photoshop for instance Cropping an image so I can take pieces of the images instead of the whole image, I have learnt how to use the gradient tool to its full potential as how in the screenshot below

Furthermore I have learnt how to install and use paintbrushes effectively this is demonstrated in the screenshot below

I have also used the marqee tool which allows me to select a certain part on an image and copy and paste in on to another canvas, I used this technique to make screenshots.

Photoshop was the main program I used to edit my pages, this program allows me to edit and construct my magazine. Photoshop makes my work look professional because it is so simple to use when you get use to the different tools even though it is simple to use it is also every effective if you use it right. Furthermore Photoshop has a unique feature the ‘layers’ which are essential in Photoshop and constructing my magazine, layers are needed for everything I add because it I do something wrong I can delete that layer and nothing else ( shown screenshot below image 1) layers are also used so I can move them about so for example if I want to image of my model in front and on top of the mash head I simply just move the layer which contains the image of my model and move it above the layer which contains the mash head ( screenshot below image 2)

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The camera I have sued to take my photographs is called Canon Ixus 210 IS Black. This camera has a 14.1 Megapixel image sensor and 24mm genuine Canon lens. I have learnt how to take professional pictures from taking several pictures of my models. Angles, lighting, facial expression and gestures are all important for a image to become effective and look professional.