Evaluation question 6

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

From doing this project, I have learned more about using different types of social media, using Photoshop and Animoto and using a digital camera.

I have discovered that social media isn't just a tool to be popular, but to get other people's opinions. The focus group where I got feedback of other people was created on Facebook. Proving that Facebook has more than one use as it helped me improve on my work. While my survey on survey monkey didn't get any responses, I can see why posting the link on a social networking site like Twitter or Facebook can gain some responses. Why It didn't work for me is a question I can't answer.

I got to use Animoto and Photoshop for the first time during the making of this project. Animoto was very helpful for making short videos as opposed to writing blog posts. It also allowed me to edit a video together and upload it online, something I have always wanted to do. With Photoshop I have learned how to edit and paste images together professionally. While I don't think that I am a perfect at using this program I now have a better understanding of it now with layers and what should be put forward and back, zooming in is a way to be perfect with smoothing out an image and among other things like free transformation the magic wand tool.

Using a digital camera was tricky at first but after learning what button does what I find it easier to use now. When it comes round to taking photos, there are a number of factors to consider like lighting, whether to use the flash or not and the angle of the photo. This all applies to the quality of the photo because if you get any one of those wrong, the photo can suffer.

During the making of this product I have been improving on using Blogger. I have improved on scheduling and organizing posts in terms of dates. Which allows the blog to look more organized. For example I did the double page spread deconstructions sometime after October, yet on my blog it says it was published on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of October.