Evaluation 6: Technologies

Evaluation 6: Technologies

PC/Mac:

I used this technology to run the applications that I needed for this project, these include:

Photoshop:

I used photoshop in this project to edit images for my products, the images I edited include the main images of the front cover and main article and that shapes used to locate certain pages on the contents page.

I learn how to use photoshop and many of the techniques in photoshop used to edit images.

The advantages to using photoshop are the many tools it has to offer and the ability to edit specific parts through the use of layers. However the disadvantages to using photoshop are its complexity and its price (although it does offer a free trial online).

Indesign:

I used Indesign to assemble all of my images created in Photoshop, I also used it to aid the layout and structure of my products. By using this program throughout my project I learn how to arrange and setup a lout for things such as magazines and websites.

The advantages of using InDesign are its simplicity and some of the many layout techniques it offers. However a disadvantage of this technology is that it is not a free software.

Survey Monkey:

I used this online application to both collect and make graphs out of the results for my questionnaire. By using this technology I learnt how to make an online survey and how to turn the results into data shown by graphs.

An advantage of this technology is that is a free online software that is easy to use for its various functions but it has limitation such as only being able to post questionnaires with ten questions.

Google Drive and Google search:

I used google drive to create documents and to transfer some data between the two operating systems and I used google search for most of my research tasks. By using these two technologies I learnt the best method to work on this project between the two operating systems. If I only used one operating system I would not have needed Google drive.

The advantage of using google drive to store and transfer work is that it is simple and easy to use, it also provides its own versions of microsoft word, spreadsheet and powerpoint for free.

The only real disadvantage to this is that there is a limited amount of storage.

The advantages to using the google search engine over others is that it is quick and to the point and has less clutter and adds shown when searching. There are no disadvantages to using this technology.

Blogger:

I used this as my means of presenting my work. By using this technology I learn how to use it for some tasks such as posting text, images and other files like issu. An advantage to using this is that it is another free online application and it allows for easy uploads of files. But a disadvantage to using this is that it is easy to become messy and unorganized.

Camera:

I used this technology to take pictures for my main article, contents page and font cover. By using this technology I learn that it is important to have a good image for you front cover and therefore important how the picture is taken.

Lights:

I used lighting in my images to simply present the person in my images in an easy way. By using this I learnt that is important to have a well lit shot of whatever you are taking a picture of.