The equipment I used
Nikon S800 digital camera - I used this for taking my test shots so I would get an idea of how my final shot were going to turn out. This was very useful for several reasons it let create some mock ups for a magazine so that I would know what positions worked for photos and what did not. I also learnt a lot about where the camera should be positioned and how to take pictures more efficiently.
Nikon D60 SLR - This was used for taking my final pictures for my magazine, the picture quality is very good and clear. There was also a setting I used to adjust the shutter so I could create the light effects for some of the photos I took, some were used for the contents page. I felt that because I had taken some mock up picturs before I knew what shot I needed to take, to ensure that I had plenty of images to play around with I took more that I thought I would need. This ment taking the same shot 4 or 5 times but with different contrast and settings to see which worked best.
School Computers - Though was very useful in researching and blogging about the various media task we did, I found them extremely frustrating to use photo shop. They were very slow to use which is why I ending up practically creating all of my drafts and final designs at home. I feel that if they were more effient at running photoshop then maybe I would have been able to go into more details and improve my magazine draft further to gain a better mark.
Dell Laptop XPS M1330 - This is my laptop at home which I used for creating the drafts and designs, I also had photo shop installed for this purpose. It was very fast at loading photoshop which also ment that it was much faster at processing the actions I told it to do. Without this I dont think I would have finished my work on time.
Websites and software I used
Photoshop elements 5.0 - I used this version of photo shop in school because this was the only version that was available. I had not used photoshop before I started media studies this year but I found it easy to do certain task but still struggle to do some today. I have improved at cutting pictures however and adjusting them to various postions, this ment that when I was creating my final pages It did not take as long therefore alowing me to make more changes and improvements.
Photoshop elements 9 - This version I used when I was at home I found it a bit easier to use than the version that was at school so I worked better with this version. The interface I thought was better and easy to navigate, it also included a help guide which I used a couple of times. Furthermore it had more features than the older version which ment that I could create different effects that I couldnt before.
Blogger - For uploading my work I have completing for media studies and finding help/guidance in creating my magazine. Sometime I felt that blogger was quite frustrating to use especially when you think you have saved your work and it hasnt, it is quite simple to use but I hadnt used it before this course so I first had to adjust to using it.
Animoto - I was quite impressed with this website services it enabled me
to create impressive looking presentations with some images and some short sentences. I created my 25 word pitch using this service. Its a real time saver that allowed me to creat something different and unique and I would definatly use it for other projects and purposes in the future
to create impressive looking presentations with some images and some short sentences. I created my 25 word pitch using this service. Its a real time saver that allowed me to creat something different and unique and I would definatly use it for other projects and purposes in the future
Tom, this question requires you to do slightly more than simply list the equipment used. You need to explain and evaluate how useful they were and what they enabled you to do.
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