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Blogger, is an internet blogging site in which people can create blogs, share pictures and other different types of media across the internet. Personally, i had no knowledge of bloggers exsistence, however i was aware that many sites exsisted on the internet that catered for blogging. Blogger is a simple and easy to use website that was very helpful in compiling my coursework together in one place so that i could add bits to my coursework whenever i could. Overall i would say that learning to use Blogger has helped me develop my product and keep me informed as to what i needed to do next.
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Adobe Photoshop is an image editing and compilation program that is available for download from Adobe's website. It is a specialist tool that many companies use for image manipulation.
Photoshop was useful for me to create many interesting effects on some of the images that i took, effects such as black and white, negative and colour change helped me emphasise and bring out a message from my images. Overall Photoshop was quite difficult to use, but i eventually got the hang of it. However i could only download the trial version which lasted 30 days, this meant that Photoshop contributed to only a small piece of my coursework.
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Microsoft Paint is a standard program that comes with every Microsoft computer, it is a basic image compiler with verious tools and functions to create various images.
Paint was very helpful in making my music magazine, although i never used paint for anything other than a segway between images from my phone or the internet, its trim function was very helpful in downsizing images. Overall Paint was a useful addition to my coursework, yet it was a technology that lacks too many functions to be considered a major part of my music magazine.
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Microsoft Publisher is a program that can be purchased from Microsoft on its own or as part of Microsoft office. Its main functions include an image compiler and providing templates for magazines, letters and worksheets. Publisher was very helpful in my coursework, as i used it as the main tool for creating my magazine and compiling the images that were needed.
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The Sony Ericsson W995 was the camera that i used to take pictures for my magazine. The camera on this phone is 8.1 megapixels and was very useful in giving me a clear shot, and a wide range of effects that i could use to enhance my images. Overall my phone was instrumental in my media project.
