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Dafont is the website that I downloaded most of the fonts used in my magazine from. Dafont has thousands of different font styles to choose from but I decided that I would look for fonts that were girly and quirky to add a unique spin to my magazine. Typography for a magazine is very important and Dafont allowed me to make sure that I had the right font for my masthead and the rest of the writing on my magazine. This gave my magazine a more professional look and helped make sure that everything tied together well.

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Photoshop was used to help with the construction of my front cover, contents page and double page spread. Photoshop was also used for the construction of the front cover and contents page for the preliminary task. I had never really used Photoshop before starting this course and so over the past few months my skills in Photoshop have developed highly. I am now a lot more confident with Photoshop than I ever was before. Photoshop allowed me to edit my images and pull all of the elements of my magazine together. I have become more confident with a lot of the tools in Photoshop such as: the magic wand, background eraser, blur, text, crop, etc. These tools such as many others have helped make my magazine to the best possible quality. Photoshop allowed me to save my work so that I could come back and edit it whenever I liked, this meant that my work could be constantly improved so that it was to the highest quality possible.

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I used Movie Maker to help with uploading my interviews to my blog as Blogger did not have a way to upload voice recordings. I simply inserted my voice recording into Movie Maker and placed an image or the questions over the top of the recording. This meant that I could then upload my interviews onto Blogger in the form of a video. Having used Movie Maker in the past, I found it incredibly easy to use and it made uploading my interviews to my blog a lot easier. I could only use Movie Maker on my HP Laptop, however, as it is not on the Mac.

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I used SurveyMonkey to create two surveys which I sent to a group of people in my Target Audience. SurveyMonkey allowed me to embed my surveys to my blog and it, also, allowed me to check the results of my survey - in the form of statistics - easily online. The results of my surveys were extremely helpful for my Reader Profile. I found that SurveyMonkey was one of the best ways to get feedback from my audience and it was not hard to use.

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Polyvore was used to show the outfit, makeup and hairstyle that I wanted my model to have. Polyvore allowed me to put outfits together on screen to see what they look like. I sent my model a link to my Polyvore so that they knew which way I wanted them to look and dress - this meant that my model knew exactly which clothes to wear and made communication between myself and my model a lot easier. I found Polyvore very easy to use and found that I really liked the results.

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I decided house Padlet for this task as I felt that it was the best program to show my work in an ordered and structured way. Rather than using a program I have already used, by using Padlet my blog has become more media rich and has less of the same programs used constantly. All my information is shown on one page here as opposed to a slideshow presentation, which I have used before. I have found Padlet extremely easy to use and easy to show information.

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I used Pinterest to create mood boards and to gather inspiration. Pinterest was used for my colour scheme, hair and makeup and costume ideas mood boards as it allowed me to collate my inspirations and ideas onto one place. Pinterest was incredibly easy to use, however, it took me a while to figure out how to embed my boards to Blogger. Once I knew how to do it, it wasn't difficult at all.

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I used Evernote to keep track of what I still had left to do. It allowed me to make checklists so that I could check off things as I did them. This made my work a lot more organised and helped me stay on track with what I had to do. My HP Laptop already had Evernote downloaded and so it was particularly easy to access and to use.

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I used Word to create my flat plans for both the preliminary task and my magazine because it made it easy to draw shapes and to set a structure for my magazine. This worked well because I wasnted a structured flat plan and Word made that incredibly easy. I, also, used it for my Photoshoot Planning Document as I wanted an actual document. I had to use Slideshare to upload my documents as Blogger didn't have an option for it.

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I used Powerpoint quite a lot in my research and planning like for my deconstructions, compare and contrasts, font ideas, etc. I have used Powerpoint a lot in the past and so I knew how to work it and so it made sure that I had all the information that I needed. I had to use Slideshare to upload my presentations as Blogger didn't have an option for it.

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I used Slideshare a lot to upload Powerpoint presentations and Word documents to my blog as I would not have been able to do it otherwise. Slideshare was really easy to use as I used my LinkedIn account to log into it and easily uploaded my presentations and documents. I then embedded the document onto Blogger, meaning that it was uploaded to my blog. Slideshare made it incredibly easy to upload things to my blog and meant that all my work was present. It also meant that I could upload simple presentations and documents to my work.

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I did not discover PowToon until later on in my research and planning, however, I would have used it more had I discovered it earlier. Like Emaze, PowToon allows you to make animated presentations. I found PowToon to be a lot easier than Emaze, however. I have used PowToon in Question Three of my Evaluation and thought that it really helped to get all of my points across as you can add slides and seconds to the presentations easily and quickly.

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I did not use emaze a lot in my research and planning as I found it quite difficult to work with but I did use it for my Facial Expressions research. Emaze allowed me to create an animated presentation to show the theories of Millum and Ferguson and the conventions linked with the theories. Emaze helped to develop my presentation skills and present my work in a different, fun way.

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Prezi was probably the piece of software that I used the most for research and planning (other than Blogger) as I found it so easy to you. Prezi allows you to make presentations different from Powerpoint presentations as it walks you through what you have presented so that your thought process is clearly seen. I used Prezi a lot in my research and planning - for example for my location scout, the recce, deconstructions, etc. Prezi helped me present my research and planning in a unique and appealing way. It, also, has the ability to present ideas like a mind map - which is the way I presented my ideas for my masthead. Prezi, also, allows you to edit your presentations after you have completed them so that if you change you're mind you can adjust what you have said on your presentation.

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To document my research and planning, I used Blogger. Each lesson, I would complete my Time Management on Blogger outlining what I would be doing that lesson, and then what I had completed in the lesson and what I still had left to do. This ensured that I stayed on task and knew what I had to do each lesson - it, also, meant that I always knew what I was doing. As well as this, I used Blogger to upload every draft of my magazine and any changes that I made to it - this meant that you could clearly see all the progress that I had made and all of the decisions I made (which I justified in a description underneath). I uploaded all of my research and planning to my blog by embedding it to a blog post (if I used another piece of software that was online) - meaning that all of my research and planning was in the same place and can be easily accessible. I was able to edit blog posts at a later date if I had changed some of my research and planning and I was able to alter anything that I needed to. Also, I could save drafts of posts and post them another time if I needed to. I had never used Blogger before but once I knew what I was doing found it very easy to work with.

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The times when I did not use the Mac for my work, I used my HP Laptop. This was when I was completing unfinished work at home and did not have access to a Mac. I used my laptop to access software that was accessible through the internet like prezi, slideshare, blogger, etc and I used it to access Microsoft Powerpoint and Word. The HP Laptop was quick and efficient but it did not have access to photoshop and so I could not use it to help with the actual construction of my magazine - only the research and planning. It, also, has Evernote downloaded to it and so it was easy to access.

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The majority of the time when working on my magazine and research and planning, I used an Apple Mac - as it is the computers that the college have. I used the Mac so that I could gain access to various different forms of software such as: photoshop, prezi, blogger, etc. Before beginning this course, I had never used a Mac before and so I was not very comfortable with it. However, over time I became familiar with how it works and the best way to get results. The Mac allowed me to use the internet to gain access to a lot of the different software and thus allowed me to complete my work on time and helped me in the process of my research and planning as well as the construction of my magazine. The Mac had access to programs that I did not at home (such as photoshop) and so without it I would have been unable to complete a lot of my coursework.

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I used my iPhone 5c to upload pictures of feedback from my class to my blog, as a part of my research and planning. I, also, used my iPhone to record interviews with members of my class and target audience. It was very easy to send myself these pictures and interviews via email so that I could upload them to my blog. Overall the camera wasn't as good of a quality as the professional cameras were but it got the job done quickly and efficiently.

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The pictures for the preliminary task were taken using a Canon Camera. I had never used a Canon Camera before this but I found it quite easy to use even though I was not entirely comfortable with it. The camera made it easy to upload the images from the SD card to the mac and all of the images that we took came out to a very high quality. I found it easy to adjust the zoom and focus but didn't really know how to use all of the settings and so I decided that for my magazine I would use my own camera.

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All of my photographs for my magazine were taken with the Nikon Coolpix L820. I decided to use this camera as I own it myself and so, therefore, was already familiar with how to use it and was extremely comfortable with it. Another reason that I decided to use this camera is because I knew that I would take high-quality photo's with it and knew exactly how to use it to get the best results with a clear focus. As well as this, I knew how to adjust the zoom and all of the different settings on the camera - including the flash, focus, light adjustments and the colour correction. It was, also, very easy to upload the pictures to the mac after this - using the adaptable wire that came with the camera and connecting it to a mac.

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Throughout the process of creating my Music Magazine, I have used many different forms of hardware and software to help with both the research and planning and the actual constructing of my magazine. This hardware and software has helped greatly with my magazine and it has gave my work a more professional look to it. The hardware that I have used is a camera and a mac. Have used numerous forms of software such as: powerpoint, photoshop, prezi, blogger, etc.