Photoshop has been used to create my magazine, and my skill involving Photoshop have improved greatly since the beginning. I had only known basic information and skills at the beginning but had slowly improved due to practice throughout the course of Media.
This image shows me using the brush tool, which was a difficulty due to problems with the layers, it has to be done on a specific layer in order to work. This was done to enhance the make up that the model wore for the front cover. Making it look as though it had been done professionally and effectively.
The tool that was used in this image was the Quick Select tool. Used to remove the background, it was another troubling aspect of altering the image due to the fact that sometimes it removed more than intended as well as the fact that when the background was gone, around the edges of the figure would be a very rough outline. Thus the introduction of the Eraser tool help remove the rough edges.
I had also learned how to manipulate text in order to gain a title for the magazine. By using this secondary source dafont.com, saving it as an image and then putting it into Photoshop. This specific site is especially useful since it allows people to chose different designs and styles. It has also allowed me to stick with the conventions of a Rock based magazine since they have styles which serve these needs.
I have picked out a certain style that would suit my magazine genre which follows the conventions by have a broken/smashed look (this includes the masthead) and have edited it. First by putting the image into Photoshop. When this process begins, it usually has only one layer which is named 'Background' this must be changed otherwise the background shall not be removable. So changing this Background to a Layer is the first thing. Quick Selecting it is the second which then enables you to delete the white background, due to this specific image being broken up means that I had to Quick Select it a few times, ensuring that I got rid of all of the white background. After this I changed the colour of the letter so then it was relevant to the magazine.
Once I had placed these onto my image. I selected the Edit button on the tab bar at the top and clicked Transform, this enables me to manipulate the image or text the whatever size or degree of rotation I want, You are also able to distort the images or texts to odd shapes and sizes. In this case I needed to alter the size as well as the angle of the lettering. Which I worked at until they were large enough to be a main article title.
I also found that creating text on Photoshop could be altered as well using the same methods, but deciding against it due to the fact that in the long it would have altered the pixels to an odd rate which would have made problems. I found that trying to create a border was a difficult task due to the fact that it is not clear as to what differences you make once you have the ability to control the borders you want. But once used, it had a very effective look on the front cover.
When creating boxes, just like the images you are also able to manipulate them to certain sizes and angles. This was beneficial to the design. I also found that you were able to change the opacity of the boxes so it may have a greater effect on the design which I used to the full extent.
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