Photoshop 2

I used Photoshop to edit my first image for my double page spread. This was the image I chose:

The first thing I had to do, after cropping the image, was get rid of the background on the photo. At first I tried to use the magic wand tool. However this caused problems as it was hard for Photoshop to separate the colours as most were similar to the background. I was only able to edit out the top white bit. This is how it looked:

I decided it would be too hard to do this so I undid the magic wand tool and decided to use a different approach to editing out the background. I decided to use the pen tool. this allowed me to draw round the image of my model and then delete the background. Here is a screenshot of me draw round the image:

After deleting the background from the picture I got this:

I then cropped the image again and used the same process I used it my fist Photoshop session to make the lips pinker. This is my end result:

Front Cover Production

I am producing my magazine on Quark.


I have had to position my main image to fit the page. I used the picture tool on quark to add my main photo to the sheet. I then had to make the image smaller to be able to fit it into the page and then positioned it to leave a gap in the top left hand corner which is where I plan on putting the masthead.

The next thing I decided to do was put in my masthead. The first thing I did for this was make a box. I then had to make it magenta. Then using my new bubble gum font I made my masthead. This is how it looks:

The next stop was to add a tagline. I originally wanted my tagline to be "The UK's favourite pop magazine". However, I changed my mind and decided to change it to "Your Favourite Pop Magazine". The use of the personal pronoun- "Your"- adds a direct mode of address. I have another direct mode of address in the cover image as the model is looking straight at the camera. I used my new font cheeky rabbit and added my tagline. I used the colour magenta to match the box in which holds my masthead. This is how it looks now:

The next thing I had to do was add my first cover line. I wanted to create my puff that advertised free posters. For this I had to create a box. I changed the colour of the box to magenta and this is now what it looks like (I hadn't moved it to where I want it to be yet):

I then decided to add some text in the box. I moved the box around a lot and decided where I might want it to go. I also decided to add my main cover line that anchors my main image. at this point I had not decided on colour or where it will be yet:

I decided to change the colour of my text to pink to link to the rest of my text and move it to an appropriate place on my front cover:

I then discovered I had not yet done the issue detail (date, issue, price). I also moved the box with the puff to become a pug in the top right hand corner of the page:

I then looked at my front cover to see the progress I had made so far and realised there may be too much pink. I then decided to play around with the colours to see which one will fit the best. I focused on oranges as there was some orange on the top of the model. This is how one of the shades of orange turned out:

I am not too keen on this outcome so I will have to experiment further with the colours for my text and the pug. I want to try to link it to my cover models outfit. These were some of the attempts of the colour and how I used Photoshop to get them.

I then found a colour I liked but had to change my photo to make the colour of the text perfectly match the orange on the shirt. I used Photoshop and came out with this:

I then had to trial and error with fonts to make sure that my front cover was perfect for my target audience. I used quark and Photoshop and made different fonts and boxes as I didn't think my font was suitable and had changed my mind.

After I had done this, I decided to make a start on my other cover lines. I decided to make the cover line/puff that promotes the free posters in the magazine. I decided to put it in a bubble like the one for mu pug but it will be a circle. Here is how it first looked:

I decided that the bubble was too big for my page and makes it stand out too much and takes the attention away from my main story. I made it smaller and then added the rest of my cover lines and my barcode to look like this:

After modifying everything for the last time this is how my front cover looks like as a finished product:

Font change

After using the Running Hipster font on my front cover I decided that I didn't really feel that it properly suited my magazine front cover. Therefore, I looked for another font. I found a font called Lemon/Milk and found that is much more suited for my magazine therefore I have replaced my text with the text with the new font and now my magazine has improved.

Photoshop 1 improvement

When I had finished with Photoshop and inspected my finished image afterwards I realised that the background hadn't been fully deleted. This is what it looked like:

I used the brush tool on Photoshop to colour the last remaining bit of background in white as deleting it was roving to be very complicated. This is the end result:

Photoshop edit 1

In my media lesson today I have edited my first photo which will be my main photo for the front cover. For this I used the photo editing program called Photoshop. Here is the original image:

The first thing I did to this image was removed the background with the magic wand tool and then used the crop tool to get rid of unnecessary background. This is how the image then looked:

Then I decided that I wanted to add a bit to pink to her lips to add a bit of emphasis to them. Also the enhanced pink in the models lips links in well to the pink I plan on having in my masthead. For this I duplicated the layer and used the hue and saturation tool to get a more pink colour on the whole of the duplicated layer. Like so:

I then used a masking technique and a brush tool to remove the pinkness from the rest of the image so that it only applies to the lips. This took a while as I had to be very precise with the brush tool so that I didn't get rid of the pinkness on the lips. This was what the image looked like after I had done this:

I then decided to make the teeth very slightly whiter as the lighting in the room didn't pick up the whiteness in the models teeth. For this I did the same thing as I did to enhance the pinkness of the lips. Here is the end result of that:

This was the last thing I decided to do to this image as I feel it is already good enough for my front cover. This was the end result:

After close consideration of this image, I decided that I hadn't fully deleted the background from the picture. Therefore I will edit out the rest of the background. This will be shown on a different post.