photoshop skills

this is an image i have changed on photoshop elements. i have made the main image of wentworth miller stand out by blurring out the background. i did this by cutting around wentworth miller, inversing it, feathing it, contracted it and then added a guassion blur. i repeated this many times changing the contract amount aswell as increaseing the blur.

i might use this technique on my final mahazine cover as i think is makes a huge difference and makes the main image stand out more and shows the importance of it.

Evaluation

throughout this project i have created a magazine front cover for a school and a mock up for the contents page.
i have thought about the target audience which is students attending the school aswell as the parents. i have layed out the text appropriately and positioned the cover image to fit in with the straplines. i have added a film strip as my kicker as this adds tpo the media theme running through my magazine. some of the text also is in a different font to make the writing stand out and relate more to media.
i have chosen the colour navy blue, white and yellow on my magazine as these colours go well together. the navy will be more formal and will be apropriate to parents whereas the white and yellow with target students as these are brighter, more fun colours.
i thought part of my tasks were easy whereas other parts were challenging. i have learnt new skills on photoshop and publisher.
for my actual coursework, i will use a different style of image as i am not sure on the image i used in this task. i like the idea of the refelction shot in the apple mac but it has come out more blurry than i thought. it is also not to clear of what the reflection is in.

this contents page has been spaced out more and the straplins fit around the image better

contents page

This is my contents page for my magazine cover. I have kept the same masterhead as the fornt cover and added the contents text underneath it. I have used the same image but given it a faded effect on the edges and put my text around the image ratehr than over it. I have also put my logo in at the top right hand corner.

Magazine with straplines

This is my magazine with the Flash as shown in my previous post and now with the Straplines on it aswell as the masthead. i have changed the 1st image on the film strip from a student to an apple mac computer as this gives the reader an idea of the reflection shot in the mac.

Camera Flash

On this magazine layout, I have added a flash on the camera. I did this on photoshop by clicking filter, render and then on lens flare. I then chose the 105mm Prime and positioned it where I wanted it.

I chose to add this flash as it shows to be more like a camera and the audience will have a clear understnading about it and they will relaize that it alos relates to media, the main focus of my magazine.

This is the layout of my maagzine with the straplines in it. i have made the straplines and masterhead on publisher. some of the words in my straplines are in a different font to make them stand out.