Modifications of my images

For this task, I had to take some photos of the artist(me) which feature in my magazine and pick the ones which I placed on the magazine. I have modified the images through Photoshop in order to find the best lighting, colour and contrast so that the images look best on my magazine.

On the first image, I have changed a variety of things in order for it to be fit for the magazine cover:

• I first removed the background of the image, leaving only me in the picture. What I noticed on the magazine covers I have researched is that all of the artists are on their own and no original background is shown.

• What I then done was change the saturation of the image. The original photo was taken in dark conditions meaning the picture looks dull and also a bit boring. I added a touch more saturation in order to make me look brighter and lively and in all music magazines, the artist is always in high lighting so I decided this was the right thing to do.

• The third thing I have done to this image was change the levels. On Photoshop the levels tool can be adjusted making the light colours lighter and the dark colours darker. I done this so that the props I was wearing can be emphasis showing the audience what the genre the magazine is.

• I also increased the sharpness of the photo in order to make the quality and resolution increase. I done this by going into the filter option and selecting sharpen. In magazines, the photographs are all high quality and never look jagged.

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The first image below is the one which will be placed on my magazine front cover:

The second image below is the one which will be placed on my magazine contents page:

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What did I change?On the second image, I have changed a variety of things in

order for it to be fit for the magazine cover: • I first cropped the artist from the background. Just like the first image, I

needed to make sure the artist is alone and can be placed on my magazine background rather than my living room. By using Photoshop's rubber, magic wand and magnetic lasso tools, I was able to isolate the artist from the background, just like my first image.

• I also made the image have more lighting by increasing the levels of the image. Ctrl + L opens a level tool which changes the lighting of the image. I wanted to follow the magazine conventions as they all use high key lighting on their artists.

• I also increased the saturation of the image making it look lively and vibrant, Ctrl + U opens the saturation filter and I played around with it, making the image look professional.

• Another way in which I edited this image is by simply getting the crop tool and making the legs shorter. I wanted to make the focus more on the artists centre body, so I cropped the legs slightly.

• I added a shadow effect onto the image as a final piece of adjusting. The background the artist was going to be placed on is white/silver. Thereby I wanted to add a shadow filter through the blending options in order ot make the artists body edges revealed.

The third image below is the one which will be placed on my magazine double page spread:

What did I change?On the third image, I have changed a variety of things in

order for it to be fit for the magazine cover: • Just like with the other two main images, I removed the artist from the

background. From researching double page spreads, I recognised the background tends to be one theme, and my bedroom does not suit the hip-hop genre conventions.

• I also made the image more brighter by increasing the brightness through the levels option in Photoshop. It is essential that the lighting of the artist matches the background of the magazine. Thereby I had to change the lighting in all of my images in order to give it a surreal look.

• I added some saturation to the image to enhance the colours which I also done on my other images. The colour is important and if it looks dull and boring, my magazine will not be noticed as it does not attract the eye.

• As this image will be covering a whole page of my double page spread, I needed to make sure the quality was high. I decided to also increase the sharpness of this by the filter section of Photoshop. I also made sure I smoothly went around the edges with the rubber tool making sure the picture looks crisp.

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The 4th, 5th and 6t images are secondary focuses which will be placed on my contents page:

What did I change?On these images, I did not adjust them like I did

with the three primary focus images. I only removed the background from the images. In my contents page, I have included the content of a photo shoot for my main artist which is revealed in side the features of the specific magazine issue. Thereby I gave a sneak preview of this photo shoot and placed them at the bottom of my contents page. As the photo shoot is meant to look natural, I did not adjust the images in terms of lighting, colour or filters.

By adjusting my images, I am now in a position to place them onto my magazine product. As I have made them look more professional and suitable for the hip-hop and magazines, conventions my images are now good enough to be placed on my product.