This shows my skills I am learning throughout making my magazine

1. How to use Photoshop

2. As I studied Media Studies at GCSE, I am familiar with the tools on Adobe
Photoshop. When editing images, I trim my image (s) using the Crop
Tool.
This is the image I saved from Bing and so, I used the crop tool to trim
as much as the background as possible.

3. Once I had clicked on the tool, I dragged the cursor over the section
of the image I wanted to use and it would then erase the sections I
had not selected.
The purple shaped tool used on the right image is what I have
added to show the sections that I have cut out.

4. If you wanted to lighten the highlights, the dodge tool would
be ideal for that because the shape grabs each aspect of the
image you want to lighten.
The image on the right has changed the colour of Taylor’s skin.
This could be used in a magazine if the background was fairly
darker, so the mode of address is clear and it can look more
effective.

5. On previous occasions when I have used Photoshop,
Blur Tool has been extremely useful as it does not
require the image to change massively but it touches up
the image, which gives a more airbrushed effect.
Original image
The black
outline is
again, more
In the original clear on the
image, the letter original image
was clear whereas but it looks
the blur tool has less focused.
erased the text Although, I did
being defined not use the
which benefits the Blur Tool as
model as she much as the
stands out. other section.

6. This was initially going to be my front cover image, I used a lighting effect
with the light type ‘Spotlight’ however I was just experimenting with the
effects. I adjusted it several times, however I felt it did not meet the needs
for this magazine. The image is taken at an angle already and it
overcomplicates the image, and the intensity of the colour is too focused in
the centre and too dark around the edges.

7. The image is important to the
audience as it is the direct
mode of address. As a
magazine has to be unique
and interesting, I decided to go
to ‘Image’, ‘Adjustments’ then
‘Black & White’ which then
changed my image to Black
and White. This brought out
my text colour, as the blue and
white works well together as it
is highlighted.