2. The main technology I had to
overcome was Photoshop. For
anybody new to editing the
prospect of using Photoshop is
pretty daunting. I was very
similar. At the beginning of the
course I had no Photoshop
knowledge whatsoever. However I
soon picked up a thing or two
and before long I had conquered
the basics.
3. I grew in confidence the longer I
used the programme and by the
time it came to producing our
magazine I was keen to show off
what I had learned. The first
thing I was certain about was the
title of my
magazine, ChartToppers.
However, unsatisfied with the
range of fonts available on
Photoshop I took to the internet
in search of a website that would
offer me a wider range. This is
when I stumbled across DaFont.
4. DaFont is a website full of
all different kind of fonts
some fancy and some simple.
It was to be my main source
of fonts throughout my
magazine. The issue was
transporting the fonts from
the website to Photoshop. For
this I had to type the text I
wanted to use into the
website and print screen the
appropriate font.
5. I could then paste it onto
my magazine from where it
would be a case of cropping
it and then resizing until I
was happy. But I wasn’t
quite done. I then had two
more issues to tackle;
changing the colour of the
font and getting rid of the
white background.
6. In order to change the colour of
the text I would have to use the
paint bucket tool because i had
imported the text as an image and
not text I was unable to
highlight and select a colour. So
instead I had the long and
daunting task of individual
filling each letter. Despite this
I feel the results where well
worth it.
7. Finally was to remove the
white background left from
the printscreen. This was
done by using magic
eraser. This tool allowed
me to simply click on the
corresponding white
background and it would be
removed.
8. From inserting text to inserting
images. First things first, I
had to take the picture. The
brief stated I needed a minimum
of 4 original images. Taking an
image seems easy enough but with
the lighting and use of white
background it proved a little
more tricky. To start with I’d
make little mistakes such going
past the white background and
getting the lighting all wrong.
9. But
eventually, like
Photoshop, I got
the hang of it 4 of
the original image
I used are shown to
the right When I
had an image I was
happy with I had to
fit it into my
magazine.
10. Firstly by using the Quick
Selection tool to remove the
background, this left me with
just the image I wanted. This
process was made easy by the
use of the white background.
Now it was just the case of
resizing to fit in with my
magazine.
11. Another tool I used
within Photoshop was the
blending option. This was
used on my double page
spread to create a flash
effect on the word
Bright. This flash was
used to shine on the
artist this process is
shown below.
