1. The software I used to edit the original image
taken on a Canon EOS was pic monkey. This
enabled me to alter the brightness, saturation,
shadow, contrast etc. by sliding button into
positive or negative and in response the image
I had inserted altered simultaneously with my
actions. This I found really efficient and useful
as it enabled me to completely alter the
lighting of the image which made the image
more conventional as high key lighting
connotes positivity and happiness.
The software I used to blur the background was a site
called Pixlr editor. I already knew of this site, and I used
the blur tool on there (similar to photoshop) to blur the
areas of this image that I didn’t want to be in focus such
as the males clothing. I was able to use te blur tool by
clicking on the icon and using the mouse click on the
image where I wanted the blur effect to work and it took
this area out of focus for me.
This lighting here is
significant to the key
light I used on
picmonkey to create
a focus pull on the
couples faces. Pic
monkey had an
editing page which
allowed me to use a
‘focus light’ on the
couple’s faces. By
clicking on the icon,
then hovered over
the couples faces
lining up where I
wanted the circular
effect to go and then
I clicked on the
image.
To find the font I
wanted use was on
a site called font
space. I went
through a range of
different fonts after
filtering my choice
to serif font by
typing into the
search bar ‘serif’.
The site allowed me
to alter the size and
colour of the font so
that I could really
see what it would
look like in the
colour and size I
wanted it which was
extremely helpful.
After deciding on a
couple of final fonts,
I placed each font
over the top of the
poster on photo
shop and I decided I
preferred this font.
The software I produced my poster and put
everything together on was Adobe Photo shop.
This I already knew how to use so I had a basic
understanding of the software. I found this easy
to place my poster as a layer which I named
along the right hand side so that I could tell
which layer was which. I then placed the font
onto it after saving the font image from font
space. I had already drafted how I wanted to
compose my poster so I found it efficient to use.
