media coursework,

1. Alterations To Front Cover

2. I began by inserting my image onto
photoshop. After, I wanted to get rid of
the yellow tone to the background so I
went to Edit>Auto color. This
brightened up the background.
Following this, I wanted to put my mast head
behind my model, so I used the ‘Quick Selection
tool’. This tool allows me to quickly select the
head. Once the head was selected I duplicated
the head into a new layer by clicking ‘CTRL+J’ or
left click and then click on ‘duplicate layer’.

3. To make sure the mast head went behind the
head (layer 8), I made sure the ‘REVOLUTION’
layer was beneath layer 8. Putting the mast
head behind the main image give the magazine
a more professional look.
After, I put the sub mast head ‘women in music’
above the mast head. This is because this issue
of my music magazine is a special edition.
Putting the sub mast head above the main mast
head reinforces the importance of this issue and
that it is a special edition.

4. I then began to edit the face of the model…
I filled in my models eye brows
by using a soft paintbrush with
the colour but the opacity was
set to 21% and just went over
the natural shape
I began by contouring and highlighting the face. I did this by
using the ‘Dodge’ and ‘Burn’ tool. The ‘Dodge’ tool is used
to highlight areas of the face (highlighted in purple) and the
‘Burn’ tool is used to contour areas (highlighted in red)
For the eyes started by taking
the paintbrush tool in a soft
brush and a green colour and
painted over the eye ball, to
change her eye colour. I then
downloaded some eyelash
tools to enhance and elongate
her lashes.
For the lips I followed the same
technic as the eyes and brows but
instead of green/black I used a
bright red

5. I made my features
different to other
magazines, but also
conventional. I added
‘>’ to make it more
edgy but looks more
professional
I edited the ‘NATASHA’ on
powerpoint by cropping
out the middle and adding
in ‘THE NEW QUEEN OF
POP’. This makes my
magazine more unique and
will make It stand out.
I added a plus
sign on the
right hand
side, this
allows me to
add more of
the artists that
are featured in
my magazine.
For my features, I used
a variation of fonts
including ‘Milford’ and
‘Dubriel’ which I
downloaded from
‘FontSpace’

6. Finally, I added my barcode in the right
hand corner, which in conventional. I also
added the date and issue number near
the barcode instead of near the mast
head so that it doesn’t distract the
audience away from the connotations
surrounding the ‘Women In Music’
theme.