This document discusses the use of Photoshop to manipulate images for a magazine cover and spreads. It describes smoothing skin to remove acne, increasing brightness and contrast, editing backgrounds, and experimenting with layouts, colors and text effects. The goal is to create appealing and professional-looking visuals that match the intended house style and draw in readers. Multiple drafts were created before finalizing page designs.

1. Final Outcome Photoshop
Manipulation

2. This picture is for my front
cover, I took it with a
Cannon EOS 600D by
using the manual
functions, I did this
because I wanted to make
my subject have a more
focused portrait than my
background. I got the
silhouette effect by
manipulating the lights so
they were on either side
of him; which created the
effect. This makes my
image more appealing
and mysterious. For Photoshop I wanted to make his face much smoother and get rid of his
acne, which in the media models, stars, etc normally are shown to have beautiful, glamorous
skin, and I wanted to do the same. Also, for this image I made my model give a direct mode of
address to catch and draw in my audience, so they would look at my magazine, I did this
because it would make audiences think he wants their attention, and make them read and
buy my magazine.

3. This image his
without
Photoshop
manipulation of
my models face, as
you can see there
is a lot of acne and
his skin is not
smooth, so in
Photoshop with a
healing brush, I
smoothed his skin.

4. This is
the
outcome
of no
acne on
his face.

5. After, sorting and
rearranging my text,
the cover looked
too simple and not
eye-appealing
enough, so I made a
drop shadow effect
on my text, this just
gave a tiny detail to
the font, but made I
much pleasing to
look at.

6. For this image I
wanted it for my
double page spread
because of how he's
trying to show off his
muscle, which shows
his masculinity as
well as trying to
impress. Also, he's
got his bag on which
helps show that
R&B/Rap vibe.
However, the image
is really dull, so on
Photoshop I will
have to increase the
brightness and
contrast, as well as,
smooth his skin.

7. Compared to my
draft double page
spread, the text is
on the left side, and
in my opinion I
much prefer, as well
as I tried to make
my magazine look
sophisticated by
putting his arm on
the other page, so
when the reader
folds the page the
text will be going
around his arm.
Also, the red really
backs up my house
style. In addition, I
added @Muse
social media at the
bottom so people
can get more info or
follow muse to get
the latest.

8. For this image I was
going to use this model
for my double page
spread, so I firstly
Photoshoped him out of
his photo, and then
made a background for
him, then I smoothed
out his face (removing all
acne/scars). But, then
after looking at the page
it looked to fake, with
the glow around my
image, the background,
and the photo itself. So, I
decided to not use this
model and use someone
else.

9. For this image, I was going to
use it for my double page
spread, but then decided not to
because it didn’t give me that
feel of a double page spread, as
well as, the page didn’t look
appealing to me. However I
made a draft copy and started
to fiddle around with it. Firstly, I
smoothed my models face out
removing all acne, scars, etc.
Then I wanted the image to
brighter, so on Photoshop I
increased the brightness and
lowered the contrast, so it
wouldn’t make the image look
distorted.

10. The red markers
indicate me where the
middle of the page
was, so I didn’t put my
text over line, so the
reader had to go back
and forth from page;
and maybe struggle in
the process. However
for the ‘The Rise of
Shahir Miah’ heading I
made it go over the
other page because I
wanted the reader to
see this, so they would
be interested in
reading my article, by
just seeing the image
of my artist then see a
bit of the heading.

11. This is the
double page
spread
without the
lines, as well
as, my image
without any
manipulation
to his face.

13. After, playing
around with the
image and
background, the
white text looked
to dull, and not
appealing, so I
decided to use a
bit of red to add a
bit on contrast
through the page
,as well as
keeping a house
style of red, after
that I gave a drop
shadow to my
heading to give a
subtle detail to
improve the look
of my page.

14. This is just a draft
of my contents
page, which I
wanted to see how
it look with this
model, I really
liked the outcome
of the page, but it
really didn’t fit
with my music
genre, so I decided
to scrap it.

15. This is another draft copy
of my contents page as
well with a different
model, I firstly wanted to
reduce the amount of
acne on my model face
and reduce the redness,
so I would do this first on
Photoshop, as well as, I
wanted to brighten the
image just a bit more and
increase a bit of the
contrast, so I could get my
models features to pop.

16. This is before
any
Photoshop
manipulation
of my
models
image.

17. This after
Photoshoping my
models face and
brightening the
image and contrast.
As you can see my
models face is still
quite pink/red, but I
left this because I
didn’t want to make
him look lifeless
and dead.

18. Like my double page
spread the look of the
page looked double
with just black and
white colour scheme,
but adding that red
just make the page
more appealing, so I
decided to give my sub
heading of ‘Features’
and ‘Fashion’ a red
font to give the subtly
of the page.

19. This image will be used for my
contents page, I did a long
angle, mid shot photo of my
model because I wanted the
audience to be ‘beneath him’,
by using the low angle shot it
looks like he's more dominant
than the audience. As well as,
making him look away from
the audience shows that he's
not interested and doesn’t
care. For his clothing it’s a
tracksuit because it gives of
that R&B/Rap vibe compared
to shirt or t-shirts, that could
represent hip hop, pop, etc.

20. After putting
the page
together I
realised its too
bland, and not
enough to draw
people in,
however I liked
the subtly of
the red.

21. So, I changed the
colour of the text
from black to white,
which changed the
page drastically in my
opinion, and then I
got rid of the white
gradient that was
cover the whole
page, which also
made the page look
more pleasing to look
at.