I modified several photos for use in my magazine through Photoshop. For the cover photo, I removed the background, increased saturation to make the subject brighter, adjusted levels to emphasize props, and sharpened the image. For interior photos, I removed backgrounds, increased lighting and saturation to match magazine conventions, cropped legs, and added a shadow effect. I also brightened, saturated, and sharpened a double-page photo. Secondary photos were only cropped to show a photo shoot sneak peek. Through these edits, the photos now suit the genre and magazine format.

1. Modifications of my images
For this task, I had to take some photos of the artist(me) which
feature in my magazine and pick the ones which I placed on
the magazine. I have modified the images through Photoshop
in order to find the best lighting, colour and contrast so that
the images look best on my magazine.

2. On the first image, I have changed a variety of things in
order for it to be fit for the magazine cover:
• I first removed the background of the image, leaving only me in the picture.
What I noticed on the magazine covers I have researched is that all of the
artists are on their own and no original background is shown.
• What I then done was change the saturation of the image. The original photo
was taken in dark conditions meaning the picture looks dull and also a bit
boring. I added a touch more saturation in order to make me look brighter and
lively and in all music magazines, the artist is always in high lighting so I
decided this was the right thing to do.
• The third thing I have done to this image was change the levels. On Photoshop
the levels tool can be adjusted making the light colours lighter and the dark
colours darker. I done this so that the props I was wearing can be emphasis
showing the audience what the genre the magazine is.
• I also increased the sharpness of the photo in order to make the quality and
resolution increase. I done this by going into the filter option and selecting
sharpen. In magazines, the photographs are all high quality and never look
jagged.
What did I change?
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The first image below is the one which will be placed on my magazine front cover:

3. The second image below is the one which will be placed on my magazine contents page:
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What did I change?
On the second image, I have changed a variety of things in
order for it to be fit for the magazine cover:
• I first cropped the artist from the background. Just like the first image, I
needed to make sure the artist is alone and can be placed on my magazine
background rather than my living room. By using Photoshop's rubber, magic
wand and magnetic lasso tools, I was able to isolate the artist from the
background, just like my first image.
• I also made the image have more lighting by increasing the levels of the image.
Ctrl + L opens a level tool which changes the lighting of the image. I wanted to
follow the magazine conventions as they all use high key lighting on their
artists.
• I also increased the saturation of the image making it look lively and vibrant,
Ctrl + U opens the saturation filter and I played around with it, making the
image look professional.
• Another way in which I edited this image is by simply getting the crop tool and
making the legs shorter. I wanted to make the focus more on the artists centre
body, so I cropped the legs slightly.
• I added a shadow effect onto the image as a final piece of adjusting. The
background the artist was going to be placed on is white/silver. Thereby I
wanted to add a shadow filter through the blending options in order ot make
the artists body edges revealed.

4. The third image below is the one which will be placed on my magazine double page spread:
What did I change?
On the third image, I have changed a variety of things in
order for it to be fit for the magazine cover:
• Just like with the other two main images, I removed the artist from the
background. From researching double page spreads, I recognised the
background tends to be one theme, and my bedroom does not suit the hip-
hop genre conventions.
• I also made the image more brighter by increasing the brightness through the
levels option in Photoshop. It is essential that the lighting of the artist
matches the background of the magazine. Thereby I had to change the lighting
in all of my images in order to give it a surreal look.
• I added some saturation to the image to enhance the colours which I also done
on my other images. The colour is important and if it looks dull and boring, my
magazine will not be noticed as it does not attract the eye.
• As this image will be covering a whole page of my double page spread, I
needed to make sure the quality was high. I decided to also increase the
sharpness of this by the filter section of Photoshop. I also made sure I
smoothly went around the edges with the rubber tool making sure the picture
looks crisp.
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5. The 4th, 5th and 6t images are secondary focuses which will be placed on my contents page:
What did I change?
On these images, I did not adjust them like I did
with the three primary focus images. I only
removed the background from the images. In
my contents page, I have included the content
of a photo shoot for my main artist which is
revealed in side the features of the specific
magazine issue. Thereby I gave a sneak
preview of this photo shoot and placed them
at the bottom of my contents page. As the
photo shoot is meant to look natural, I did not
adjust the images in terms of lighting, colour
or filters.
By adjusting my images, I am now in a position
to place them onto my magazine product. As I
have made them look more professional and
suitable for the hip-hop and magazines,
conventions my images are now good enough
to be placed on my product.