The document describes the process of editing a magazine advertisement photo in Photoshop. Key steps included: 1) Using selection tools like the polygonal lasso tool to cut out the main object (an amp and microphone) from the background and fill the background with black. 2) Removing a white line around the object using the polygonal lasso tool to draw over it with dark lines. 3) Erasing extra areas and using layers to keep only important parts of the image. 4) Converting the image to black and white to match the black and white style of a related music video.

1. Magazine Advert Production
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Natalie Suchecki

2. Here we used the polygonal lasso tool to
contour lines around the main object. We
did this to cut out all of the background so
that we was only left with the amp and the
microphone. In order for us to stick to the
conventions of rock bands, we needed a
black background. Using the eraser tool,
we were able to take out all of the image
that we didn’t need and after this we used
the fill tool to turn it black.
However, as can be seen in the image to
the right, we left a white line around the
object and as we hadn't used Photoshop
much before, we initially struggled to
remove this line.

3. We managed to remove the
white line by drawing dark
lines using the polygonal
lasso tool to cover them up.
This gave us a neater and
more professional finish.

4. We continued to use the eraser
to ensure we only kept the
parts of the image that were
important. When we used the
eraser it left a square pattern
which acted as a clear indicator
to us that nothing had been
kept on that layer. This meant
we were then able to arrange
layers into the order we needed
knowing that we wasn’t going
to overlap anything that we
needed.

5. For the parts that were a little more
detailed we used the paint tool to
ensure that we didn’t miss any
areas. The paint tool allowed us to
change the length and width of the
brush, this was really useful when it
came to filling in the corners.

6. We repeated this process to
ensure our poster looked as neat
and professional as possible.
Here this shows were we kept
merging layers to ensure that all
the lines and fills stuck together.

7. This is the final result once
we had merged all of the
layers. We felt it looked a lot
more conventional of a rock
music advert now that we
had filled the background it.
It also made the main image
stand out more, which is
good for catching the eyes of
the audience.

8. We turned the image black and
white to give a better effect. We
did this by going to properties
on the right hand side, we then
selected the circle that
represented black and white.
We then experimented with the
colour exposures. We felt that
by turning this image black and
white we was providing a clear
link between this and the
performance aspect of our
music video. This is because we
chose to turn all of the as live
shots in the video to black and
white.

9. However, when we were
changing the colours it made
the lettering on the amp
blurry. Therefore we selected
the smart sharpen tool, found
in the filter drop down menu.
After we did this, the shade of
black around the lettering
appeared a little different,
therefore we went ahead and
used the blur tool to fix this.

10. We went onto an external site to source
the font. We used ‘Dafont.com’. The
font we selected was called ‘Fast In My
Car’. College computers wouldn’t allow
us to download this font and therefore
we had to use the snipping tool to copy
and paste this into Word.
Once the font was copied into word we
used the colour selection tool to set the
background transparent.

11. We turned the image white and then went
on to select a saturated effect. We then
placed this on a black background to create
the effect of the conventions we wished to
develop. These being authority and power.
We felt that the white, which is a colour
that connotes purity, stood out on the bold
black background and showed authority on
the page.
We then used the snipping tool,
cropped the photo, and then placed
in on our Photoshop document.