The document discusses manipulations made to original photography for use in a magazine. [1] The front cover image was edited to enhance colors and contrast to make it more dramatic, and cropped to eliminate empty space. [2] A contents page image was lightened and had contrast adjusted to make shadows fainter and make colors and the model stand out more, and was shrunk proportionally. [3] For double page spreads, the background was cut out around the model using selection tools, and contrast, brightness and exposure were adjusted to make the photos more dramatic.

1. Manipulation of original photography
Front cover image:
Before
After
This is the main image I have used on
my front cover.
As you can see in the first image it is
quite pale and washed out. There was
also a lot of empty space.
I edited the colour to bring the colours
out and make them stand out. I
adjusted the contrast to make it stand
out further making it look more
dramatic.
I also cropped the image so there was
not as much empty space. By
cropping it, it fit the magazine front
cover exactly meaning I did not have
to stretch the image in any way.

2. Contents page:
Before
After
This is one of the three images I have used in my contents page.
As you can see in the before image it is quite dark and the shadows are very dark
making the image not look that good.
Therefore I edited it, I changed the colour balance to make it lighter, this makes the
shadows fainter too. I slightly adjusted the contrast, this made the shadows even
fainter. It also made the colours of the dress and the model herself stand out even
more.
I had to shrink the image to make it fit on the contents page. To ensure the image
was still in proportion I press ‘CTRL’ and dragged the image

3. Double Page Spread:
Before
After
Here I have ‘cut’ around the image of Katie, I cut away the background so it
is only Katie. I used a variety of tools including magnetic and polygonal lasso
tool. This allowed me to manually select sections to cut away. I also used the
magic tool as it selects large sections so I can select larger parts. I adjusted
the contrast and brightness to make the photo look more dramatic.

4. Before:
After:
In this photo I have again cut around Katie so there is no background. I used
the magnetic and polygonal lasso tool to manually cut around Katie as well
as using the magic tool. I adjusted the brightness of the photo to make it
brighter as before it was dull. I adjusted the contrast and exposure to make
the photo look more dramatic and model like.