Mansheng discusses skills learned in My Magazine, including using transform tools to rotate, distort, and skew images, placing and resizing shapes while locking layers on the front cover. Mansheng also learned to fit images without stretching or pixelation using the maintain ratio tool, add drop shadows to images, adjust opacity for luminous effects, and use color overlays to change text colors.

1. Skills development: My Magazine
By Mansheng

2. • I’ve learnt how to manipulate the
image by using a range of selections
on the transform selection. E.g rotate,
distort, skew etc.

3. • On my front cover, I have learnt
to place and resize shapes as
well as using the transform tools
to manipulate the shape.
I also learnt how to put
the text in the centre and
lock the layers.

4. • I learnt how to fit a image and use
the “maintain ratio tool” so that
the image wouldn't look stretched
or pixelated.

5. • I learnt how to adjust or create
a drop shadow as I wanted the
picture to have a slight shadow
to show that it isn’t
overlapping the other image.
I also had to use an inner shadow to
give the shadow a darker edge.

6. • I also learnt how I could adjust
the images opacity to give it a
luminous effect.

7. • With most of my text, I learnt how
to use the colour overlay tool to
give my text a different colour.