The document discusses editing a photo using Picnik by increasing exposure and contrast to make the model stand out, and increasing saturation and temperature to lighten white areas. The photo was then converted to black and white but the model's suit was left in color using a reverse effect. Picnik was used because the creator felt comfortable with the software and its effects section.

1. Using Picnik I took my original image and increased the exposure and contrast this darkened the shadows I wanted, to make the model stand out better. The exposure made the image lighter and the colourful bits more vibrant. I also increased the saturation and temperature to make it a little bit more brighter where the white bits where, this lifted the image and made it look less dull.

2. Here I chose to make my image black and white, all the colour was stripped from the photo and I was left with a plain image, I didn’t want all of this picture to be black and white so used the ‘reverse effect’ to make his suite into colour, I thought this was quite effective as the model was quite clearly dressed as Elvis and the suite was a significant part of his trademark. I chose to work with Picnik because I felt comfortable with this software, I went to the ‘Create’ section where I was able to use all the different effects. By clicking on the ‘effects’ section I was shown a variety of different features I could use to edit my photo.

3. I used photoshop to design the layout for my final magazine cover, I used the text button to create text boxes around the page for my writing. I was able to change the colour using the colour filter box. I used red and White to do this around my page on the black background. This button I taught myself how to use when designing my final piece, I was able to move things around using this by targeting the image or text and pulling it across the page. I used the crop button a lot when designing my final piece, I was able to cut things down easily and make things fit more comfortably when using this button.

4. I was shown how to use this tool by one of my teachers. I chose the square shape to put behind my text I then changed the opacity which made the square more transparent and brightened up the text on the busy background making it a lot clearer to read.