Production.

Since the photo shoot, I have begun to use Photoshop to edit the images I have chosen for my front cover and DPS.

For my front cover image, I have edited elements such as the Hue and Saturation, the Exposure and the Levels of the image. I have also used the Burn tool and the Healing tool, in order to darken shadows and heal parts of the image that I wasn’t happy with, for example the wrinkles on one of my models’ clothes.

This is my front cover image, completely unedited.

This is the front cover image after editing. Here, you can see that I have changed the original colouring of the photograph, darkening it and de-saturating the image so that it fit in with the relatively dark theme of the television show, Doctor Who, that my models are representing.

This is my first DPS image, again completely unedited.

This is the image after editing. Here, I have edited the Exposure, Hue and Saturation and the Brightness and contrast. I also used the Burn tool, to darken shadows, and the Healing tool. I used this to edit certain elements of the image, such as wrinkles on my model’s clothing and to try to blend different areas of colour on her face, which were due to the heat of the lighting. I will edit another image for my DPS, and then insert these images into my final product.

I have also made considerable edits to my front cover on Photoshop.  As well as adding more colour through the use of the paint bucket tool and changing the colour of my text, I have also inserted my colour image. I purposely chose the colours red and white, as they would match the colours in the image, and the black background as it would fit with the black backdrop of my image. I also added a button sell by using the circular marquee tool and filling it using the paint bucket tool. I have learned through this editing process how to change the font size, placement of elements of the image (such as text) and how to place images onto the Photoshop file, such as the bar code and the background image.

I have also made a number of changes to my DPS using InDesign software, including filling in the background colour with black and creating breakout boxes in the firm of circles, again using a circular marquee tool. I also used the place tool to insert the text on my article, and formatted this by changing the font and size of my text. I did the same with the header and kicker. I also filled in the text boxes that I had created with white, in order to make the text easily readable but to contrast dramatically with the dark background and red break out boxes. I will further edit the DPS by inserting my images once I have finished editing them, and I may further format the text by changing fonts, colouring or the layout of the text.