6. WHAT HAVE YOU

LEARNT ABOUT

TECHNIQUES FROM

THE PROCESS

OF CONSTRUCTING

THIS PRODUCT?

In the process of creating my magazine pages I used Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe

Illustrator CS3 and Adobe InDesign CS3.

Adobe Photoshop CS3: was the main software I used for my contents page and front

cover. It showed me how to manipulate images by using air brush to get rid of

blemishes, change the colour of the models lips or hair and intensify them. On my

magazines front cover I changed the models lips colour to make them a bolder colour in

order to link them to the colour scheme of my magazine shown on cover lines and my

masthead.

You could also create a drop shadow behind the image to help intensify the effect which I

used on the image shown on my DPS, this helped blend the image on the page and make it

stand out.

On each image of my model I used on the front cover, contents page and DPS I used the

pen selection tool on Photoshop to crop around the image to get rid of the original

background. By being able to do this I made my images look a lot more professional and

helped draw attention to the model and blend them onto the page.

I also used the pen tool to help change the colour scheme of certain aspects of the model.

For example; on my front cover I used it to change the model’s eyebrows to help them

look bolder. I also used the brush to add the colour of black to them to help create this.

In this print screen of how I cut around my shape, I did so by making an intricate path; which

took a while as I had it to keep zooming in and out of the picture in order to see it clearly and

make sure to not cut of any vital pieces of hair that would make the image look unprofessional

and badly cut out. Then I made sure to rasterize the layer , right clicked on the picture and

clicked selection; this then made the line start to move, to show it was active. After this, I had

clicked select and ‘inverse’ to make sure I cut the background image rather than the actual

image. After that the background image that I didn’t want was deleted and I was left the image I

used for my front cover.

This print screen shows how I changed the colour balance of my picture; shown from my front

cover, I decided to tint the final image’s colour in order to make it darker and seem less bright. I

did this to allow the dark red masthead to stand out against it. I was able to create this tint by

selecting the whole image and clicking on colour balance. After I did this I was able to play

around with the dials, shown in the print screen below, to decide on what overall tint I wanted.

This print screen shows how I edited the models lips; I did the same technique with her

eyebrows and eyes to allow a clearer, bolder colour for all aspects. For the lips I cut around the

lips with the pen tool, I then selected this by right clicking; which made the line move, showing

it was activated. I then clicked on colour balance to allow me to change the certain dilution of

different colours of cyan, magenta and yellow to get the correct balance for them. In the end I

picked a red that wasn’t too dark but wasn’t too light that it wouldn’t go unnoticed.

Adobe Illustrator CS3: This helped me edit my text, especially the cover lines

or my masthead. I was able to create a border around the text, to make it bold, or

insert a type of font to stand out amongst the rest of the text and change the

colour of certain bits. I especially used this software in creating my masthead and

the headline of my DPS.

When creating my masthead I was able to use this Illustrator to help create a dark

red border around the word ‘Interlude’ which further followed the colour scheme

of my magazine. Furthermore, this software gave me a choice of many different

fonts for my text so I was able to use two different fonts for my masthead in

allowing a difference between the starting letter and the rest of the word; to help

show originality for the masthead to be recognised from.

Adobe InDesign CS3: I used this software to create my DPS as it helped

me create it by allowing me to insert columns and set out the text of the

article in a neat ordered column of the same measurements. On the second

page of the double page spread I was able to place an image of my

model, that was edited in Photoshop, and arrange it to sit next to the article.

I was then able to insert a masthead for the page of ‘Elle Goes Solo’ over

the two pages, to make them seem connected.

Also, through the planning and construction of my coursework I learnt

how to use websites like Prezi, Slideshare and Wordpress; which I can

then use in other subjects when I need to present to the class. These

websites help allow me to set my work out in a different way then from a

normal powerpoint; making them more interesting.

Wordpress is a blogging site for all of my work which can be viewed by

anyone online which helps make my coursework more accessible and can

be used for any other subject.