SKILLS DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL

Georgia Lee

Cd Cover

I started my cd cover using this light blue colour and putting it on using the fill tool. The colour is calm and relaxing like the bands music.

I used the Gaussian blur on the stereos to make it look like it’s playing loud music. Also by blurring the speakers out you are more focused on the name of the band. Which was cropped from a website.

To edit some of the background I have edited the contrast and brightness of the colour. In effect it also contrasted the main picture of the band to make it look like an older picture.

I then added the picture of the band onto the background layer. I used the contrast/brightening tool to make them stand out against the background.

When adding the album name I used a drop shadow on it so it would make it bolder and stand out more on the white/light blue background.

Music magazine.

When editing my music magazine masthead I used a different brush stroke on the edges of the masthead. This effect makes the masthead not have any rough edges. As the font is quite wide and spaced out it could show the magazine to be quite fun and laid back. But also have a professional edge.

I used a pixilate (a pigmented one) to change the masthead. To make it seem smoother and clearer.

I added a drop shadow to the masthead to make it look more interesting. Also by warping the masthead it makes it look more interesting and stands out more.

I made the font and changed the colour to make it a light positive colour. I then made a box and coloured it in to make it bold.

To make sure all of my images and text are in line I used a grid. I went into view show> then grid.This will help my magazine look neater and more professional.

As the title is called popsplash, I copied an image of the internet of water splashing. I used colour range on the splash then put it behind the masthead.

I cropped the images and change there sizes, I made them look like there were standing behind the ‘lead singer’.

To change the background into a lighter subtle tone I put a white background underneath a layer.

When editing my background for my music front cover, I filled in the background and then selected the layer then clicked gradient overlay. So the background looks like its going from dark to light and makes it look more professional.

When editing my main image for my double page spread, I used the spot healing tool to make the image look more refreshing. As the image is a close up of the persons face, it looks more professional.