photo editing (cover) 2/15

Photo editing for cover:

     For the editing of my pictures I used the Adobe Photoshop and Light-room apps as well as InDesign. All of these apps were provided by my school tablet and they were all new to me. Therefore, it was difficult to learn how to work with them at first but after using them throughout the year, they became easier to manage.
     Before beginning the editing process, I first picked out my favorite pictures from the shoot or the ones that were most fitted for my magazine. These were the final pictures I exported from my camera to my computer in the photoshop app.

   


        I ended up choosing the middle one since it's a perfect mid shot. I mainly chose it because I like the model's facial, it shows that she's confident and strong, which is a big focus on this magazine.
        After I chose the picture I began fixing small blemishes on the skin, using the Photoshop app. I had to do this process only for the cover image since it was a mid-body shot and the face of the model was closer. However for the features spread I didn't have to worry about this because the pictures were smaller.

       Photoshop was also my favorite app to use when editing the main cover in general. I added the masthead, anchors and pretty much all the writing through this app.

         To achieve the perfect font for the masthead, I had to download an app called datfont.com. Through this mobile app, I would download any cool font to my phone and do a whole process to send it to my email. From my there, I would export it to the Photoshop app, where I would crop and paste the picture of the text.



I had to go through a similar process to add the picture of the bar code. I took a screenshot of a bar code I found in google and I cropped it in the Photoshop app and placed it in the bottom left corner of the magazine to follow the codes and conventions of 'Vibe' magazine.

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