22. Edited graphics & Photos :: LO4

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Firstly i used the spot healing tool on the brick wall behind the model / subject. I removed big chips from the wall that may draw the readers attention away from the subject. The spot healing brush samples the near by area to guess what should be in the chips place. 

Next i selected the shirt of the model, using the colour overlay to turn the shirt from a washed out blue into a nice blue colour. To prevent this from being overpowering, i lowered the opacity of the colour overlay to allow some of the washed out colouring back into the image. This gives it a more realistic effect.

Following the shirt editing, i selected the subjects head, using the refine edge tool to allow more of the hair into the selection zone. From here i applied a very low brown colour overlay which gave the model more of a tanned appearance. Luckily the model has brown eyes, so further editing to cut separate colours out was not needed. 

Finally i selected the lips of the model, before the brown made their lips turn colour as well. To prevent this i overplayed their non-edited lips over the top of the brown layer, and then applied a very very small red tint to the original colour, making them stand out just a little bit more.

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I firstly started off by selecting the models face. This was done using the pen tool to select a rough area of the models face. After this i then used the refine edge tool to select a better area. After this i then used the pen tool again to select out the models eyes, and used the subtract mode to remove them from the overall selection.

Finally i duplicated the selected region from the original image and then proceeded to apply a colour overlay of a light brown with a blend mode of colour and a lower opacity to give the model a more tanned look.

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Firstly i begun by selecting the shirt of the model. I used the pen tool for this then used refine edge to select a better area. You can see the refine edge tool in the image above.

Once selected i used a colour overlay (as described earlier) to give the model more of a blue shirt, as i think this looks more professional look to both the final piece and the model. However when selecting the shirt using the above, the tie was included in the process. For this reason the tie also got a blue tint but this shouldn't be. I therefore used the pen tool to select the tie of the model and then copied the original black tie over the top of the blue layer.

I finally used the pen tool to select most of the models face, and did the same edit as before applying a small tan to the model. 

Finally i increased the saturation of the overall image, and added text to show the article name. This used the same colour scheme as the house style. 

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Firstly i selected the patch tool from the healing panel. I used this to select the pole obstructing the image, then dragged left to replace this area with photoshops render of the sky behind it.

The patch tool left a slight edge to where it wouldn't work, so therefore i went in after using the spot healing brush to finish off the removal of the pole.

After (LEFT) :: Before (RIGHT)

I started off editing the image using the auto tone function in Photoshop. This created an overall better brightness and hue/saturation.

I proceeded to then use the spot healing brush for its purpose of removing items like spots and/or other facial features that don't want to be there.

I then continued by selecting the models face using the pen tool...

...and used refine edge to select the models face a bit better.

Finally i added a colour overlay to the model to give him a bit of a tanned appearance.

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To edit this photo i simply cropped the original image and then used auto tone to change the colouring.

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This image was very simple to edit. All i did was crop the image then use the spot healing brush on the wall to remove some of the more visible sections of broken wall.

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This image is similar one to earlier, so hence i will not need to show the same editing technique. To remove the pole i did the same as earlier. Following that i applied a hue saturation layer to the image which made the models clothes brighter. Finally i selected the background and applied a colour layer of grey to make the background more washed. 

21. Setting up InDesign :: LO3

This is the measurements and column sizes for the contents page of my magazine

This is the measurements and margin for the Double page spread of my magazine

20. Setting up Photoshop :: LO3

These are the measurements for my front cover page of my magazine taken in photoshop

To get these measurements i used a ruler on a real magazine to get the correct height and with of the magazine cover. I used 300ppi (pixels per inch) as this would allow a more clear front page when it is printed. RGB colouring was used as the colour mode so i had access to every colour.

19. Final house style designs :: LO3

S11 Masthead:

I picked this masthead as it connotes Sheffield by using the Sheffield postcode. S1-SXX are the beginnings of the Sheffield postcode so for that reason i believe it works as it is a local sheffield magazine. The red and white colour scheme is maintained throughout everything that i create as it connotes business like behaviour towards people. 

 The colour scheme i chose here for the initial page (front page) are Blue, Red, Yellow, Black and white. I chose these colours at they all contrast one another and hence work with each other. Although yellow is only used slightly. The Red, Black and white connote a working environment which follow the business style genre of the magazine. The Blue and Yellow colours connote a more playful tone for outside of work behaviour.

The colour scheme chose here is the contents page for my magazine. The colours here simply suggest a business environment which works well for a local magazine. The colours also suggest a more down to earth tone which most of our readers might have.

18. Showing Conventions Of The Genre :: LO3

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• The masthead of both magazines is on the top of the magazine, and is the biggest item of the page. This helps it to be more well recognised.
• Both articles show models as the main cover image. This follows the convention of the genre. Unlike GQ However, my main cover line is anchored to the image and passes through a part of the model that isn't necessary to keep viewable.
• Puffs are used on both magazines in roughly the same areas. This gives the reader some insight into what is coming up in the magazine.
• Both my magazine and the GQ magazine have a barcode. This barcode sometimes contains the price but is absolutely necessary to be able to purchase the magazine
• My magazine also contains some conventions not present on GQ. For example, a banner and synergy. Synergy may push the reader to buy the magazine, e.g 3 iPhones to win. The banner contains another article present in the magazine.

• Both mine and GQ's double page spread shows a model, albeit the other way around. This gives the form of identity as the reader believes they know the person as they can see them. This links to the article to the image.
• Both my magazine and the GQ magazine contain an article. My article is just an introduction and continues on the next page. The GQ one however seems to display the full article on the double page spread.
• A pull quote is present on both my double page spread and the one of GQ. Normally an inspiration line or something that should be detailed in the article; the pull quote gives important too the reader in an instant.
• Both pages also contain a page title. GQ's title is quite small prioritising the pull quote however mine is the opposite way around. This lets the reader know what article they are about to read.
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• Both my contents page and the GQ contents page contains the masthead. This is present to keep the reader aware of the magazine name and also implant the GQ magazine brand into their head.
• Both my magazine contents page and the GQ contents page have an article containing the main cover story. In my page it is a lot more visible as it is the story most readers will be wanting to read after picking up the magazine.
• Both the GQ magazine and my contents page state the page title 'Contents'. This is almost as big as the masthead to alert the user to what page they are on.
• Both my magazine and the GQ magazine show article page numbers next to the article contents. This is normally summed up with a page number and a title.
• My contents page and the GQ contents page contain article information underneath some of the more important titles. This is important to give the reader an insight into what they are reading.