Blog 7 - Photo editing

I have edited some of the images which I will be using in my magazine so that the look of them will be improved. I have used techniques such as airbrushing, cropping and adjusting the contrast and brightness. I want the images in my magazine to look professional which meant I had to make some adjustments to the images. Before and After. I didn't do much editing to this image as I am going to make it small and put it on my double page spread. I have cropped it as I wanted less background and all the focus on her face. I have chosen to use this image as It is happy and captures her laughing. The genre of my magazine is pop which is cheesy and happy, I felt that this image suited this genre.

Before and After For this image I increased the brightness by 38%, this makes the subject stand out from the background and also brightens up the picture. I did this because I want my contents page to look fun and exciting and if I left it how it was before it would look a bit dull. I also cropped the image as I wanted less background so that it wouldn't take up too much room on my contents page.

BEFORE EDITING AND AFTER

I have edited this photo in Photo shop to perfect it. I firstly duplicated the layer and then added a blur. I then used the eraser tool to erase certain areas like the eyes, mouth and nose to make them stand out more. This gives the skin an airbrushed effect and also makes the image stand out from the background. I then wanted to delete the background so that it had a plain white background. This will make writing or various other features on the front cover of my magazine stand out better. I used the magic wand tool to go around the image. This took a lot of tries as the edges were going very jagged. I then did it again but feathered the edges to make it smoother.

BEFORE ____________________________________AFTER

I have increased the brightness of this image and also created more contrast as it looked rather dull. This brings out a happier tone and will be preferred by my target audience. I also airbrushed the skin in this photo to make it look flawless and smooth.