I then concentrated on editing the images in Photoshop to make them look powerful and even more effective. I reinforced my skills of using the healing brush tool and the dodge tool to get rid of marks on the floor/backdrop and a few skin blemishes and to brighten up certain features such as her face. I also learned how to use cross-processing or 'curves' to change the colouring in the images. I learned that an S-curve gives the best outcome on images. It changes the colour and hue of the images without being too drastic. I used these techniques on all of my imagery so that they would be consistent and keep a house style. I wanted to create a soft, gentle, feminine tone without being too 'girly'. This is important to the values of my magazine as this is the feeling I want to create. I want to break away from the conventions of the women's lifestyle genre, but I also want the audience to know that it has been made for them - for their gender.
Here are the chosen, edited images that I want to use for my DPS:
I also edited the interview with Andrew and put it into my DPS layout. I also selected the fonts that I will be using and added them in.
This is the final version of this DPS.
Having abandoned my original front cover, I have decided to create more of a conventional cover with a main image instead of lots of small images. I am going to use one of the images from the photoshoot I have just done with Kinga this week.
I chose the image and have been able to start editing it. Again, I cross-processed the image to give it a pink hue and I also extended the background so that it would easily fit into my inDesign document.
Having done front cover research I felt I had enough inspiration and ideas to make the front cover. This week I also managed to create the first draft of my front cover. I wanted it to look simplistic and also quite minimalist.
The second picture shows the font that was supposed to be used. However, due to licensing restrictions, it wouldn't be exported into a PDF format.
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