Need to add to blog april 2013

Need to add to blog april 2013

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  I have editedthis image by enhancing the levels on Photoshop and adding more vibrancy - adding more contrast and vibrancy to the image so that the colours would be more noticeable and interesting. There was no need for me to cut the background out and colour the new background in white to make it more professional and studio like, as I have already captured it in a studio like environment against a white/grey wall. I did not want it to be completely white as that is very plain and boring, grey is much more rare and natural looking. The image was also cropped from all sides to make the face take up most of the page and for it to be the centre of attention right below the masthead. And so that the sell lines would fit perfectly all around the face and the hair. The image was manipulated so that the flash would appear underneath it and so that the face overlaps the flash – this also undermines that the model is very important for this front cover.
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  The image was croppedfrom its original size for it to fit better on the page. The space behind the model/in the background has all been blurred to put emphasis on the model. The colours have been brightened by 60% to achieve a more vibrant look – especially the colours on the model. The hair colour was edited to make it look lighter/more blonde.
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  The image onthe right achieved a brighter look because the levels on Photoshop have been increased. More brightness and contrast was added. The sharpness was significantly increased to add a high quality feel to it. To get the image from the previous stage to this stage I have simply cropped all the background from it and deleted it – Photoshop is the only programme which allowed me to do this precisely and successfully. And then I inserted it into my magazine without a background so that it overlaps the other parts of the contents page.
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  This image wasoriginally taken outside on a field with the sun behind the subject of the image so I had to do several stages of editing to lighten it – especially the body. This image was cropped so that the model would take up the whole photograph. The face features were added contrast and sharpness to, to define them. As well as increasing the levels to make the image look more professional. It will appear small on the contents page in the centre.
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  The background wassmudged/blurred out to make it look more professional as well as to create a main focus in the photograph. The colours were slightly brightened again, and the sharpness was increased.
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  In this imagethe levels were used slightly, but not too much so that the image would still look natural. This image was not cropped as I liked the white/grey background (wall). I have decided not to photoshop the background into all white (just colour it in) because that is very over used in all magazines and it looks boaring (that is what I founf out from my questionnaire responces). So I left it as it is but just added more contrast and sharpness.