Photography/Photoshop skills

School based magazine

Original Photo

This is just a simple medium close of the subject holding a video camera, as I knew I would be super imposing him into a different background I didn’t focus too much on framing

The beginning of the process was to remove the subject from the background, I used the magnetic lasso tool for this as it makes it very easy.The programe detects the edges and snaps the cutting line to them.

Cutting out

I chose a desert background as it was much more aesthetically pleasing than the original classroom background and would draw in the audience more. To create this I pasted in the cut out of the subject on top of the background layer. Adjusted some of the colour balances so that it looks as if he is in this place and created a shadow by coping the cut out , making It black, reducing the opacity , then using the skew transformation tool to get the right position and angle

Super imposing

So that the text would stand out I inserted various boxes with the shape tool. Instead of using just a regular rectangle I chose to use the rounded edges and reduced the opacity to allow the background to be seen through it. As the top header would contain the headline , I added a gradient to create a more interesting look.

Areas for text

As this was the headline and school mantra, the text had to be bold and I had to select and appropriate font as well as colour. I stuck to a black, white and grey colour scheme to keep it simple and slightly professional looking To further make the headline stand out ,I Added a drop shadow .

Adding main text

Again, using the text tool , and choosing the appropriate fonts, I created the informational texts relating to the articles inside the magazine.

Adding smaller text

I used a variety of sizes and colours as this varies the style and creates a more interesting look