Blog 7 – Photoediting

I discounted some of my photographs because the lighting was poor or because the quality of the photographs were not clear. I wanted to show the DJ in the best light emphasizing his features. His hair is well groomed and complexion clear and fresh.

I used Adobe Photoshop to edit my photos, i found this to be a very useful piece of software because it was easy to use and alot the effects emphasized my album well.

To add text and to arrange the photos on the magazine i used a programme called Adobe Indesign, at first this was complicated but when i learned how to use the tools it became a vital piece of equipment to make the magazine.

I also later on in making my magazine used a programme at home called 'GIMP' it is allot like Photoshop and they are fairly similar to use, perhaps GIMP is a little less complex though. Here are some screenshots of what the user interface looks like.



On the left hand side is a layers table, this allows me to click on different layers and allows me to edit different layers and it gives the option to order the layers with the background being at the bottom, rather like a if papers were stacked on top of each other.

On the right there is a toolbox which contains such things as brush's, Texts, burns and smudges. All of these i have used in my magazine.

On the top row of GIMP there is a effects menu i have used the Gaussian blur effect and the pinch and whirl effect to give my magazine the young factor and to make it interesting.