Tecnical tutorials part 2

We have recently used photoshop to practice editing an image to develop our skills and understanding while using photoshop. We took several photos however and had to decide which we though was the best out of them all to use for our practice CD cover.

We used several different aspects of photoshop to edit our image to try to make it look as good as possible. First however we needed to insert the image in to photoshop by uploading an image from the camera onto the macs the editing it into photoshop. We also had to edit the size of the image by pressing CMD+T and then holding shift when adapting the size to keep the same proportions of the image. Also we added the shadow effect on the images of us on our front cover to also make it look more effective but also it may give it a slightly menacing look because the shadows make it seem darker.

After inserting the image we then used the magnetic lasoo tool to edit around the images and remove the background so we was then able to edit and add in our own background. When we added in our own background we needed to select the effect that looked like a big paint can and select the cololur we wanted and just click onto the page to insert it. However, Jordan used the gradient effect which makes the colour start off lighter in one place and as it fills across the page begin to thicken out and get darker. This is a good effect because it adds a variety of the colour but also makes it look more interesting because it looks different and better than having just one big solid colour on the page.

When we did the text it was quite straightforward because all we had to do was click on the text icon (which was just a big 'T') draw out a text box and choose our font style, size and colour. We tried to choose a font that was quite similar to our genre so we chose quite a messy font for the front and back cover because this also helps to define what genre we are doing. Another thing that we did on the text was adding the smudge effect which again made it look quite messy and link with our chosen genre better because it looks very effective but also looks as if it was recently written and has been painted or sprayed on.