Great Magazine Layouts

The reason why I believe that this is a good layout is because, the bold font captures your attention right away, It's large and easy to see. Also, the colours are simple, however it gives the front page a bit of a spark. Furthermore, the front image and the 3D - kind of looking shape makes it look slightly more animated. Because of these reasons I think that this makes this front page layout stand out.

The reason why I like this layout is because it's looks quite simple yet the picture looks quite busy therefore the contrasts oppose each other so in fact it balances it out. The picture has some relation to the main heading, which instantly gives the reader an idea as to what the magazine article would be about. I think it's great that it is most likely not misleading, which I believe all layouts should represent.

I think that this magazine layout is good because the choice of colours are very simple, it makes the picture stand out among all the text. Furthermore, the black and white colours are in a pattern, therefore it could make people want to read it more, rather than just being in one plain colour.

This is a good page layout because, the bold colours stand out and instantly capture the consumers attention! Also, the use of the yellow star near the bottom left hand corner, makes it suitable for the audience. The colours make it easier for people to read against the image, and the large font style makes the writing look like there's slightly less, possibly making people want to read the information before going on to reading the magazine.

This magazine is quite simple and there is minimal writing on the front cover which could perhaps bring more readers to it. I find this intriguing because it would make me want to read more about the magazine.   

Photoshopping My Fave Celebrity

Here is the original photo, unedited although he doesn't need any editing because he already looks like a photoshopped angel...I've had to create some subtle changes to this picture to show how ordinary pictures of people are manipulated so much in the magazines.

I used the colour replacement tool to change the colour of his eyes.

I used the Spot healing brush tool and the Healing tool, to get rid of the lines on the head and also the blemishes.

By using the eyedrop tool, I then selected a lighter colour from his skin and used it with the brush tool to highlight his hair, I changed the opacity and brush size to get more accurate selections.

Selection

Before:

After

Adding Layers

When adding layers to a picture, you can change the effects of the overall image.
In this picture, I added a pink gradient to the picture, then Posterised it, which gave it a gravel tone on the image, and added more hue and Saturation to give it a more bold colour.

Creating my own logo:

At first it started off as a simple piece of text.

I then added the Bevel & Emboss effect to it, which gave it almost a 3D look towards it.

I later then added the Drop Shadow effect, and the texture effect to give it a shadow and a different texture to the actual text.

To change the background I again, addd the Bevel & Emboss effect to kt, which gave it a 3D look, also, an outer glow which highlights the edges of the background, which emphasises the Bevel effect. I also took out the green channel which made the overall colour pink.

The Rule Of Thirds

The rule of Thirds applies to a picture that has 3 different sections which are the: foreground, middle ground and background. The rule of Thirds divides the photo into a 3x3 grid, which allows you to gather the 3 main points of the image. It makes the images more appealing.The rule of thirds breaks a photo into parts. Usually the ground, horizon and background. Here is an example: 

The Golden ratio creates balance within a picture. This is mainly used when photos have a centre within it. For example if the image is in the middle and there are other things within the picture surrounding it within certain proxemics. The Golden Rule allows you to crop a picture with a more appealing composition. It can also be used to remove any unwanted things around it whilst keeping the important parts.

This theory came from a maths equation which balances the numbers out overall, and because things are balanced out, it became relevant for photography/editing as well.

When cropping on photoshop, the crop tool darkens the rest of the photo that hasn't been selected to be cropped. You can then choose the ratio of the crop size. This determines wether you want the picture to be portrait or landscape, and what size it will be when printing.
By clicking on the highlighted are of the picture, you can then drag it to the section that you want to be cropped.
The rule of thirds: This is when a grid appears on the picture , this allows you to get a better view of the: foreground, middle ground, and background.  

You can also straighten the image, this is when the horizon meets with one of the lines which will give the image a more accurate image either horizontally or vertically.

Image Resizing, Resampling, Resolution, Up & Down Sampling

Up & Down Sampling

Resizing consists of when you change the number of pixels which affects the resolution of the picture. Additionally, more pixels are added in the picture when zoomed in. It can take away and add more dots to each pixel, making it less or higher quality.

Resolution

The resolution given the image more clarity because it has more pixels held in the image which allows you to scale the picture to a further degree without loosing the quality.

Image Resizing

Image resizing rescales the image. When  

Resampling

When resampling, you change the image size pixels which will then automatically adjust the resolution, it will add or take away pixels, which can affect the quality of a picture. For example, it will take two pixels that are different colour