IMAGE MANIPULATIONAdobe Photoshop CS6

Front CoverI used a variety of tools on Photoshop to manipulate the main image on my front cover. I started by using the quick selection tool this enabled me to get rid of the background, so I was left with just the image.

I then used the blur tool and the eraser tool to smooth the edges of the image.

I also used the spot healing tool on this image to get rid of any blemishes or spots on my models face. This tool helped to make my images look more professional.

Other tools I used to adjust the tone and colour contrast of the image were exposure, hue saturation and colour balance.

Contents 1Similarly to my front cover image, on this image I also used the quick selection tool, blur tool and the eraser tool. However unlike the Front cover image here I used the crop tool to slightly crop the bottom of the image. I didn’t use many tools of this image mainly because I didn’t think they were needed.

Contents 2For the second image on my contents page I again used very few tools to manipulate it, this was mainly because when shooting this image I got the image exactly how I wanted it. However when adjusting it in Photoshop I used the following tools;• Quick selection tool• Eraser tool• Spot healing brush tool• saturation

Contents 3For this image aswell as using tools I have commonly used on all of my images, I also used the colour overlay. When I was editing this image I realised that the lighting on it was awful and that the model looked dull and dreary, so I used the colour overlay

tool to change the colour of the image which overall made the apperance of the image brighter and distinct.

Contents 4

When manipulating this image on Photoshop I used quick selection tool, blur tool and the eraser tool. I found using these 3 tools on this image was more difficult than the other images because there were more models, there were props included and they were standing in awkward positions. On this image I also used the spot healing brush tool to get rid of any blemishes , the tool to increase the volume in their hair and the eye drop tool.

Double Page Spread

On the image for my double page spread I used the tools I have used on all my other images; quick selection tool, blur tool and eraser tool. In addition I used the brush tool to get rid of some excess hair and the liquify tool to amend her hair line.