Front Cover: Photoshop Tools

For the front cover of my magazine I used tools such as the magnetic and polygon lasso to crop round the photograph to allow it to be precise. On the photograph itself I altered the 'saturation', 'brightness' and 'contrast' to allow the image to stand out against the background. Further more, I included the blur tool onto the picture to smooth out the skin and give a more airbrushed look to the magazine cover.  I used the text box tool and rectangle tool to achieve the plugs on the left and right of my magazine and to also create the cover line, masthead and puff. To enhance the typography on the masthead I used the 'stroke' effect to allow for a slight three
dimensional look.