Photoshop skills

When creating my magazine, I will have to take my own photographs and edit them to fit the style/genre of the magazine in order to look appropriate to ensure that the images look realistic/ones you would find on an actual cover in stores. The main purpose of this task was to enhance my photography and Photoshop skills.

 

Original image:

Edited image:

Within Photoshop I enhanced this image by

• Using the brightness and exposure tools to make the image look less dull and stand out more
• Used the 'dodge' tool to brighten the model's hair
• Used the 'burn' tool to darken the model's facial features (eyes, eyebrows) to create the illusion of the model wearing makeup as a lot of female models on magazines will be seen wearing makeup, especially pop/alternative which is my magazine's genre
•  The use of the 'dodge' and 'burn' tools helped create an effect of high/low key lighting and helped advance my photoshop skills and make the image look more professional
• Next I used the liquify tool to edit the model's face shape and sharpen the jawline
• Finally, I used the 'clone' tool to blur out any of the model's imperfections as artists on magazine covers are typically edited to achieve the 'flawless skin' look