My magazine

So far i have almost completed my magazine. I used photoshop in order to edit the photos of Courtney and Charlotte onto a much nicer background as the day we took photos was very dull and bleak. I cut them out using the 'lasso tool' and then I copied and pasted them onto a previously taken image of the newer school building in the sun in order for the cover to look more appealing. 

    After i did this i blurred the edges using the smudge tool as the edges were very rough and it was too apparent that i had cut and pasted them onto a much more appealing background. However, even after i had blurred the edges of my initial image, the difference in the lightening made the image look too fake and false. Therefore, I altered the shadows and highlights of the image to lighten it and then I bevel and embossed the image to make it look a bit more 3D. 

     I wanted the magazine to look quite rebellious so i chose to stamp over the original 'Gordano school' sign with the word 'issue.' Yet, people have often mistaken it to look like the big issue sign even though its not, therefore i may have to change it to look a little more original.

     With my contents page, i decided to have a bit more of a simply layout. Therefore i chose a light blue back with a faded image of two students jumping to give the magazine a bit of life and activity. I then chose just a simple rectangle for the text to be inserted. I also put the title on the content page to introduce the magazine a little bit more.