AS Media Coursework Main Task - Photo Editing

The picture above is the original photo i took.


I edited the main image for the cover in two ways:

Firstly i changed the lighting effects on the picture. this was because the original lighting in the picture was too bright.
I opened the picture in Photoshop and went to FILTER > RENDER > Lighting Effects. From there i edited the lighting effects to make it not as bright/duller.




Secondly, i decided to have the background as just one colour. The quickist and easist way i did this was just to get a Black paint brush tool and paint over the background.

I could of also used the lasso tool or the magnetic lasso tool and remove the background itself. or i could of cut the people in the image and pasted them onto a transparent background, and place that into my magazine.


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I also was experimenting with different ways to edit the picture. The picture above shows this. I decided not to use this picture as it looked a bit unprofessional.
I edited the lighting, and added a 'lens flare' (FILTER > RENDER) and made it look like the light was coming from the hand.