2. Image Used
One of the main reason i wanted to use this
image was because of the number ‘6’ written
on their hands. I found this image extremely
scary however one majors disadvantage of
this was the quality of the image. I used my
iPhone 5s in order to take him image
however accidentally I must’ve moved when
taking this image. However despite the fact
that it came out blurry (which can be fixed by
editing) this image was an interesting one to
use as a magazine cover. The direct
address and the mid-shot is a convention of
magazine covers therefore I wanted to follow
the conventions by using this specific image.
3. • The first thing that I started
working on was fixing my
issue with the image : making
the image not appear so
blurry, I successfully managed
to do this by using a tool called
sharpen on BEFUNKY.
• Next I started to layer my image
and make the background black
as I didn't want my magazine to
be bright. By making it black it
follows the conventions of horror
magazines as their themes tend
to be black + red.
• In order to make my image be
even more clear I came
across another tool on
BEFUNKY which allows me
to play around with the
texture of the image,
therefore I made it more solid.
• Because my image was still
too dark I went ahead and
used the tool called ‘vignete’
in order to darken the edges
of my magazine this made
my magazine much darker.
• In order to make my image a tiny
bit darker I began to play around
with the brightness, highlight and
shadows of my image.
Decreasing the brightness as well
as the highlight made it much
darker however as soon as I
increased the shadow the
features of my actress’ became
much darker which is what I
initially wanted!
• My final adjustments to my
picture was to add a bit more
texture - in this case I added an
affect called ‘Scratches’ which is
a built feature on BEFUNKY this
is one of my favourite features on
this website as it gives it a horror
finish.
4. Editing the Masthead
• Taking a simple ‘Empire’
masthead I used an app
called ‘Paint 2’ on my
laptop in order to create
bruises inside of it.
• Creating the bruises on the
inside of the letters has been
extremely tim consuming
however the outcome was
very successful.
• I also wanted scratches on my
masthead therefore I had to add
another layer and put the simple
‘Empire’ and add the effect
scratches on it. I initially wanted
the actors in front of my masthead
just to show their importance in
comparison to my masthead
therefore i made sure that they
overlapped the masthead.
• Afterwards all I had to do
is add another layer and
and place my bruised
empire on top and flatten
the layers so that the two
combine together.
5. This was the magazine after all
the editing on the images and
the masthead. My next step
would be having to add in all
the other text. This step was
extremely easy as I already
knew what was going to be on
my magazine therefore I just
had to make the decision of
what font design and size I
should use.
