PhotoshopAnd Editing Techniques

TextTo create the appropriate style of text for my magazine I used a Photoshop pre-set font, Myriad Pro Bold. Using this as a base is used the character width and character high percentages to make adjustments. I also tweaked my product whilst doing subheadings and numbers to create a similar but different textual appearance.

Magnetic lassoThe magnetic lasso was useful when separating the image on the right from the original picture taken using this to outline what I needed was useful as it meant I could make adjustments to the background, such as blurring it, only made a difference to what it had to. This also allowed for me to put the title behind the head of the subject.

Blur tool and TransformationsI used the blur tool on the main image to separate out the background and the foreground of my image, this helped to make the subject of the image, the student and the test tubes, stand out from the main image. Transformations are essential with images to allow for perfect re-sizing. Using Ctrl and T to enter transformation mode and then holding shift allowed me to re-scale the image without distorting it.