2. Before I could create the magazine cover, I needed to edit
and manipulate my chosen image from our photo shoot in order to
make it suitable for the cover of a film based magazine. I began by
using the pen tool to select an area of the actress face to edit. I
selected the scar on her head, which I had painted on previously in
the photo shoot. 3. After selecting the area, I went into the image
tab and adjusted the colour balance so I could make the fake blood
darker and seem more realistic. The picture on the left is the
result of my alterations. 4. As the actress is supposed to be dead,
I decided that her skin needed to be paler and lifeless. By using
the pen tool to cut around her face, I was able to make her skin
paler by adjusting the saturation and lightness of the selected
segment. This also made the face paint I had applied in the photo
shoot more even with less visible patches. 5. Next, I used the pen
tool to adjust the darkness of the black eye make up under the
actress eyes. I altered the brightness of the section and increased
the contrast in order to make the dark colour stand out against her
pale skin. 6. I decided to adjust the darkness of the actress
eyebrows in order to give her a more bold and harsh look. I used
the pen tool as I did in the previous transformations before
altering the saturation and lightness of the area. 7. In order to
make the horror theme more apparent, I decided to use the
paintbrush tool to create blood shot eyes by drawing in faint pink
lines within the actress eyes. 8. After looking at the finer
details, I realised that the image as a whole was too light. I made
the whole image darker, which made the actress pale skin stand out
even more. I also noticed that the actress t shirt would not fit in
with the them. I removed the logo by blending the area with the
replacement tool, using the plain areas of the t shirt. 9. This is
the finished, fully manipulated image which I am now ready to use
for the magazine front cover.
