Skills development
- 2. Developing skills for a new software that I've never used in the past was a journey for me. A software that is very well known in the media and the IT world which is an image editing software called Adobe Photoshop CC. It was difficult for me to gain the knowledge over this software, considering the fact I've never came across this software in my past. I have edited a few images using Paintshop pro, which isn't as challenging as Adobe Photoshop, since it's very limited when it comes to editing. Meanwhile learning the skills in this software, it made me realise how it's much more efficient and useful than Paintshop pro it is. Some thing I found difficult to find and use in Adobe Photoshop would be some of the tools i.e. Lasso Tool or the magic wand. Anyhow my teacher was able to help me and taught our class how to build up experience from this software. I was able to understand it and it's very beneficial for me as I can apply this in the future of this project.
- 4. This is a poster I produced using Photoshop for the first time. I tried my best to make it look like a real Thriller film poster using some basic connotations from the genre, hence the black background and the cold lighting used on the man in the middle. I also used the USA flag as a clipping mask to cover up the text, which makes the poster look more appealing to the dark background. Lastly I also played with the opacity with the two heads in the background, although it’s just a split image of the same person it shows that the person has two faces, where it gives the audience the idea of corruption, which is a common theme within the thriller Genre.
- 6. As you can see I made huge progression when it came down to skills in Photoshop, although it doesn’t look as pleasing to me compared to the first one, it still is genuinely a decent poster. I’ve discovered new functions within the program such as the ruler, which are the blue lines, that aided me with placing the images together from a parallel distance. The ruler also helped with other stuff such as rotating the banners using the Rotating View Tool and the red dividers which are parallel from each other. I also learnt how to make a classic 3D text using a red version of the text and shifting it towards right and a blue version of the text and shifting that towards left, which creates this 3D looking text.
- 8. As you can see I’ve made this Magazine cover from Total Film following their style and how they design their covers. I’ve included some of the basic connotations which are used in magazines such as the masthead, the pug, some graphics and the title. Also I’ve noticed that how Total Films magazine usually have a quote on top of their masthead from the research I made. I also followed the same colour scheme as Harley Quinn as well, which makes the Blue and Pink stand out. The texts are completely different styled as well compared to my previous work and I decided to use more gradient and adjust the lighting to make it more aesthetically pleasing with the gradient and the shadow. Lastly I added a filter to make the background match with the colour scheme, the way I made this is by creating a new filter, use the pink – blue gradient and adjusted the blending and opacity