Photoshop Effects

Many of the effects that I have used upon the  task include the exemplar materials and features of different effects and styles.

Note paper effect

I have used the Note paper feature upon the Image of Nathan (Matthew Bailey) as it turns the whole of image into a black and white portrait image. The use of effect creates an aura of mystery around the characters image as it is seen similar as a replication of a shadow. The whole style adds a lot of character and curiosity onto the page. Using this effect will attract the audience on the whole.

 

 

Stained glass effect

As from my previous works, I have used the stained glass effect a numerous amount of times due to my liking upon the style. The stained glass feature creates a surreal pattern that gives the textbox more character as it also doesn’t distract any other of the surrounding text or pictures. The colour used was bright orange with a hint of washout at the end of the right hand corner. The washout was brought in to lighten the orange due to the original shape being too distinctive.

 

Background works

Although a grey stylish background may seem dull and unattractive, most of the images and the other shapes and colour residing within the whole page made up for the sustain. The deciding factor that I planned was that the background should not standout more than the other text features.

I took notice that if both the background and the other images had bright colours, the contrasts between both would absolutely clash with one and another thus creating a distorted magazine within its final outlook.

 

 

Text boxes and shapes

The texts boxes used within this magazine was round ovals placed on top of each other, however the colour would have a distinctive washout with regards to the following ovals.

I used ovals for as the textbox shape due to it's simpleness unlike the other counterparts such as a square or an rectangle to which was too sharp for my liking.  The round ovals leads the reader to the middle of the ovals which was my sole intention at the start. The colour used was orange again as I tired to keep the house colour the same throughout the magazine.

 

Text, colour and text sizes

The text font used was main Agency FB in bold, The selection was made due to the style not being too formal or informal. The text can be read clearly as the text size remained as 23.22 PT, just large enough for most of the audiences to look at upon reading height.
A consistent text font was used through the sub-headings but other texts that was valued as more important stood out in a redish font colour giving it a more distinguished prospect in comparision with the other texts.

Main headers

The font used in the main headings was called defused, the reason I chose this style of font was because its inital collabaration with our movie trailer theme (ganster and crime). The 'Defused' font gave the text more substance upon themes such as destruction, erosion and a hint of distortion.

The colour used was black and white within the eroded sections, this allowed a suitable and distinctive contrast between the orange textboxes and shapes.

 

Finalized Project: