Technical Guide

When using photoshop the main things I did with it was:

• Change image backgrounds.
• Cut images out.
• Smooth Images off.
• Use shapes off photoshop for text boxes and other uses.
• I have used different fonts off photoshop for my music magazine.
• Created a barcode for my music front cover.

When doing this I had to use certain tools from photoshop these were the following tools:

• The move tool - I used this tool the most as it helped me move my images, shapes and text into place for me to position and structure my music magazine.
• The eyedropper tool - I used this to create the same colour background so the shading of the colour hadn’t changed.
• The Magnetic Lasso tool - This tool was very useful as it helped me cut out my images so they stood out on a background that I had chosen.
• Horizontal type tool - This helped me position and write the text I had chosen and enabled me to chose the size and colour for the font.
• The Crop tool - This tool helped me crop the pictures to the size I wanted to and without to much background which I didn’t want.
• The Eraser tool - This allowed me to rub out certain bits of the image that I didn’t require.
• The Magic Wand tool - This enabled me to easily cut pieces of the image out without needing to use the eraser tool as the magic wand tool was easier to use and saved more time.
• The Paint Bucket tool - This tool helped me fill my shapes the certain colour I wanted.
• The Line tool - This help me structure my contents page out with the separation of lines.
• The Custom Shape tool - This helped me pick out an interesting shape to go on to my front cover.
• The Rectangle tool – This tool helped me choose rectangles for my contents page so they could be a text box to help the font stand out on the page.

This is the tool bar on Photoshop where i used all my tools from