Photo Editing Testing

As I will be including photos in my magazine I might need to edit them to make them look better or more professional, I have tested the image of my school building as it obviously relates to the topic of my school magazine. The  editing software I have used is picmonkey.com  which is a free professional online editing website.

 

Using filters and saturation tools

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After

 

 

 

I first increased both the brightness and colour contrast to give a more fun feel to the image, Then I increased both the saturation and lightness of the image to make it look like it was taken on a sunnier day. After I increased the colour vibrancy which makes the grass look greener and more polished.


I have also edited a portrait picture of a medium close up of Jennifer Lawrence on picmonkey.com

 Before

After

 As you can see I have edited it by using a filter to give a more gentle tone and a softer light, this makes the image less harsh as the colours blend better, I have also increased the brightness and reduced the colour contrast to give a softer look. I could use this technique on the medium close up photo on my school magazine front cover to reduce colour harshness which will make the cover look more professional.

Cropping and Airbrushing a photo

Before

This image is a medium close up but I want to remove the background so I can layer the image with another image, also I want to airbrush the image to give it a more professional look,
After

This image has been airbrushed to give a smoother finish so if I want to use a filter the color will look more consistent, I have also cropped the background away so the image can overlap another image,  I have edited it on picmonkey.com then on fireworks.
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Removal and editing using Photoshop

Before

Here I want to remove the tattoo af Anjelina Jolie.

 
After

 

 

I have used photo shop to remove the tattoo by cloning a similar area of skin tone then blending away the tattoo, then I used the healing brush tool to make the skin smoother so the editing looks natural