Magazine Cover #1 Workday 1 & 2 & Instructions. Assigned 3/5, due 3/6 - Cover 1 = Minor, Cover 2 = MAJOR (last two grades of the 9 week cycle)

Portraits and Self-Portraits

Please process your TWO photos in Photoshop. You need to do levels and crop them vertically - below are the instructions to remind you. If you need help with Levels, please ask your neighbor, or scroll down to the Photoshop assignment below where you can find the direct instructions.

Photoshop:

To levels first - Command-L to get to it fast

Once you finish, make sure you SAVE-AS and rename your image. They should not be called IMG_####, the should be called portrait or self-portrait or something similar.

Crop your image in Photoshop - 8.5 inches x 11 inches at 300 resolution. To get those sub-menu choices you have to select the crop tool.

Always SAVE-AS the first time you touch an image and from then on you can just SAVE.

When you have cropped both images, and done levels and have them saved as .JPEG or .JPG or even .PNG, please post those on your Google Site on a new subpage called Portraits and Self-Portraits.

If you file is saving as a .PSD, you need to go to Layer in the Main Menu options at the top and find FLATTEN IMAGE. It is all the way at the bottom. Select Flatten Image and then you can save your photo as a .PNG file.

Once you have both image on your Google Site, PLEASE PULL THE CORNER AND MAKE IT BIGGER!!! 

You have about 15 minutes to complete these before we move onto InDesign, which I will be presenting on the screen just like I did Photoshop.

To get the image into InDesign - you need make an X-box to place the photo in. Once you have the box made - you can either command-D or you can go under >file to >place.

Use the text tool to create boxes that you can type into. Don't forget to play with colors, sizes and even fonts. Be creative

If you are comfortable using Photoshop to do text or other things, feel free. But remember to make your document 8.5 x 11 inches because you will have to import the completed image to InDesign. You may have to flatten your layers and make sure to save it as a .jpeg.

Magazine Covers

Your Magazine Cover MUST include the following:

You will need to complete the following:

A. Magazine name

Think carefully about the font you use

You may not use the name of a real magazine (except on accident) - so please get creative!!

B. A teaser / cover line (headline type description) for the main story.

You will need at least 3-5 other cover lines on your cover.

C. Pricing and date information and a bar code (appropriately sized!!)If you want to do some fun things with your image, like putting text over your photo or making a cut-out, here are some tutorials:

If you want to try to add a second or even third photo to duplicate a magazine cover you like, go for it.

You will be making TWO covers over the next couple of classes, and they will need to look different from each other. There are many ways to do that, but one way that will have to be completed is the following:

For one of your Magazine Covers, you must include one of the following, either create a text overlap or a cut-out. Below are some tutorials you can use. I know many of you are good at Photoshop already. As long as the effect is carried out, I don't care how you do it, and you use Photoshop.

It is very likely that you can find a tutorial on Youtube as well and you are welcome to do that on your phone or on the desktop. Just do a Google search for the thing you want to do.

TEXT OVERLAP TUTORIAL -- If you really want to make your magazine cover look professional, try making the subject in your photo overlap the title of your magazine. Below is a link to a good tutorial to teach you how to add layers in Photoshop to create this effect.

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/overlap-text/

CUT-OUT TUTORIAL - if you are interested in doing some sort of cut-out, you can visit this link for a tutorial. This will walk you through the process of completing a cut-out. Don't forget it still needs to be cropped at 8.5x11 inches.

https://skylum.com/how-to/how-to-cut-out-image-in-photoshop

https://www.creativelive.com/blog/remove-background-photoshop/

IMPORTANT: Always save cut-outs as PNG files. JPG does not support transparent backgrounds.

HOT TIP: Always save your original cut-out as a PSD file somewhere safe so you can re-edit your cut-out again later if needed.