Double Page Spread DevelopmentSHARNEL MEHMI

For the main image of my double page spread I had used the patch tool to replace and delete areas of the image which I did not want. For example on the car I had removed the reflection of a man on the door.

Again using the patch tool I had removed the numbers in the background as I believed these numbers made the image look tacky.

Again using the patch tool I had used it to get rid of the reflection of everything in the background of the image as I did not want the focus to be taken away from the car to the messy background.

How the image looked before and after I got rid of the messy unnecessary background using the patch tool. Now to picture looks much more neater and there is more focus on the man and the car.

Before After

To create my double page spread I had created a new Photoshop document and changed the size of the canvas to 8.5” x 11”, the same size as a double page spread in magazines. I had used the rectangle shape tool to create the border around the image and the line tool as an indication of where the pages split. I had then used the text tool to write down the title of the image on the picture “my first masquerade experience”, the font I had used for this text is the same as my masthead ‘Castellar Regular’. For the rest of the text on my page I had used Arial as my font besides for the ‘T’ at the beginning of the article which was again the same font as my masthead. I had used columns to present the article as which would be done in a real magazine.

FEEDBACK – Improvements Include some of the article on the image to fill up the empty area in the left hand corner.

To include some of my article on my image I had drawn a rectangle on the image and I rasterised it as I wanted it to be transparent. I had then used the first part of my article and placed it on the transparent black box.

How my double page spread looked after the changes I’ve made.

FEEDBACK – improvements Include photo credits or details of the picture somewhere on the image

How my double page spread looked after the changes I’ve made.

FEEDBACK – improvements Include page numbers

The final look of my double page spread