Problem with photoshop.

For some unknown reason, the Photoshop website, whenever I click download, it says the site area is unavailable... Until it works I'll have to use Picasa and Picnik. I shall keep trying to get it to work. I've downloaded GIMP to see if that has layering effects. I want these effects so I can get the title of the magazine to be behind the subjects' heads. This would look more proffessional than it being on top. GIMP has just finished downloading and it DOES have layering effects, so now I've just got to figure out how on earth to use it...

Editing photo for OFC.

When I looked at the photo I'm planning to use for my OFC, to me, it looked kind of dull. So on Picnik and Picasa I brightened up the anarchy graffiti behind the subjects.

Heres the original photo:

Heres a screenshot of the editing using the 'doodle' tool.

Heres the edited photo:

I'm quite pleased with how this turned out even though it was only a tiny bit of editing. I've never done editing before so I had fun fiddling with the tools and seeing what they did.

'Photoshoot' for OFC with Lauren and Georgia.

These are the better photos of the bunch I took using different locations within the park in Wellingborough

Risk Assessment 2

There aren't many risks for the location I used. Here are some:

• Falling off a railing


• Falling off the ledge they stood on


• Dropping camera in the river


• Dropping the guitars


• Sunburn (it was quite a sunny day)

Luckily, none of this happened :)

Shooting Schedule 2

I recently realised that I wouldn't be able to use my live photos for my OFC image as it would be too fuzzy. So I asked my friends Loz and Pie to be my models :) I decided to do my 'photoshoot' today (10th April) in a park in Wellingborough near the prison. The people included in the photoshoot are Lauren Page and Georgia Page, using mine and Georgia's guitars.

Mock ups

Here are some mock ups of what my magazine will look like, done on Publisher. Some changes might have to be made due to the photos I have taken.

Photoshop and Picasa

Im going to download the trial version of Photoshop to design my magazine OFC, contents and DPS (because I cant afford the real photoshop). I'm also going to experiment on Picasa. I'm going to download it to my netbook tonight and put up my experiment OFCs.

I'm also trying to find templates for things such as ripped out notebook pages and polaroid photos to mount my photos on. I'd like to put my poster previews onto a "background" before putting them on the OFC, otherwise it'd look unprofessional. Whilst searching, I came across a smashed glass effect that could be used on Photoshop. When I download it tonight, I'll see if it is possible to get that effect on the free 30 day trial version. I found some demos on how to use Photoshop and it's effects on google - I'll use these to help me, as I've never used Photoshop before.