Playing with Photoshop

In preperation for the making f my Digipack, I have been playing around with the Photoshop software. I have looked through the picture I have taken of the girls, and narrowed it down to my 3 favourite pictures. This is the first one which I plan to use as the album cover:

                                                                    Original Picture

Photoshop Design

If you look closely, you can see some obvious, and some subtle changes to the original picture. As there are originally a lot of colours and vibrancy in the image, I didn't want to make too many obvious changes as I feel that what I need is already there. What I find is most noticable is the saturation of the picture. I have, ever so subtly, made the whole image more vivid in colour. I have also made each one's eyes more blue, and made the white around the eye stand out. Also, I have used the 'smudge' tool to blend in their skin tones, and hide away any blemishes they may have. This gives them a subtle 'airbrush' look. I have changed the colours of their lips in accordance to their personalities. For example: Rosie (far left) lips are very red. This is to emphasise her pale complextion and dark hair, covering the very sterotypical image. Also, the red scard she has on brings out the redness in her lips. Sophie (second left) is the one girl I haven't changed the colour of her lips as I feel that they already have a nice pink tone, which suits the natural colour of her skin. This also highlighs how she may be portrayed as a slightly quieter character as she looks very natural. Beth (middle) I have made look very fresh-looking. Her lips are a peachy colour which I have changed, which I think brings out the colour in her eyes. I really like how she has the hood of her coat up, empahsising that she is the more dominant girl, being lead singer of the band, almost looking quite 'fierce'. I really like the colour of the fur in her hood as its similar to her hair, giving her a more dramatic look. Ellen (second right) I have made very little changes to. I have slightly changed the colour of her lips as I didn't want to take too much focus away from her as a whole. I think her main focus is the big lepord print coat, and how the colour of her hair brings that out. Grainne (far right) I have again, made very little changes to as I feel she didn't need as many, as her outfit is showing us that she is the miore mature one, possibly older one too. This is evident in the coat she wears, and also the leather gloves. I have made her lips a slightly lighter shade as I wanted her to look quite natural.

Overall, I feel that this was a successful photoshop creation, and I will continue to play around with more tools in the next 2 pictures for the Digipack.