LO4 (P5:U3) - Post production techniques and processes

LO4 (U3) - Be able to carry out post production techniques and processes for an original media product to a client brief.

There are many post-production techniques I have used, for example: magnetic lasso, effects such as stroke and emboss, backgrounds and changing of fonts.


The magnetic lasso helped me cut out the rock artist who I took photos of, and place them in a new document. The wall behind him had different shades of white, and shadows, which meant I needed to eliminate these. By cutting round him with a magnetic lasso, it ensures I only have him afterwards. This enables me to place him on different backgrounds, such as the black and white brick wall which I used. As you can see from the image below, I used this tool to cut him and his guitar out of the current background.

I also used effects on my writing and images. For example, I used an effect called 'stroke' on the circle in the top right hand corner. This added an outer layer to make it and it even more on the page.

Original background

Another method I used was adding a background to my magazine. This added depth into the front cover, and allowed the image of the guitarist with his guitar stand out much more. It also adds to the genre of rock, as it is quite bold and strong, just as this genre is too.

Rotated/flipped new background

Not only did I use this image, but I flipped it from the original image that it first was. This is because it complimented my writing and image more this way round as opposed to the original. This pre production technique of flipping the background firstly made the aesthetics of the magazine improve, however also added meaning behind the magazine, as it brought out the guitar along side the guitarist, making them more visible and bold.

The last technique I used was changing and arranging all of my fonts. I have 3 main fonts on my front cover. My masthead is "primetime", which is big and bold, making the genre of rock feel as powerful as it is.

My subtitles and sub topics are all in "gobold". There are a few differentiated versions of this font, which enabled me to use the same font while adjusting it at the same time.

My cover-line (Luke Sutcliffe) is called stingy. This is messy yet slick. This adds personality to the genre rock, and I have used it because it compliments my masthead. The word 'solo' is a big part of what artists play on a guitar, and the cover-line font feels scaly and fast, therefore has connotations to a solo.