HOW I EDITED MY POSTER IMAGE

By Anna Loyns

Original

This was the original image in which I decided to use for the poster for the advertising package of my film trailer. Although the image is already rather cryptic and eerie, o feel it could be further improved, and reach a high quality standard. In order to do so, I would use iphoto, to edit the image. Here is a tutorial upon how I produced the final effect for my film poser.

I used an apple Mac laptop to use the software, ‘iphoto’. Firstly, I had to upload the image onto the laptop and place the image into a folder within iphoto.

-I then went clicked on the effects icon, and looked through possible image effects. The one I felt added more of an appropriate, eerie tone was the ‘Boost’ effect.It gave me an option between 1-9, one being the lowest, and nine being the highest. I chose 9. -The effect was very successful in creating a more apparent creepy tone to an already eerie image.

-After adding the boos to the image, I then clicked onto the ‘adjust’ icon. This would allow me to change the exposure, contrast, saturation and much more. -I decided to change the saturation to 56, as well as the shadows to 17. Moreover, I changed the temperature to 18 to create a slightly yellow ting, to create an almost subtle sepia tone. -These adjustments made subtle, yet effective improvements to the image, allowing it to seem much more professional.

Outcome

This was the final outcome of the effects. I feel that this is a vast improvement to the original image, and certainly asserts itself with the horror genre. The almost grungy effect allows the image to reach its full potential in terms of creating an eerie tone. Overall, I feel that iphoto definitely allowed me to improve the image more so than would be possible on another software, particularly due to the fact that it was so easy and efficient to use.