Here i discuss how i went on making my title stand out from everything else

1. Photoshop Manipulation
By Halle

2. This is my coverline after just
converting it into Photoshop. As you
can see, it’s not very bold at all,
nothings is making it stand out and
lacks the qualities that normally give
and title it’s significance.

3. So I used a tool known as the “layer
style”, which does a number of things to
your text to help make it stand out;
including making it 3-D, giving a
shadow, adding a pattern and many
more.

4. I used the layer style tool in Photoshop to
firstly put on a stroke. This gives a very
professional border around exactly what you
need, without adding anything extra to
where you don’t want it to be.
I made the size 3 so that that it wasn’t too
overwhelming, the colour black because it
went nicely with my theme, and the opacity
at 100% so that it could still stand out as the
title of my page.

5. I then put in a drop shadow, which just
creates an actual shadow onto your text.
By choosing the angle at 90 degrees, it
gave just enough of a gloom to be
noticeable, yet not too startling, this
helped to make the actual word ‘Insight’
the important part, instead of just the
effects around it.

6. Lastly, I added a bevel and emboss layer to
help make my title take on a more 3-D tone.
The effect added light to the top and
darkness to the bottom, so that it gives off
the effect that the words are actually
coming forward to the reader. By having the
direction facing up, I felt that it uplifted the
text and helped to make the magazine look
brighter, other than if it was facing down,
which seemed to downcast my image.