My Front Cover:

Front Cover Progres

Initially, I didn't think my cover photo stood out enough or was particularly eye-catching. To change this I went Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast

Once I'd clicked 'Brightness/Contrast' a box was presented to me. I increased the Brightness to 3 and the Contrast to 29. By doing so, the picture has gained a warmer more eye-catching look.

 I did a similar thing for the Exposure. I went Image > Adjustments > Exposure and I increased the Gamma Correction to 0.85. This, again, added to the warm and inviting look.

 I wanted the eyes of the person on the cover photo to be more predominant and colouruful. The first step to making this happen involved selecting both eyes using the Magnetic Lasso Tool.

 After selecting both eyes I had to create a new layer with them. I did this by going Edit > Copy.

 To finally create the new layer I had to go Edit > Paste.

 As shown below, I now have a copy of each of the person's eyes which I can edit without affecting the rest of the picture.

 Firstly, I went to Filter > Other > High Pass...

 I set the High Pass to 20.0.

 Then I changed the layer type to 'Soft Light'

 Below the difference can be seen between the two pictures with regard to the eyes.

Left = Before
Right = After

Progress

 Progress.