3. Using Microsoft Publisher I used the shape tool to make the
background for the front cover of my digipak. To do this I used the
shape tool to create a square which I used the proportions on the
digipak template to make sure it was the correct size. I did this
by converting the inches featured on the template and converting
them to centimeters on google. I then used the paint bucket tool to
change the colour of the square to black as I knew this was the
colour I wanted to back of the front cover to be. I then saved the
square as an image and opened it in Photoshop so that I could begin
creating my front cover.
4. For the image I used on my front cover I took some pictures
of Danny whos playing my performer in my music video. I had decided
I wanted my front cover to feature an image like that of Sam Smiths
In the Lonely Hour so I took my picture taking inspiration from
that. I inserted my image in Publisher to crop it so that it would
be the right size to fit inside the black square I was using for
the background. I then saved the image and opened it in Photoshop
before adding it on top of my background.
5. After placing my image in Photoshop I used the black and
white tool on Photoshop to change my picture to black and white.
After this I changed the opacity of the black and white layer to
75% in order to change the tint on the picture to match the tint
found on all other parts of my digipak and poster as I found it
looked good and added some uniqueness to my piece as black and
white could be seen as unoriginal.
6. For the text I went on the website dafont.com and found a
font I thought would work for my front cover. The font I chose is
Atlantic Cruise. I typed in the words I needed and print screened
the webpage and pasted it in Photoshop. I cropped the picture and
removed the background with the magic eraser tool and placed it on
my front cover. I then used the paint bucket tool to change the
colour of the text to yellow as I believed this would be the best
colour to contrast with the black background and the tint on the
image.
7. Back Cover
8. To begin my back cover I took the black square I had
previously used for my front cover. I also copied the name of my
album from my front cover, changing the size so that it would fit
at the top of my back cover. To add the track list I again went to
dafront to find a font I believed would look best for my album
track list. I decided to use the same font I had used for my front
cover, Atlantic Cruise. I believe this worked well to create a
cohesion between my piece. I also decided to do this with the track
numbers and the bonus disc title which I used the same font for
both of them but a different one from the track list as a way to
separate it from the messages of the album. The font I chose for
this one is This is Me which has an appearance of a child's hand
writing which is something I wanted because of innocence often
being associated with children.
9. Like with the front cover I cropped around the image before
using the magic eraser tool to get rid of the white background. I
then used the paint bucket tool to change the texts colour to white
and then copied it onto my back cover. I used the shape tool to add
the line between the numbers and song titles as well as under the
bonus disc title Crop Tool Magic Eraser Paint Bucket Shape
Tool
10. I then knew I needed to add the logo of the record company
I had chosen to represent my artist as well as a barcode. To do
this I found an image of both of them on Google and saved them. I
then opened them in Photoshop and if needed I removed the
background with the magic eraser tool. I then copied them onto my
back cover and positioned them where they world be found on a
conventional back cover. I then used the text tool to add the
copyright information and the artists website address at the bottom
of the page Text Tool
11. Inside Covers
12. To make each of the inside covers I used dafont again to
get the font. Each time I again used the font This is Me as I like
it for the numbers and thought it could be used to similar effect
for the song lyrics I wanted to include on the inside covers. I
decided to use song lyrics as I found that a lot of the songs I had
chosen to include in my track list had lyrics that were uplifting
and worked well with the theme I was going for with my album. I
then added the images to the inside covers to create a polaroid
kind of effect like that seen on Taylor Swifts 1989 album. To do
this I used the image I had used for my poster in order to create a
cohesion between the two. I also used an image of the location of
the artists performance to create cohesion between the digipak and
the music video. To get both of these images be the size I wanted
for my digipak, I again had to crop them so that they fit
correctly. I also again added a black and white effect to the
images and lowered the opacity so that they appeared to have a
brownish tint.
13. For the inside covers that would sit behind the CD and DVD
I decided to again use song lyrics, this time taking a line from
each song and placing them on the two covers randomly as what would
be a kind of game for fans of the artist as they would have to see
if they knew what song the lyrics were from. I also chose to
continue to use this font that created the child like handwriting
because of the continued theme of innocence throughout my piece. It
also creates a cohesion between all of the inside covers. Like
previously for both of my inside covers I had to go to dafont, type
in my text and then screenshot it, pasting it in Photoshop. I then
had to crop it and removes the background using the magic eraser
tool and then paste it on my inside covers. When creating the
background for my inside covers I took the square I had already
created and used the paint bucket to change the colour of the
squares from black to white.
14. Spine
15. For much of the spine I was able to use the things I had
already created and copy them onto the spine. I was able to do this
with the artists name, album name and company logo. However, I had
to create the shape for the spine and to do this I used publisher.
I first of all found out what size I would need the spine to be and
used the size guide on the digipak template to make sure it was the
correct size. I then used the paint bucket tool to make it black
and then saved it as an image and opened it in Photoshop. For my
spine I also had to add the numbers at the bottom of the spine. To
do this I used the text tool and used the font courier final draft
and I thought it looked professional and the most like what I had
seen on other spines. For the second spine I flipped my original
spine.
16. Poster
17. For my poster I decided to use the image of Danny walking
down the road as I believe it works well with what I wanted the
theme of my whole product to be. I decided to make the image tinted
as I believe it adds an effect to the image that helps to enhance
the message of the theme of loss and innocence. The first thing I
did when making my poster was open the image in Photoshop and crop
around it in order to make it smaller and eliminate some of the
extra space around the edges so that the poster centered on the
artist it is trying to promote. I then used the black and white
tool to make the image black and white and then changed the opacity
of the black and white in order to give it the brown tint. Original
Image Cropped Black & White
18. I then used the album title and artists name I had made for
the front cover and copied them across onto my poster. I went to
dafont and again used the front Atlantic Cruise and created the
debut album. I screenshotted this and pasted it in Photoshop and
then cropped it used, used the magic eraser tool to get ride of the
white background and then used the paint bucket to change the
colour of the text from white to yellow. I moved the text onto my
poster. I then thought that the text didnt work just placed on the
picture and decided that I would need to add a box to have them
blend in better. I used the shape tool and created a rectangle and
then made it black with the paint bucket tool. I then lowered the
opacity of the box in order to make it see through so that my whole
product would blend in together.
19. I again used dafont to get the text for the release date,
again using Atlantic Cruise so that there would be a cohesion on my
poster. I used all the previously mentioned tools to get this onto
my poster. I then used the shape tool to create the line that sits
under this. I used the paint bucket tool to change both of these to
yellow so that it fit in with the rest of the text on my poster. I
then used my back cover and took the Interscope Records logo from
it and copied it over to my poster. I then used Google to find the
buy it now on ITunes and Google Play logos so that my poster would
look realistic as artists would want to promote where their album
would be sold. I used the magic eraser to remove the background
from the these and then copied them onto my poster. Finally, I used
the text tool to add the artists website address onto the poster as
a way to promote the artist. I used the font verdana as I believed
it looked professional and fit in well with the rest of the
poster.