Editing Process for our Digipak

This is a screenshot while we was editing a photo of the female artist and the male character for the inside cover. 

We have used Photoshop while creating our digipak because we want to delete some parts of the photo that we don't want to include. These are the tools we have used while editing photos:

• We have created a new layer and used magic wand tool to select the parts that we want to cut off. 
• We also used polygonal tool as we want to make sure that the edges are straight so it makes the photo look tidy. 
• We have used contrast to make the colours on the photos vibrant and colourful so the audience won't get bored of looking at it. 

This is a screenshot from our recent digipak that we have created so far. 

Front Cover: We thought we would use an effect to the female artist's face on the front cover as we want to make it look brighter which is a generic conventions of pop digipaks. We thought that we should use black colours for the font but different font styles on the artist's name and the album name as it would keep it look interesting to the audience. The black colour of the fonts contrasts with the blonde hair of the female artist. 

Inside Panels (Left):
We have added a little bit of contrast on the footprints so it looks vibrant which would grabs the audience's attention. The use of white on the lyrics and the simple type of font we have used makes it easier to read for the viewers. We thought that we should have the pictures from the photo album on the right hand side of the page so it doesn't take away the image of the footprints. I thought that if we have the pictures of main characters in a 'Polaroid' effect, it would make the photos look like they came from the photo album. I have changed the opacity into 75% because I want it to blend with the backdrop image. 

Inside Panels (Right):
I thought we could have a mid/long shot of the female artist posing because it doesn't make our digipak boring. The use of vignette effect around the edges makes the female artist stands out and makes the audience focus on her face and body. The use of latest fashion trends on her implies that we are targeting on female audience's as they would be able to identify themselves in her. This is because females especially teenage girls are stereo-typically into fashion and magazine. The idea of using the same clothing in the music video reminds the audience to the music video. 

Spine:
We have placed the bar code number at the top of the spine and the logos at the bottom. We have placed the album title and the artist's name at the centre because it is the main subject and this is most important thing on the spine. We have used the same font styles on the album name and the artist's name from the front cover. 

Back Cover:
We have placed the bar code on the side because it takes away the image if we place it at the bottom. We have used white colours on the track lists and use fancy writing so it stands out from the backdrop and makes the audience to read it. We have placed the company logo, copyright information and other logos at the bottom of the page because this is where we would see it in a real digipak. 

Back Cover Ideas:

Final Editing:

This is a screenshot of the final digipak for our music video. The changes we have made are:

• I have changed the font colour of the artist's name in the front cover and spine into red because I think black is just boring and red also matches the main romance theme of our music video. 
• I have rotated the artist's name on the left because I want to attract the audience's eyes so they will buy our digipak. 
• I have aligned and placed the lyrics right at the centre of the page. 
• The copyright information is placed right at the bottom corner of the page and move it a little bit further from the female artist's feet. 
• I have change the font style and make it a little bit bolder because the first one is quite hard to read. 
• Made the bar code number at the spine into size 5 because we don't want it to stand out with the album name and the artist's name.