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CD Cover AssignmentWrite - up

Front Cover

I firstly started off with a blank canvas like this with dimensions of 12cm x 12cm .

I then opened the photo i took into Photoshop selected the marquee tool and selected the part of the picture i wanted. After that i copied the image Ctrl C.

I pasted the copied image into the blank canvas.

I then position the image to fit the canvas. Notice that there is a gap, and wanted more brick work to cover the whole of the cover.

So i went back to my original image, cut out the piece i needed to add, copy and paste into my front cover design.

Pasted into the canvas.

I moved the new layer to fit the gap. I liked how this worked as it fits in really well and you cant tell that it is on a other layer as it blends in with the original picture.

I then merged the two images together so then when i go to add effects it won't look odd and make them so they look like two different images. So it then became one image.

I wanted to make the image black and white to give it that serious look. So went to image -> adjustments -> Hue/Saturation.

New window open so that could change and add Hue or Saturation to it and change the lightness of the effects.

The thought about adding light effect to the image so that the girl would stand out and give it a more of a darker look to it. I really like this effect as it make it look more of a professional look to it as well as the darkness.

After that i wanted to start adding my text to it, as the image it self looked good enough and didn't want it to look too busy, just to keep it simple looking. To get the text i wanted i went to a website call dafont.com which i can choose from a wide selection of fonts. I chose this font as it looks fun and playful, and it would look good on the cover.

Again i copied and paste the text as a new layer onto my image. I resized it to make it larger so it is visible to see and also remove the white background with the magic eraser.

I then did the same for my other piece of text with a different font which i liked. I used a different font to add to the playfulness of it.

Back Cover

Like my front cover i started with a blank canvas to start on. And opened the image i wanted to use.

I then selected the image by using the marquee tool with the section i wanted to copy onto my blank canvas, and copied and paste it to that.

Pasted into the blank canvas as a new layer, i moved the layer to were i wanted it and left a gap at the top to fill.

So to fill the gap i went back to the original image and selected a piece from that and copied into my other canvas.

Then placed the copied piece to fit the gap and blend in with the photo which works well and i like it with the way you cant tell that there separate layers and that there was a gap.

I then merged those two layers together to make a new image so when it comes to actually editing colours it won't make them look odd and make it easier.

To keep to the same sort of house style to the front cover i changed the colour of the image to black and white using the saturation/hue channel to change it, also darkened the image a bit to math with the front cover.

To keep to the house style i added the light effects that i did on the front cover. This time it isn't on the girl but on one of the bins on the far left. I placed it there because i wanted the attention to go on were i wanted to place the song names . But you can still see the girl. And the layout of the image is perfect for this as well, which is what i like about it.

Again i used dafont.com to get my text and i used the same text from the front cover as it flows with the theme. 

Print screened the text from the website placed in a new canvas then selected the text and copied and past onto my back cover. I then removed the white background as it didn't look that good. Although the text isn't clear, black on black.

I then added the two colours from the front bright pink and purple and like the front cover, made a new layer put behind the text and scribbled the colour behind, so then the text was more readable, and also made it stand out more. Continuing with the playfulness.I also added a bar code to the bottom right to make it more professional like.

I also added a copyright logo and small print similar to everyday CD's with copyright ect mentioned and also a website to visit. This also makes it look professional and more like a real CD. Also I've placed it down the right side of the image, as this fills the blank space between the girl and the edge of the photo, which i think works good as well.

After that i looked back at the cover and changed a few positioning of the barcode and small print. The Barcode was hugging the bottom of the image, so i free transformed the small print and moved it more up to make space at the bottom. I then moved the Barcode to the right so its more clear. I like it better this way as everything isn't so crammed.