Production of Ancillary Work

Using Photoshop!


Digipak

To be honest I dislike Photoshop because it's SO stressful! However I think it's a very good programme when designing something. There isn't anything Photoshop can't do! A LOT of practice is needed with this programme in order to make a good product.

Here are some screen shots showing my development:

I used the bucket tool to change the colour of the  the background  I then selected the colour tool to choose the colour I wanted.

This is the swirl design I decided to use. I opened it up in Photoshop and use the 'magic wand' tool to cut out all the white areas so that the black swirl was left on it's own.

This shows how I have changed the image to black and white. I clicked on 'enhance' then on 'convert to black and white' near the bottom.

This is the front panel of my digipak, I have changed the colour  to turquoise . I have also added  text to the front with the 'text' tool on the tool bar. I box appeared and I began to write what I wanted then I highlighted it to change the font. 

This is the inside panel of my digipak. To draw the circles I selected the 'shape' tool and drew the shape to the appropriate size. 

I then began to add some of the 'swirls' on the inside panel in order to show continuity of my theme. I asked the teacher whether there was a way of coping and pasting one whole line but it wasn't possible so I added one by one creating horizontal lines. 

Here is the finished piece over all there was 118 layers.

As seen here, the circle of the CD has slightly disappeared in the background. I done  this with the 'opacity' tool on the left hand side.

Here I have begun to add more swirls on the right panel to show my on going theme from the front panel. Just like mock-up idea. I have also added another image of Emily (artist) looking up at the swirls and holding out her hand almost as if to receive them

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