Digipak start!

Okay so I have officially started my digipak and not going to lie, I like it ! Its not the most fancy or creative or anything but seeing as the second I finally got Photoshop for a bit, my free trial ran out !! 

I am actually happy with myself as seeing as I only used like 3 tools on Photoshop as I didn't know how to use any others I am quite happy with the result of this little edit, which will be split in the middle to make the two inside pages.

Just in case your forgot this is the template the 6 panel digipak with 2 cd trays.

Now this was the original two pictures I attempted to merge together at first, God knows it too me YEARS to even get them on the same canvas together and without the help of Mr. Google I'd still be fiddling now... If the free trial didn't end! 

This is the edit of the picture I did only using the move tool, the select tool, the little colour picker tool thing and the brush tool! I think I did quite well to be honest!

This is my Album cover, I added a black background to the picture of the Teddy Bear using Paint as AGAIN... as my Photoshop free trial ran out! The use of the Teddy Bear is because our back story to Hannah's (The protagonist in the music video) Insanity is due to her being abused as a child and this is also seen in the music video when she writes 'Mumma and Leave me alone' on the wall in the white mental hospital room. I added blush to signify its a girl and representing Hannah and I like how the Bow is Red as it is similar to her lipstick in the music video. I added the parental Advisory sign as there may be swearing in the other songs on the list. I chose the the sort of opaque writing and the thing font as it gives the effect of it glowing slightly and to keep it looking sleek and professional I kept both the band name 'Genetics' and the album name 'Electric lights'

This is the incomplete back of the album cover because we don't have a song name for our music video therefore I can't add it onto the back however this is it so far. I added the barcode and the record label 'Dark horse records' I also added the lip stick kiss to make it seem like Hannah has kissed it herself! I added the faded tear-drop shaped grey thing because it symbolises her sadness and depression however I think I am going to remove it for the final thing as I think it looks like it could be overcrowded.

This is one of inner pictures I really like this picture and I thought it would be brilliant in my digipak. I added only colour to the inside of the lens to make it seem more powerful.  I decreased the saturation around the lens to tie in with our music video and make the digipak fell more depressed.

This is one of the spines which just features the bands name

And this is the Main spine that features the band's name as well as the album cover name and the logo of a red kiss features also on the back of the album cover.

This is also a picture i created using three different images one with a dark shadow one without and one of her laughing, It took me a long time to edit this as I was a complete beginner when I started it but once I knew how to fix the opacity and layer the pictures it was easy, I took the colour from it and made I black and white to tie in with the rest of the digipak and I really like the contrast of facial expression in this picture.

Now I just have the CD Tray's and CD'S themselves to edit and then I piece them together on my template and print them out to have a solid version as well as a digital one, also I will do a vlog regarding my digipak as soon as I finish. Final thing I only need to do is the Magazine advertisement as well and I will do a vlog on that as well with the printed copy!


But in total I used, Photoshop, PicMonkey and paint and I will also use word to piece it together!