Friday, 13 January 2012

Final digipak and advertisement;Analysis

So I found photo shop so hard!!!!! However this is my final piece and I'm so happy I've finally finished.
This is my front panels which involve, song listings, copy right, record label logos, the people who contributed to the album and a picture of Charlene as well as artist and album name.  I found this hard to edit because it was my first item to edit.  I started with cropping both the picture into squares the places them into the boxes provided.  I then used the text boxes to write in I place two on the front for the artist and album name and artist name.  For the back cover I also used two text boxes, one for the song listings and copy right information.  Then I got a mercury record picture and a universal record picture and placed one at the top right hand corner and one at the bottom left hand corner.  I also used a bar code and put that at the bottom left hand corner.  I then played around with the picture colour to see if I wanted it in black and white or not. 

This is my inside cover which includes the CD housing the picture is black and white and has a simple CD shape with writing on it.  The other panel has a plain white background and black writing with two pictures. This was probably the easiest to edit because its quite plain.  However I did want it to be plain because I felt as though the rest of my digipak was so hectic.  I also thought that it should be plain because then the colour scheme will stay within three colours.  Firstly I started by cropping the photo into a square then putting into the box provided by stretching it. (without stretching the image).  Then I put the circle shape into the middle of the picture and placed a smaller circle in the middle of that one.  I then placed a text box in the large circle and wrote the album and artist name.  The next page is plain white  and then I added one text box and wrote the producer and song writer of the album etc.  Then I added two record label logos, this was the easiest to edit because of how simple it was.


The advertisement was probably the hardest because it involved the most amount of editing.  I used a picture of Charlene in her yellow dress, I used two text box for the release date and the album name and artist name.  I then used a tool box for tour dates.  I also got the Myspace, Facebook and Twitter logo's and placed them at the bottom with the record company "Mercury Records" label and Blackberry sign.  I finally used one more text book to show Charlie Jaynes website.  So I started by cropping the picture into a square and then fitting it to a rectangular shape.  Then I added two text boxes to the left and right top hand corner, and wrote the album name and artist name on the left and release date on the right.  Then I did two more text boxes for the tour dates and Our artists official website.  Firstly my text was to big and I spent a bit of time rearranging the text and font size.  Then I placed the Myspace, Facebook and Twitter logo's in the right hand bottom corner.  Finally I put the record label and the Blackberry bar code in the left hand bottom corner.  I did play around with the colouring of this photo but thought it looked better in colour rather than in black and white.


In general I did find this photo shop really hard and I prefer the old version of it.  But I am really proud of what I've completed considering how hard I found photo shop.  I found that my end products show my characters genre really well, and reflect the personality we are trying to give her.

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