Digipac Construction

Here are some screen grabs of my digipac, in each stage of construction. I learnt to use Adobe Photoshop CS5 during the making, and have experimented a lot with all the functions such as colours, effects, gradients, filters and layers. I have downloaded a digipac template off the internet (link: http://www.duplication.ca/printspecs/digipak.htm ) and have chosen a simple fold-out template, with a front, back and inside perts which I can now put my design onto.

I started with the text; inserting the front cover text, back cover information and on the inside the song lyrics. I decided to use a font which is similar with the band's logo and text, so to keep with the same style and genre that they use.

I then drew the LS emblem, using photoshop to create a basic shape and then fill it with different colours to see what works well with my digipac. I want it to be as accurate as possible, so that it fits well with the band's other albums.

I then rendered the emblem and used a gradient of dark red and black to make it more stylish and effective. This shows how I have experimented with colours to see what will suit my final design.

I have now inserted the emblems into my digipac, and am trying to decide what colour to use and where to put it.

Now I have filled each box with a gradient colour of deep/dark red and black, with a noise filter on them which slightly blurs the colours where they meet and change. However, as you can see my text isn't visable anymore, since it is black on a black background.

I have decided to change the text colour to white; since it is the only text which really stands out on a balck background, and this information such as lyrics and track listings are vital features which people should'nt have difficulty reading. However, I have left the front title text black, since I believe it is more effective in this style.

I have now added some screenshots from my music video of the band performing. I have taken this idea from my analysis of other digpiacs, since they also have lots of images of the band; either performing live or photoshoot pictures. It features one picture of the entire band, and then three individual ones of each band member.