Thursday, 29 January 2015
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Album digipak
After creating both covers on Photoshop we saved them onto the student drive, into our group folder so we are all able to easily access them.
Front Cover
For the front cover we decided not to use any images including the group members, so we chose to use two images of the powder paint across the floor and then merge them together to make the final image look bolder and more effective. When we had merged both image together we decided to play around with the colours and filters to make it bolder, and after doing this we decided that blue/green and purple combination was best as we feel it represents the group as a whole and will appeal to the target audience (young teenagers). The paint splatters at the bottom we downloaded from the internet to use as a stamp/brush on Photoshop. Before placing the stamp onto our main image we would choose what colour paint splatters we wanted so that it would coordinate with the colours on our main image, we chose to add 3 stamps of the paint splatter in blue, pink and pastel purple which we all felt fitted well with the main image.
When thinking about the font, we decided for the front cover that we would use our first font choice that we chose in our final two. We were able to gain access to this font through the website DaFont and it was under the 'Retro' category which we feel linked in with the name of our group Vintage Strobe. We typed out what titles and names we needed, which were originally a black font, and then print screened them and saved them as images to then open in Photoshop. To change the fonts to white we lightened them, and for the name of the group we made it transparent so there was no background colour, and for the title of the album we made the font transparent so it shows up inside the white background where we print screened it.
Back Cover
Our album back cover was a lot more simple to make. For our main image we simply played around with the brightness and saturation to make the powder paint as bright as possible but still making it look like powder and not entirely edited. We then had to add all the necessary extra images that an album back cover has, so the record label, barcode and copyright message. The barcode was simple to find and add to main image, but when it came to the logo we had to see which one showed up best against the background. We first wanted to have the red and black Sony Music logo, but the black writing did not show up well so we decided to use the all white one as it shows up very clear on our main image. For the copyright message we looked at what would be featured within the message by searching on Google, when we found what the message was we typed it out onto a PowerPoint slide and then print screened, and saved as an image to again open in Photoshop.
For our track list we decided to use our second font choice out of our final two as we feel it went well with the neon effect of the paint in the main image. We found this font by searching for Demi Lovato's Neon Lights font in Google, and we found a website where we were able to create our own text with this font. We print screened each album track in this font and saved them as individual images to the open in Photoshop. The font was originally black and had a white background around it from where we print screened, and we were going to keep the track list like that but we then had the idea to lighten the font to white and get rid of the background, and it looked much more professional and we were still album to clearly see the entire track list.
We now have to merge both covers together to make our final digipak, and we feel by doing this it will make the entire thing look a lot more professional.
Front Cover
For the front cover we decided not to use any images including the group members, so we chose to use two images of the powder paint across the floor and then merge them together to make the final image look bolder and more effective. When we had merged both image together we decided to play around with the colours and filters to make it bolder, and after doing this we decided that blue/green and purple combination was best as we feel it represents the group as a whole and will appeal to the target audience (young teenagers). The paint splatters at the bottom we downloaded from the internet to use as a stamp/brush on Photoshop. Before placing the stamp onto our main image we would choose what colour paint splatters we wanted so that it would coordinate with the colours on our main image, we chose to add 3 stamps of the paint splatter in blue, pink and pastel purple which we all felt fitted well with the main image.
When thinking about the font, we decided for the front cover that we would use our first font choice that we chose in our final two. We were able to gain access to this font through the website DaFont and it was under the 'Retro' category which we feel linked in with the name of our group Vintage Strobe. We typed out what titles and names we needed, which were originally a black font, and then print screened them and saved them as images to then open in Photoshop. To change the fonts to white we lightened them, and for the name of the group we made it transparent so there was no background colour, and for the title of the album we made the font transparent so it shows up inside the white background where we print screened it.
Back Cover
Our album back cover was a lot more simple to make. For our main image we simply played around with the brightness and saturation to make the powder paint as bright as possible but still making it look like powder and not entirely edited. We then had to add all the necessary extra images that an album back cover has, so the record label, barcode and copyright message. The barcode was simple to find and add to main image, but when it came to the logo we had to see which one showed up best against the background. We first wanted to have the red and black Sony Music logo, but the black writing did not show up well so we decided to use the all white one as it shows up very clear on our main image. For the copyright message we looked at what would be featured within the message by searching on Google, when we found what the message was we typed it out onto a PowerPoint slide and then print screened, and saved as an image to again open in Photoshop.
For our track list we decided to use our second font choice out of our final two as we feel it went well with the neon effect of the paint in the main image. We found this font by searching for Demi Lovato's Neon Lights font in Google, and we found a website where we were able to create our own text with this font. We print screened each album track in this font and saved them as individual images to the open in Photoshop. The font was originally black and had a white background around it from where we print screened, and we were going to keep the track list like that but we then had the idea to lighten the font to white and get rid of the background, and it looked much more professional and we were still album to clearly see the entire track list.
We now have to merge both covers together to make our final digipak, and we feel by doing this it will make the entire thing look a lot more professional.
First image idea for front cover
For our first idea for our album front cover we thought that it may be a good idea if we tried to merge the two images of each individual girl together on Photoshop. We added the two images on top of each other then faded them out so they looked like one whole image, we then erased the top image on one half of the face to show the two girls different faces. When we had completely merged the images together we decided that we were not keen on the image as a whole, and it wouldn't look good with our back cover or the groups target image. So we scrapped the idea of using the group in our main photo all together and decided that we would still focus on powder paint as an image, but not with the group featuring in it.
Friday, 23 January 2015
Final font choices
From the first six font choices that we chose, we have narrowed it down to two which we will then decide on which will be used for our album digipak.
First Choice
This font is our first choice for our CD cover. We feel that this would fit in well with the chosen genre of our artist, but also that it looks quite vintage which obviously fits with the name of our group. Depending on what image we use for our CD cover, we will play around with the colour of the text, and we will most likely use the same font that we choose for the track listing on the back cover as well.
Second Choice
We decided this font would be another one of our top choices for our album digipak, and we were inspired to use this font when we saw Demi Lovato's Neon Light's single cover. We found the font on the internet and thought that the name of our group looks good as the font looks like it has been made up from glow sticks or a neon sign, which fits in with the actual name of our group in general. When we start creating our album digipak we will then see which font looks best with the final mage that we choose, and we will decide from there.
First Choice
Second Choice
We decided this font would be another one of our top choices for our album digipak, and we were inspired to use this font when we saw Demi Lovato's Neon Light's single cover. We found the font on the internet and thought that the name of our group looks good as the font looks like it has been made up from glow sticks or a neon sign, which fits in with the actual name of our group in general. When we start creating our album digipak we will then see which font looks best with the final mage that we choose, and we will decide from there.
Final image choices for digipak
We have chosen 4 images from the original choices that we will potentially use for our whole album digipak. We have decided on which image we definitely want for our back cover but we now have to decide which image to use for the front cover, and we have two images to choose from.
Back Cover Image
We have made this image our back cover image because, where it has been edited it looks really vibrant against the darker background and it includes the element of powder paint in it, which links in with one of the settings of our music video, and it features the initials of our group name Vintage Strobe so we feel it would look good as our back cover with the track listing on top. However we still have to discuss where on the image the track list will be placed.
Front Cover Images
We have chosen these three images for our album digipak, we will either use the first image as a whole or we will merge the last two images together to feature both girls on the cover as a whole group. We will use Photoshop to edit them further, depending on what image we choose as a final decision. We will then add the text over the top of the image, so the album title and artist name.
Back Cover Image
We have made this image our back cover image because, where it has been edited it looks really vibrant against the darker background and it includes the element of powder paint in it, which links in with one of the settings of our music video, and it features the initials of our group name Vintage Strobe so we feel it would look good as our back cover with the track listing on top. However we still have to discuss where on the image the track list will be placed.
Front Cover Images
We have chosen these three images for our album digipak, we will either use the first image as a whole or we will merge the last two images together to feature both girls on the cover as a whole group. We will use Photoshop to edit them further, depending on what image we choose as a final decision. We will then add the text over the top of the image, so the album title and artist name.
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