Final DigiPak

Editing Process

I used after effects to block out the green screen. I clicked on effects on the top bar, keying, followed by the keylight option. After removing the green screen I was able to change the image to screen matte and change the lighting using black and white which made the background fully transparent and the image bolder. I then softened the edges to make them cleaner. I repeated this process with all my other images.

                                                                                   



Here is the before shot of my picture before I removed the green screen.

This is the after shot of my picture after I removed the green screen. As you can see there are a few creases on the left hand side of the image and that is due to there being creases in the green screen when I took the picture. Thankfully, this issue was easily solved as I was able to cut around it using the pen tool.







After I had edited my images I had to convert it into a PNG sequence in order to keep the transparent background, then I added it to the render queue in order to use it in Photoshop.

This is the logo for the record company that I have chosen to represent my artist. However, I had to edit it before I added it to my album cover and my poster as it was originally on a white background and I didn't feel it looked professional as my background was red and black so I had to use the Magic wand tool in Photoshop in order to remove the white background and make it transparent. After doing this I then had to use the adjustment tool and invert the writing to white instead of black so I could see the writing clearly on my poster and album cover.

This is a screen shot taken mid-way of my editing process of my digipak. I've chosen to fragment my artists body by having one panel just be a close up of her face and another panel just showing her legs to illustrate the brokenness of my artist, this is also a theme that will feature in my music video as after researching similar artists, especially ones in the indie genre, they tend to write songs about vulnerability and the feeling of emptiness or loneliness so I thought it would be fitting to include this in my DigiPak.

From past feedback on my previous album cover I was advised to have a more interesting background as it was previously just a red background,which was rather bland so I decided to add a background, then I edited it by adding colour to give it more depth. Moreover, due to this change I had to add this background to all the panels in order to keep it consistent.

Magazine Advert and Album Cover Audience Feedback

The overall feedback I received was positive, as they all liked the choice of colours for the background and they all thought the artist stood out in front of the back ground which is good. However, a comment that kept being mentioned was that the record company's logo wasn't as clear and visible. From receiving this feedback I'm now going to make a few adjustments, bearing those comments in mind.

First Draft of my DigiPak

Draft of digipak

Digipak Conventions

Conventions of a Digipak

Front Panel - Artist name (bigger text than the title), album title, close-up of the artists face, parental advisory, capture the genre, direct appeal to the target audience.

Back Panel - Song titles, bar code, copyright information, information about the record label, website, continuing the theme of the front cover.

Spine - Name of artist, name of the album, record label, reference number, font/colour scheme continues the theme.

Interior Panels - Detailed credits, lyrics, continuing the theme of the rest of the album, a message, images of the artist or setting, CD tray has image behind it, spread an image across two panels on the inside.

CD Tray - Image of the artist or setting, continuing theme of the rest of the sides.

Below is a template of a Digipak