[ANCILLARY PRODUCTION] - Digipak Production 1

Digipak Production 1

So the Music Video is now out of the way but nope it's not time to rest but to add to the stress (WAHEY)... After pitching my ideas to Louisa and getting feedback from her as to what I can do to expand my ideas further I opened up Photoshop and stared at the screen for a good few minutes. After mentally putting together my ideas I loosely placed where I wanted the images and text, and the little barcode and record label details. 

Louisa had a little look at what I already had, and at this moment I came across my first dilemma. The was a lamp post bang in the middle of the front of the digipak. This was diverting all the attention away from the artist. As the image wasn't large enough to move along and stretching it would look unflattering, I spent a good 10-20mins just looking at the screen thinking of what I could do. After about 20mins when I realised I was probably wasting time, I decided to add the track listing and all the other little bits and bobs onto the digipak. And then it hit me. I attempted to layer the same image on top however my main focus was on the right side of the brick wall which I cropped and layered on top of the lamp post.

And then came along dilemma 2. 

The colour of the wall was gradient so it was different when I cropped it to cover the lamp post, there were harsh lines and it was difficult to match the bricks, pavement and road together. It was all a game of little shifts here and there until I was able to match it to the best of my ability. I then attempted to use the blur tool to blur the harsh line between the 2 layers. However this made it look even more obvious and unprofessional. 

After more staring at the screen and thinking blankly into space. I finally came up with cutting out aspects of the road with the magic wand tool. Then using the eraser with a blurred edge I attempted to rub and blend the harsh line until I successfully achieved the look I was going for. 

Just then when I start thinking 'Yes Nahida You are on a roll,' I look at the image and realise the whole image is black and white and the isolation of colour that I wanted to add I still had to figure out how to do. So after more staring at the screen I decided to just explore photoshop, theres no harm in that is there. 

I tried the layering technique again but that was on no success. After ripping at my hair and more staring at the screen I remembered the Magic Wand tool. Once again saving my life I chose which parts I wanted in colour and then went to enhance the colour and increase the blue in that section of the image and it worked. I felt so proud of myself, reaching outside my comfort zone and expanding the technological abilities. 

I was thinking maybe to expand the smoke motif a bit more but for now I am happy with what I have and I think it is ready for some audience feeback. Until then, I shall begin work on the inside panels and the advertisement.