construction of digipak
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CONSTRUCTION OF DIGIPAK
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I started off with a plain dark solid
background, this was something that I saw
to be a very common convention
with other album covers from the EDM
genre.
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Also I used the same title from the music video to create some continuity between the two different texts.
I then added a border which was
another feature which seemed to be common with other
album covers.
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I then used the gradient shape tool to create a gradient that uses the
same colours as the video. This gave the bright and colourful
aspect to the cover to represent the energy of
dance music.
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I wanted the gradient to only fill the border and
logo and not to cover the background so I
used a clipping mask against the logo and
border layers.
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The basis of the cover was finished and I now needed to create the face portrait to put as the key signifier of the cover.
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I used this still from the video’s footage as It had a clear side portrait of the model and was also on a white backdrop so was easy to edit out.
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Once I had cut the model out I
desaturated the image to take out all
the colour as I needed to do this to make the next step
effective.
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I needed to place some images over the top of the portrait whilst still being able to see where it was so I reduced the opacity of the layer slightly.
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I placed shots of the hands from the video over the face to cover the shape of the entire model. I varied the size and colour of each hand to give the image a more random feel.
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I now had all the hands in place and made some small
adjustments to ensure there were no
big gaps.
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I used the difference blending mode to be
able to see the model through the images of
the hands.
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This worked well however the
background of the shots were clipping
outside of the shape of the model.
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I used the same technique as I did for the gradient fill on the logo and border by using a clipping mask to delete the extra images outside the portraits outline.
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The colours of the hands had been
inverted when using the difference blending mode so I used and
image invert to change the hands back to
normal whilst giving the portrait and inverted
look to give a more digital and processed
aesthetic.
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The portrait was now ready to be moved onto the rest of the cover.
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The portrait was now ready to be moved onto the rest of the cover.
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The hands looked as if the colours were slightly different to
the rest of the cover so I used the same gradient as before
with a hue blending option to colour
them the same as the gradient.
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The final stage was to add a noise filter to match the same
noise filter that I had used in the video.
This helps create a house style between
the two forms of media.