To create my digipak I started a new project in Photoshop. Here I opened up the first image I wanted to

manipulate, my back cover. I chose this because the image of the girls if framed to the right, and I wanted all my text to be on the left so I felt it was a good option. I

also like that it was slightly out of focus so the consumer would focus on the text on the other side of

the cover. I added some brightness and contrast to make this into a slightly clearer and brighter image.

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I then opened an image of a barcode and transferred it onto

my back cover, using the transform tool to make it an

appropriate size.

I then created the signatures I wanted for the space under the discs. I chose the

text I wanted and took a screenshot. After this is saved the cropped version as an

image and opened it in Photoshop.

I then used the magic wand tool to select the white area outside of the text, making sure to leave a small white outline to make the text stand out even more. I then used the eraser

tool to get rid of the background and dragged the text onto a new plain, square background.

I then repeated the process until I had three signatures and the two images I had selected

for the other CD background on a plain square background. I

also made

sure to label the different layers to not get them confused. I then used the fill tool to create plain brown backgrounds for both of the sides and placed them on the digipak template I had created to fit

the images I wanted on. I used the transform tool so size them, holding shift to keep them square.

To get the image I wanted twice I

duplicated the layers and turned the images upside

down using the transform tool so they

would be right way when put together.

I then repeated this process with all the text I had chosen for the front and back cover, inverting the process with the disc numbers and with the art I had chosen to be part of the logo

and theming through the album.

I also used the fill tool to add brown into the distressed section of the logo to keep the look of it, but make it work better with

the colour scheme I had chosen than a plain white would have.

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I also made the song listing brown to contrast the disc titles using the fill

tool.

I then transferred the disc numbers and art onto the back cover and

used the transform tool to

size them and placed them in the appropriate section. I also transferred a

record label logo for a well known country music

label in Nashville.

To create my inside cover I opened a new

project and cropped the

background into a square. I then

opened the image I wanted and cropped it

into one third of a square using

the image measurements.

I repeated this process with the other two images of the other girls I

wanted to use and used the transform tool to make sure they all took up and equal amount of the

cover.

I then added some art I chose to be part of the logo for the band onto

this image. I used to lasso and erase tools to get rid of black

section and then the magic wand and erase tool to remove the white and placed them over the image using the transform tool to size them. I then added this onto the

actual digipak, using the transform tool to fit it into place

I then started creating my spine for the digipak. I cropped a

small section of the background of the original image for the back cover to be the spine.

I then transferred it onto my digipak from the other

project onto this one.

Then I used the transform tool to make it an accurate shape and added the record label

logo here too as I found that conventional.

I then added the text I made earlier onto the back cover

of my digipak and the product number and logo onto the spine and added

the back cover to the product.

I then moved onto the central image between the CD’s. I chose a clear photo of all three, taking up the full photo as

nothing needs to go over this. I slightly altered the brightness and added a gradient to make the photo

brighter at the top. I then boosted the contrast and added a warming filter which gave the photo a more western vibe

and was brighter. I then also added this into position on the template.

I then created my cover by opening a new project with my image in, slightly larger than a square to be able to create my spine from this image also. I opened the text and images I had create earlier and placed and sized them using the transform tool. I then used the

rectangle tool to create a background for the album name to go in front of. I changed it to the brown I used in the colour scheme and reduced the opaqueness to be able to see the text more clearly.

I then added the image to the full digipak and duplicated all the information on the other side and rotated it 180

degrees. I also added the album title to both spines.

I then created a circle using the ellipse tool and used the eraser to remove the centre so the CD had the space for the

plastic holder. I then use and off white to fill the circle and reduced the opaqueness to mimic the plastic that is usually in

the this section. I duplicated this and moved it to the other disc as well.

I then repeated that process with a larger circle, taking out larger centre to fit the

small opaque ring in. I used the fill tool to fill them with a light grey which would be plain silver discs in the actual product. I

then placed these on both sides with their backgrounds in place.

I then took the logos I had

created earlier and put them onto the discs,

using the fill tool to fill the colours

differently on each disc and

including a different CD or DVD logo. This

was the last step.