When creating the album poster, I again had to open Photoshop to enable me to create a new document which I would be able to work on. Once I had opened Photoshop, I then selected ‘File’ and then ‘New’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to change the dimensions to ensure that the document was the correct size for my album poster. I decided to go with a width of ‘210 Pixels’ and a height of ‘297 Pixels’. Once I had changed the dimensions to what I wanted them to be, I then changed the name of document to ‘Album Poster’ and clicked ‘OK’.

The main image I wanted to include on the poster was the digi-pack cover, so this meant that I had to save the digi-pack cover as an image so I would be able to put it onto the poster. To do this I just had to open the digi-pack cover document and once I had done that, I then clicked ‘File’ then ‘Save As’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to choose a location to save the digi-pack cover in. Once I had found somewhere to save it, I then clicked on the drop down box next to where it says ‘Format’ and selected ‘JPEG’ and this was to ensure that the digi-pack cover would be saved as an image rather than a Photoshop document, so I would be able to put it onto my poster. Once I had made all of these changes, I then clicked ‘OK’.

I then went back onto my poster document as I needed to open up the digi-pack cover image in it. To do this I just had to click on the ‘File’ tab and then ‘Open’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was then able to find the location in which I had saved the image. Once I had found the location I had saved the image in, I then selected the image and clicked ‘Open’.

Once the image was on my poster document, I then needed to make the image bigger as it was too small in relation to the poster. To do this I just had to click ‘Edit’, ‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.

In the image I have presented on the left, you are able to see how my album poster was beginning to turn out.

Once the image of the album cover had been placed in the correct position, I then wanted to add a background to the poster and I decided to get an image from Google Images as I wanted a rough black background which would conform to the Pop Punk genre, but would also make the album poster look more appealing. Once I had found an image I wanted to use from Google Images, I then right clicked on it and selected ‘Save Image As’.

This pop up box appeared and I was then able to choose a location in which to save this image in. Once I had found a location to save this image in, I then changed the name to ‘black background’ and clicked ‘Save’.

Once I had saved this image, I then needed to open it in Photoshop and I was able to do this by going onto my album poster document and clicking ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to find the location in which the image I had saved was in. Once I had found the location the image I wanted was in, I then selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

Once the image had been put onto my document, I then needed to resize it to ensure that it would fit on my document and I was able to do this by clicking ‘Edit’, ‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.

The image I have presented on the left is what my document looked like once I had resized the background image.

After I had put the image into the position I wanted it to be in, I then wanted to change the colour of it a bit to make it blend in more with the image and to do this I just clicked ‘Image’, ‘Adjustments’ and then ‘Brightness/Contrast’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was then able to change the brightness and contrast settings of the background image. Once I had changed the settings to what I wanted them to be, I then clicked ‘OK’ and you are then able to see how the background colour had changed in the image I have presented on the left.

Once I had the background image in the position I wanted it, I then wanted to add some effects to the digi-pack cover to make it stand out more and I was able to do this by clicking ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then ‘Blending Options’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to add whatever effects I wanted to the image to make it stand out more. The effects I decided to add to the digi-pack cover were called ‘Stroke’, ‘Outer Glow’ and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had added all the effects I wanted to this image, I then clicked ‘OK’.

The next thing I wanted to actually do was add text which would read ‘The New Album’ and ‘Includes The Single’ which I wanted to both be in the same font. So to do this I selected the ‘Text Tool’ and then selected the font called ‘Aparajita’. Once this had been selected, I then wrote out the text and placed it into the position I wanted it to be in.

I then wanted to add more text to the poster, but this time I wanted it to be in a different font where the text would read ‘Available 12.8.17’ and ‘Not Enough’. So again all I had to do was select the ‘Text Tool’ and then I selected the font called ‘Fairydust8’, wrote the text and then placed them into the positions I wanted them to be in.

In the image I have presented on the left, you are able to see what the poster looked like once I had added the text I had just written.

The next thing I wanted to do was actually add some effects to the text I had written and I firstly decided to add effect to the first two pieces of text I had written. I was able to do this by clicking ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then ‘Blending Options’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to choose the effects I wanted to add to the text. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Stroke’, ‘Inner Shadow’ and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had selected all of the effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.

After that, I then wanted to add some effects to the second pieces of text I had written and again to do this I had to click ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then ‘Blending Options’.

This pop up box then appeared and again I was able to choose the effects I wanted to add to the text. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Contour’, ‘Stroke’, ‘Drop Shadow’. When I had chosen all of the effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.

Once I had added all the effects I wanted to the text I had written, the image I have presented on the left is what my poster looked liked once the effects had been added.

The next thing I wanted to do was add an iTunes logo onto the poster to enable the audience to know that they would be able to purchase the album on iTunes. So I decided to go onto Google images to get a logo – when I found one I wanted to use, I then right clicked on it and selected ‘Save Image As’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to choose a location to save this image in. Once I had found somewhere to save this image, I then named it ‘itunes logo’ and clicked ‘Save’.

I then went back onto my poster document to enable me to put the image I had just saved onto the poster. To do this I had to click ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to find the location in which the image I had saved was in. When I found the image I wanted, I then selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

When the image had been put onto my poster document, I then needed to resize it as it was too big for the document and to do this I had to click ‘Edit’, ‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.

Once this image was in the position I wanted it to be in, I then wanted to add some effects to the image to make it stand out more and to do this I had to click ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then ‘Blending Options’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to choose the effects I wanted to add to this image. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Inner Glow’ and ‘Outer Glow’. Once I had added all of the effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.

After I had added the image of the iTunes logo, I then decided to add two other logo’s which included the HMV and Spotify logo to inform the audience that they would be able to purchase the album in these places. When putting these images onto my poster, I again retrieved them from Google Images and once I had put them onto y poster document, I then added some effects to the to make them stand out more, which you are able to see in the image I have presented on the left.

I then wanted to add a scan code which the audience would be able to scan when they see the poster which will engage them with my artist and will hopefully make them want to purchase the album. To get this image, I again went onto Google images and once I found a scan code that I wanted to use, I then right clicked on it and selected ‘Save Image As’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to choose a location to save this image in. Once I had found somewhere to save it, I then changed the name to ‘scan barcode’ and clicked ‘Save’.

I then went back onto my poster document so I would be able to put this image onto my poster and to do this I had to click ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.

This pop up box appeared and I was then able to find the location in which I had saved the image I wanted. Once I found the image I wanted, I then selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

Once the image was on my document, I then needed to resize it as it was too small and I needed to make it visible to the audience to ensure they see it. So to make the image bigger I had to click ‘Edit’, ‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.

Once the image was the size I wanted it, I then decided to add some effects to it to make it stand out more and again I was able to do this by clicking ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then ‘Blending Options’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to choose the effects I wanted to add to this image. The only effect I decided to use was called ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had chosen this effect, I then clicked ‘OK’.

When adding this scan code, I also decided to add the logo for the record label that my artist is signed to and as I already had the image for this saved in my documents, I just had to open the image up on my poster document and again I added some effects to it to make it stand out more. You are able to see how the poster began to look as I have presented an image of it on the left.

I then wanted to add my artists website address to the poster and this meant that I needed to click on the ‘Text Tool’ and once I had done this, I was then able to select the font I wanted to use – the font I decided to use was called ‘Aparajita’. Once I had selected this, I then wrote out my artists website address and placed it into the position I wanted it to be in.

After that, I then wanted to add some effects to the text I had just written and I was able to do this by selecting ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then ‘Blending Options’.

This pop up box appeared and I was then able to choose the effects I wanted to add to the text. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Contour’, ‘Stroke’ and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had chosen all of the effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.

In the image I have presented on the left, you are able to see how my poster had turned out once I had added the website address I had written.

After I had completed creating my poster, I then needed to save it and I was able to do this by clicking ‘File’ and then ‘Save As’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to choose a location to save this document in. Once I had found somewhere to save it, I then clicked on the drop down box next to where it says ‘Format’ and selected ‘JPEG’ and this was to ensure that this document would be saved as an image rather than a Photoshop document. Once I had changed everything I needed, I then clicked ‘Save’.