To begin creating the second disc for my digi-pack, I essentially just had to go through the same process as when I was creating the first disk, but I would just be adding different features. The very first thing I needed to do was add a template of a disk and because I already had one saved in my documents, it just meant that I had to open it. To open this template all I had to do was click ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.

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

In the image I have presented on the left, you are able to see what this template looked like once I had got it onto my document.

The next thing I wanted to do was add the same black background that I used on the previous disk and this meant as it was already saved in my documents, I just had to open my documents to find it. So to do this, all I had to do was click ‘File’ and then ‘Open’. Once I had done that, this pop up box then appeared and I was able to find the location in which this image was saved in. Once I had found the image, I then selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

Once I had got the image onto my document, I then needed to resize it as it was too big to fit on my document and to do this I just had to click ‘Edit’, ‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’. While making the image smaller, I had to hold down the ‘Shift’ button on the keyboard and this was to ensure that the image wouldn’t go obscure and would look the same, but would just be smaller.

After I had changed the size of the image, I then wanted to change the colour of the image and I was able to do this by clicking ‘Image’, ‘Adjustments’ and then ‘Brightness/Contrast’.

This pop up box then appeared and I was able to change the brightness and contrast settings of the image. Once I had changed the settings to what I wanted them to be, I then clicked ‘OK’.

In the image I have presented on the left, you are able to see how my second disk was beginning to look.

I then decided to copy the artist and album name text from the first disk and I moved it onto this disk so I wouldn’t have to create them again and ensure they are the right size. You are able to see this as I have presented it in the image on the left.

I then wanted to add some effects to the artist name that had been presented on the disk 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 the effects I wanted to the text. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Contour’, ‘Stroke’, ‘Inner Shadow’, ‘Outer Glow’ 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 album name to again 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 choose the effects I wanted. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Stroke’, ‘Inner Shadow’ and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had selected all of the effects I wanted, I then selected ‘OK’.

Once I had made changes to the text, I then wanted to add an age restriction logo to enable the viewer to know what ages would be able to watch the video that is on the disk. So to do this, I went onto Google Images and once I had found a logo 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 the image, I then named it ‘Rating logo’ and clicked ‘Save’.

I then went back onto Photoshop to enable me to add this image onto my document. To add this image, all I had to do was click ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.

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

Once I had got this image onto my document, I then needed to resize it as it was too small and I was able to do this by clicking ‘Edit’, ‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.

I then wanted to add some effects to this image 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 choose the effects that I wanted to add to this image. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Stroke’, ‘Inner Shadow’ and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had selected all of the effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.

Once I had added this logo, I then went through the same process to add both the DVD logo and the record label logo that my artist is signed to as you are able to see in the image I have presented on the left.

Once I had done this, I then wanted to add text which would read ‘Deluxe Disk’ to ensure that the audience would know that this is the extra disk they get in the digi-pack. So to do this, I had to click on the ‘Text Tool’ and then I selected the font called ‘Fairydust8’. Once I had done this, I then wrote out the text and placed it into the position that I wanted it to be in on the disk.

Once I had written this text, I then wanted to add some effects to it 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 choose the effects I wanted. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Stroke’ and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had selected the effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.

In the image I have presented on the left, you are able to see how my second disk was turning out to look once I had added the ‘Deluxe Disk’ text.

I then decided to copy the copyright code that was presented on the first disk and I was able to do this just by dragging it from the first disk onto the second. Once I had done this, you are able to see how the disk turned out as I have presented it in the image on the left.

Once I had transferred this text, I then wanted to add some effects to it to make it stand out 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 choose the effects I wanted to add to this text. The effects I decided to use were called ‘Stroke’, ‘Outer Glow’ and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had selected all of the effects I wanted to use, I then clicked ‘OK’.

I then wanted to add the serial number onto the disk and again I was able to do this by selecting the ‘Text Tool’ and then selecting the font called ‘Arial’. Once I had done this, I then wrote out the text and placed it into the position I wanted it to be in.

Once the text had been placed in the position I wanted it to be in, I then wanted to add some effects to the text to make it stand out more and I was able to do this by selecting ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then ‘Blending Options’.

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

Once I had added this feature, you are then able to see how my disk had turned out in the image I have presented on the left.

Once I had completed creating my disk, I then needed to save it as an image again to get rid of the excess background that appears and to ensure that the disk will actually look like a disk from a digi-pack. To do this I had to click ‘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 again to ensure that the document would be saved as an image rather than a Photoshop document. Once I had made all of these changes, I then clicked ‘Save’.

I then needed to open up the document to begin making changes to it and I was able to do this by clicking ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.

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

Once I had got this image open, I then wanted to get rid of all of the excess black background that appeared outside of the circle and again I was able to do this by selecting the ‘Magic Wand Tool’. Once I had done this, I then selected all of the black background that appeared outside of the disk template and then pressed ‘Delete’ on the keyboard and this then got rid of the background and made it transparent - meaning, whenever I try to place this image somewhere, the only thing that will appear is the disk, rather than the excess background that was visible when creating the disk.