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CONSTRUCTION OF DIGIPAK
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Page 1: Construction of Digipak

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.


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