Evaluation of CD cover for The chapters

Imagery that I took as options for my cover picture...

I did not use these images in the end as I did not feel they were strong enough to be on the front of a CD cover

I have used a simple font on the back of the image so that it is easy to understand and read.

One of the reasons I have used this image on the back as it fades out well leaving room to place the text next to it.

The font fits in with the image well and shows the band name clearly. It also shows how I have used editing skills and my understanding of technology.

I have placed a barcode here to finalise the album back and give it a professional look.

I have chosen to colour my font white so it stands out boldly against the black background.

I feel this image is strong for a CD cover as it in unusual and therefore stands out from others. The dark colouring scheme makes it bold.

Before I edited the image

After I edited the image

Here I have enhanced the colour giving it more of a vintage and aged look. I have re-coloured the image, lowered the brightness and enhanced the contrast making the imaged darker and more unusual.

To make the text follow the lines of the hand and wrap around the grooves, I put the image into Serif draw plus and used the font draw tool. In order to do this I had to draw a line following the ones in the image and then insert text on top of it.

Before I edited the image

After I edited the image

Here I have used similar editing techniques to the ones on the front, making the image stand out and making it bold.

I particularly like this image for a back cover as the black in the picture is very drastic and fades out quickly so the righting stands out well.

This is a strong album cover and represents a pop rock band well. In the images I have positioned the lighting carefully making it capture main features of

the model with out the background being shown. I particularly like the hand that stands out on the front cover and how the font fits into

the image so well.