Production-making digipak on photoshop

Editing on Photoshop- front panel

i have started to edit and create the layout for my digipak on Photoshop and started using a range of editing tools. The first thing i did on Photoshop was placing the same photos i used for my mock-up on the panels, however i realised that because the pictures was taken in portrait that it wouldn't fit on the panel properly in its original size so i had to enlarge it and crop around it.

The next thing i did on Photoshop was changing the filter of the photo on Photoshop so it matches the genre and chosen colors that was decided as a group. To get the effect and filter i wanted i used the 'Gradient tool' and selected a  'the gradient map' then 'purple and violet duo tone , i was then able to select the colors i wanted which was purple and pink.This process had to be done for each photo seperatly  to it was important i got each color and opacity right.

The final step i did in the lesson was adding text. I put the artist name and the name of the title on the front cover and at the spine of the digipak, with the artist name being in larger and different font. I chosen the layout of the font different to what i used on my mock up of the digipak because i felt that the artist name should be displayed first before the album title so fans know who the artist is.

For the front panel of my digipak i still have of number of things to do before i move on to the inside panel;

• song list
• barcode
• record label
• website
• copyright label