My Digipak Design (J.P)

This is my digipak that I have designed and created on photoshop, using photos of myself that were taken my Jess, a member of my group, using a white backdrop, so that I could edit the background, and professional lighting.

These are the photos that I have used on my digipak.

Then this is the final result of my digipak for Katy Perry's 'Prism' album, that contains the song that my group used for our video, 'Roar'. As you can see, I have created an image where the layout of my digipak is flattened so that you can see what it looks like when joined together.

Complete Digipak -

Front Cover -

Inside Panels -

Back Cover -

             Inside Panel                   Back Cover                        Front Cover

Fitting In My Tittles (J.P)

Now that I know the font I want on my digipak and what colour I would like it to be, I now have to find a way for it to fit onto my digipak so that it looks bold, eye catching and synthetically pleasing.

What I decided to first, after knowing what font I wanted, I just typed out the album tittle and the artist's name and then placed them where I wanted them and changed the colour to what I wanted. 

I then looked for a triangle shape that I could create to use as a backdrop for my tittles. To do this I had to look on custom shapes and then find the triangles, create one to the appropriate size and the fill it in to the colour that I wanted. 

I then had to move the shape so that it was behind the text, to do this I had to mover the text layers above the triangle layer, this was pretty straight forward to do.

All i did then, to add some more eye catching qualities, was to create another smaller triangle shape, turn it upside down, fill the colour in and then place it directly underneath, but in the middle of the text.

Typography (J.P)

Here I have tested out different typography for my digipak, I am looking for something classy but bold and I have also decided that I would like to have it in red, to match my nails in the photos.

I have tested out the typography for the words 'Katy Perry' and the name of her album, 'Prism' amd I have decided to use the font named 'Perpetua Titling MT'

Now that I have decided what font to use on my digipak, I have to find an attractive way to include the name of the artist onto my digipak so that it doesn't look out of place with the image on my front cover.

Progress Of My Digipak (J.P)

Here I have used screenshots of the progression of my digipak on Photoshop and then made it into a moving image (gif). At the beginning of this course, my Photoshop skills were not that well developed, but after taking the time to experiment, with the images that I want to use for my front cover of my digipak, I have learnt how to use some of the Photoshop features. 

After experimenting, I knew what I wanted my front cover to look like. So the first thing I did was to get the background to the right proportions of a CD cover, 12.5 x 12.5. I then placed the image that I wanted to use onto the background, but as you can see, there was a big white strip left, which I had to fill in with colour, to make this colour match the background of my image, I had to change the colour of that too. After moving the image around and filling in more blank spaces where the background was showing, I was then happy with the results and ready to pick my typography. 

Experimenting With Images and Photoshop (J.P)

After doing the photo shoot for my digipak, I have looked through all the images and picked a few that I think would be eye catching to the audience. I then edited the images so that they looked more professional and experimented by putting them on Photoshop and seeing which one I preferred.

These are some moving images (GIF'S) of the two digipak ideas that I really liked, after changing the background on both of the images to see what they both looked like, I then decided to use another, more colourful image instead. Although I didn't end up using these, I feel that they helped me with experimenting and widening my skills with Photoshop.

Digipak Photoshoot (J.P)

For the cover of our digipak and the images that are to go inside, we did a photo shoot in our media room against a blank, white wall, using myself as the model. To make the photos more interesting, I brought in a variety of different clothes so I could dress up in different outfits. I also brought in makeup,  jewellery and props such as Katy Perry's new perfume. Here are some of the final images that I have edited to use for my digipak.

These three photographs were taken by a Jess, a member of the group, and styled by me, as these images were for my digipak and I wanted to have a classy feel to the images. While being classy I also wanted to include colour, just in case I didn't go for the black and white idea. As you can see, I have edited one of my favoured images so that it is in black and white, just so I can compare whether I want the colour or not. We also brought in Katy Perry's new perfume to use as a prop as we thought it would be a good element to have in a magazine.

These other two images were also taken by Jess and also styles by me, as I wanted to have two different outfits in case one didn't work well on my digipak or my magazine cover, when I get to that stage. For these images, I decided to go for a darker outfit to go with my original idea of having minimal colour.

This is one of the end results of one of Jess' images that she styled and photographed. It is one of my edits as I wanted to see what it looked like. As you can see, Jess wanted to go for a school uniform style so that it linked in with our video. She also liked having Katy Perry's perfume featured in it for her magazine covers as well.

These are then some of the images that Keira styled and edited for her digipak and magazine. To achieve this result, Keira had looked at a lot of Katy Perry magazine covers to find inspiration on different poses and camera angles and shots.

Planning My Digipak (J.P)

Here I am planning what I hope my digipak will look like, showing different photographs that I will take and then deciding the final images that will be included on the cover and inside of my digipak. 

The average size for a digipak is 12.5cm x 12.5cm, so even though I am limited to the amount of content I can include in my digipak, the size of the case will hopefully not effect the images I will take. To make sure that the size will not effect my images, I looked on Photoshop and found a tool that locks the proportion of the image so I can rescale it without it stretching. 

Inspiration

For my digipak, I am going to have photographs taken of me, as I have experience in modelling, I have also offered to pose for my other group members digipak photographs too. Due to this, we will have to make sure that we all go for different looks so that they are not too similar. T make mine unique I have been thinking of different moods for my images. I um undecided on what type of images to go for my digipak as even though it is a sad song, a photograph with a sorrowful mood will not attract as much audience attention as a bright and colourful image. Also, all of Katy Perry's CD covers have bright, eye-catching photographs. Therefor I am thinking of going halfway in between. 

To help me decide what look to go for, I have created another mood board of inspiration.

I have decided that I would like to have a bold image for my digipak, with bold makeup and clothing, although to take on the sadder mood of the song, I may edit the image to make it black and white. If this looks effective and eye catching then I will go ahead with the lack of colour. I have taken this idea from these three images that I found online, I really like the style and mood of these images as they are bold but have a dark tone and mood to them as well. 

Mood Board Of Katy Perry (JP)

Here I have created a mood board of different Katy Perry images, these have either been used for Katy Perry's CD covers or they are images to represent different singles from each album. I have done this so that I can have a look at what existing images are out there so I can then compare them and see what type of image I can use for my digipak.