1. Digi-Pack
Development Diary
I started the construction of my physical CD by opening an existing
template, to do this I went to File > Open, once my selections
opened I selected the correct template. Once I had the correct
template I then opened the pictures that I would use for the CD, I
used the same process that I followed to open the CD template.
These are the pictures I chose. I wanted the model to be walking
around the CD, jumping over the amps. Once I had opened the
pictures I then edited them to make them brighter and more
visually appealing to do this I used the Level and Curves tool. The
shortcut for the Levels tool is ‘CMD > L’ and the shortcut for
Curves is ‘CMD > M’.

2. Once I had finished editing the pictures I then had to select them to
drag them onto the CD Template, to do this I used the magic wand
tool, once I had it selected I traced around the model’s body and it
selected the model and separated it from
the background. I then selected the move
tool and dragged the
model onto the CD
Template. I then had to resize
the model as they did not fit
properly onto the CD, to do
this I used Free Transform, to
do this I went to Edit > Free
Transform; then making sure I
held down the shift button, to
make sure the picture stayed
in proportion, I dragged the
corners in to make the model
the correct size. When I had finished this I put the amp
in, I followed the same process that I did for the model,
the only different that I did this time was rotate it, to do
this I went to Edit > Transform > Rotate I then rotated
the amp until it was at the correct angle, I then used the
eraser tool rub out the bottom of the amp so it fitted
against the inner circle of the CD. I then repeated this process with
the next model and continued until I had covered the
whole CD. After I had finished this I felt that the CD
just looked too plain so I decided that I would link in the
chequered pattern from the front cover in with the CD.
To do this I first hid the layers with the model and amps
on them so I had a clear background, I then started off
with the lines that I would need to draw, I used the Line
Tool to execute this, I set the thickness to 0.2cm so the
line wasn’t too big but still able to be seen. Once I had
completed this I merged the layers and then filled in
every other space with a different colour using the Fill Tool. I then
added a Inner Shadow by double clicking on
the layer and selecting Inner Shadow with the
opacity at 100 and changed the Distance, Size and

3. Choke until I had the desired effect. This is the finished product.

4. I then moved on to the inside cover, to
do this I first created a new square
Photoshop document, I did this by
opening Photoshop and going to File >
New, I then went onto custom and
changes the centimetres to 22cm by 22cm as this
would give me the same width as a A4 page. Once I had this page
set up I opened the first picture that I would be using as one of my
four, to do this I went to File > Open.
Once I had the picture open I then had
to edit this picture, to do this I first
wanted to fix the models skin to
make it look smoother, I did this by
using a technique called soft focus;
this includes selecting the
lasso tool and tracing
around the models eyes and
mouth, making sure I was on
the duplicated layer. I then inversed the selection and
went to Filter > Gaussian
Blur, I then changed the
opacity of the layer to
make the blur look subtle
but effective, once I
had the desired look I
flattened the image, I
did this by going to Layer >
Flatten Image. Once I had
finished with this process I then
went onto changing the colour
and tone of the picture, I did this
by using levels (cmd+L) and

5. curves (cmd+M). This is my edited product, I then decided that the
picture would look better with a filter on it and after going through
lots of layers I decided that the film grain filter looked the best, I did
this by going to Filter > Film Grain. This is my finished product. I
then put this onto my blank Photoshop document and used Free
Transform to resize the image to fit into
its designated quarter. I then repeated
this whole process for each of the four
pictures. This is my finished design for
the pictures.
I then
wanted to
add text to
the inside
slip so
people could use it as a mini
poster to put on their wall. I used
the Text Tool for this, once I had
selected the tool I picked a font that I
thought would best fit the house style
for the digi-pack, the font that I selected
was Marker Felt and then I used Free
Transform to change the size and
shape of the writing. This is the finished
product, I am very pleased with how this
turned out and if I was to go back and
do it again I don’t think I would do anything differently.

6. I then moved onto the Front Cover, this was a
Mash-up idea. To do this I first freehand drew a
design on a square piece of paper. Once I had
finished the design I then scanned it onto my
computer system using a scanner, this is what the
picture looked like once I had scanned it onto my
system. I then opened this picture in Photoshop
and duplicated the layer, to do this I had to go to
Layer > Duplicate Layer. Once I had the layer
duplicated I then selected the line tool and began drawing all of the
straight lines, once I had finished the straight lines I started with
the curved lines, to do this I first used the straight line from one
point to the other, using the warp tool change the
line so it fit against the drawing, I did this by
going to Edit > Transform > Warp. After I had
finished with the outline I stared to add colour, to
do this I used the Fill Tool. I also wanted to add a realistic aspect
to the front cover so I decided to replace the cartoon iPod with an
actual iPod, to do this I took a picture of my iPod and
then traced around the iPod using the Magic Wand
Tool and then inversed the selection
using Select > Inverse and then pressed
the backspace button to get rid of the
background. I then used the Magic Wand
Tool again to select the screen, I then
opened a picture of the Wheatus album
cover and dragged it onto the iPod into
the selection using the Move Tool, and
resized it using Free Transform. This is
the finished iPod.
This is the finished
product, I am very
pleased with how
this product has
turned out as I feel it
achieved the
cartoon style I was
going for.

7. I then created the template for the Digi-pack,
to do this I opened a new Photoshop
document, I did this the same way I did the
previous square document by going to File >
New. I then dragged the Front Cover onto
the document using the Move Tool and
resizing it using Free Transform. Once I had
this in place I added a spine to separate the Front
and Back Cover, to do this I used the rectangle
tool. Once I had
finished with the I
began the Back Cover,
to do this I used the
Rectangle Shape Tool
to then fill in the left-
hand corner of the
document, I then
double clicked on the
shape layer to bring up I
would be able to edit the
colour and style of the
box. I added an Inner
Shadow to the box, I set the
opacity to 100% and then
adjusted the Distance, Choke
and Size until I had my
desired effect. This is when I
added the text using the Text Tool.
For the header I chose the font
Marker Felt because I thought it
would be
better to keep
the same
house style throughout. And then for the list of tracks I decided to
use the font Bangla
because I thought it
looked better and fit into the style of my
Digi-pack. I then added a barcode to the
back cover, I did this by placing the
image onto the image and then resizing it
using Free Transform This is the finished
design for the back cover.

8. Once I had finished this I started to assemble my Digi-pack,
because I already had the Front cover and back cover on the
Photoshop document I only needed to drag the Inside Cover and
CD onto the document using the Move Tool. This is the finished
Digi-pack, I am very pleased with how this turned out, as there is a
certain style throughout which I feel reflects the band well and the
tone of the album.