Editing and Changes to CD Cover

After creating my promotional poster I chose on a select number of photos taken from the beach or the woods, that were of good quality and frame and would be suitable for the cover either on the front the back or the inside.

Front Cover

Stage 1
After choosing my photo I opened up photo shop and chose a square shape canvas that I would work on for the CD cover. I then imported the image.




Stage 2
Once I had imported the image and choose the canvas size, I cropped the picture to the canvas and flipped it 90 degrees horizontally so it framed the canvas and looked professional. I also flipped it so that it left me space to put the headings in the top left corner.



Stage 3
Once I had cropped the photo, like the promotional poster I experiment with colour, lighting and contrast. Once I had experiment with different effects I decided on changing the colour of the photo by editing the brightness and contrast. I also used ‘Unsharp Mask’ to make the photo clearer. Here you can see the difference.



Stage 4
Once I had edited the colour, I added the text. I used the same font type for the name of the album and artists name so that it matched the promotional poster and would be able to be recognised by the audience as the albums logo. However I didn't use the same colour theme as the promotional poster as I didn't think the orange contrasted well with the green and brown colour of the woods.



Stage 5
After adding the heading I then added the same pug that I put onto the promotional poster. This is so that again the audience can associated with the album and the brand.



Stage 6
I then created a spine for the CD cover by using the same photo, colour theme and heading.




Back Cover

For the back cover I followed the same stages of 1, 2 and 3 as I had on the front cover. I imported the photo onto a square canvas and cropped it and experimented with the colour, lighting and contrast.

Stage 4
I then added the track names in the same font and colour as the artists name on the front so to follow through with the theme. I moved the track names around so that they went vertical down the cover yet in an unusual curvy patterning.



Stage 5

To then make the back cover more like a professional CD cover I added credits a bar code and a web address. The text was all in the same font as the track names so to continue the theme I also put the features spaced out in suitable places from the track names.







Once I had added these features I thought that my product was complete as I had followed the usual convetions of the back cover of a CD pack.





I also experimented with other photos for the back and front cover however I thought that the images of the stages shown above where the better options as they didnt drown out any text or headings. I think the two photos of the beach and the woods both contrast well and I think they fit well with the headings and features.