Cd 2 process

1. To begin creating the second disc for my digi-pack, I essentially just had to
go through the same process as when I was creating the first disk, but I
would just be adding different features. The very first thing I needed to
do was add a template of a disk and because I already had one saved in
my documents, it just meant that I had to open it. To open this template
all I had to do was click ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.
This pop up box then appeared
and I was able to find the location
in which this template was saved
in. Once I had found the location
this template was in, I then
selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

2. In the image I have presented on the
left, you are able to see what this
template looked like once I had got it
onto my document.
The next thing I wanted to do
was add the same black
background that I used on the
previous disk and this meant as
it was already saved in my
documents, I just had to open
my documents to find it. So to
do this, all I had to do was click
‘File’ and then ‘Open’. Once I
had done that, this pop up box
then appeared and I was able
to find the location in which
this image was saved in. Once I
had found the image, I then
selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

3. Once I had got the image onto my document, I then needed to resize it as it
was too big to fit on my document and to do this I just had to click ‘Edit’,
‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’. While making the image smaller, I had to hold
down the ‘Shift’ button on the keyboard and this was to ensure that the
image wouldn’t go obscure and would look the same, but would just be
smaller.
After I had changed the size
of the image, I then wanted
to change the colour of the
image and I was able to do
this by clicking ‘Image’,
‘Adjustments’ and then
‘Brightness/Contrast’.

4. This pop up box then appeared and I was
able to change the brightness and contrast
settings of the image. Once I had changed
the settings to what I wanted them to be, I
then clicked ‘OK’.
In the image I have
presented on the left, you
are able to see how my
second disk was beginning
to look.

5. I then decided to copy the artist and album
name text from the first disk and I moved it
onto this disk so I wouldn’t have to create
them again and ensure they are the right size.
You are able to see this as I have presented it
in the image on the left.
I then wanted to add some
effects to the artist name that
had been presented on the disk
to make it stand out more and I
was able to do this by clicking
‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then
‘Blending Options’.

6. This pop up box then appeared and I was able to
add the effects I wanted to the text. The effects I
decided to use were called ‘Bevel and Emboss’,
‘Contour’, ‘Stroke’, ‘Inner Shadow’, ‘Outer Glow’
and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had selected all of the
effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.
After that, I then wanted to add
some effects to the album name
to again make it stand out more
and I was able to do this by
clicking ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and
then ‘Blending Options’.

7. This pop up box then appeared and I was
able to choose the effects I wanted. The
effects I decided to use were called ‘Bevel
and Emboss’, ‘Stroke’, ‘Inner Shadow’ and
‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had selected all of
the effects I wanted, I then selected ‘OK’.
Once I had made changes to the
text, I then wanted to add an age
restriction logo to enable the
viewer to know what ages would
be able to watch the video that is
on the disk. So to do this, I went
onto Google Images and once I
had found a logo I wanted to
use, I then right clicked on it and
selected ‘Save Image As’.

8. This pop up box then appeared and I was
able to choose a location to save this
image in. Once I had found somewhere to
save the image, I then named it ‘Rating
logo’ and clicked ‘Save’.
I then went back onto Photoshop
to enable me to add this image
onto my document. To add this
image, all I had to do was click
‘File’ and then ‘Open’.

9. This pop up box then appeared and I
was able to find the location in which I
had saved this image in. When I found
the image I wanted, I then selected it
and clicked ‘Open’.
Once I had got this image onto
my document, I then needed to
resize it as it was too small and
I was able to do this by clicking
‘Edit’, ‘Transform’ and then
‘Scale’.

10. I then wanted to add some effects
to this image to make it stand out
more and I was able to do this by
clicking ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and
then ‘Blending Options’.
This pop up box then appeared
and I was able to choose the
effects that I wanted to add to
this image. The effects I
decided to use were called
‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Stroke’,
‘Inner Shadow’ and ‘Drop
Shadow’. Once I had selected
all of the effects I wanted, I
then clicked ‘OK’.

11. Once I had added this logo, I then went
through the same process to add both the
DVD logo and the record label logo that my
artist is signed to as you are able to see in
the image I have presented on the left.
Once I had done this, I then wanted to
add text which would read ‘Deluxe Disk’
to ensure that the audience would know
that this is the extra disk they get in the
digi-pack. So to do this, I had to click on
the ‘Text Tool’ and then I selected the
font called ‘Fairydust8’. Once I had done
this, I then wrote out the text and placed
it into the position that I wanted it to be
in on the disk.

12. Once I had written this text, I then
wanted to add some effects to it
to make it stand out more and I
was able to do this by clicking
‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then
‘Blending Options’.
This pop up box then
appeared and I was able to
choose the effects I wanted.
The effects I decided to use
were called ‘Bevel and
Emboss’, ‘Stroke’ and ‘Drop
Shadow’. Once I had selected
the effects I wanted, I then
clicked ‘OK’.

13. In the image I have presented
on the left, you are able to see
how my second disk was
turning out to look once I had
added the ‘Deluxe Disk’ text.
I then decided to copy the
copyright code that was
presented on the first disk and
I was able to do this just by
dragging it from the first disk
onto the second. Once I had
done this, you are able to see
how the disk turned out as I
have presented it in the image
on the left.

14. Once I had transferred this text, I
then wanted to add some effects
to it to make it stand out and I
was able to do this by clicking
‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then
‘Blending options’.
This pop up box then
appeared and I was able to
choose the effects I wanted
to add to this text. The
effects I decided to use were
called ‘Stroke’, ‘Outer Glow’
and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I
had selected all of the effects
I wanted to use, I then
clicked ‘OK’.

15. I then wanted to add the serial number onto the disk
and again I was able to do this by selecting the ‘Text
Tool’ and then selecting the font called ‘Arial’. Once I
had done this, I then wrote out the text and placed it
into the position I wanted it to be in.
Once the text had been placed in
the position I wanted it to be in, I
then wanted to add some effects to
the text to make it stand out more
and I was able to do this by selecting
‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then
‘Blending Options’.

16. This pop up box then appeared and I was
able to choose the effects I wanted. The
effects I decided to use were called ‘Bevel
and Emboss’, ‘Inner Shadow’ and ‘Drop
Shadow’. Once I had selected all of the
effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.
Once I had added this
feature, you are then able
to see how my disk had
turned out in the image I
have presented on the left.

17. Once I had completed creating my disk, I then
needed to save it as an image again to get rid of
the excess background that appears and to
ensure that the disk will actually look like a disk
from a digi-pack. To do this I had to click ‘File’
and then ‘Save As’.
This pop up box then appeared and I was
able to choose a location to save this
document in. Once I had found somewhere
to save it, I then clicked on the drop down
box next to where it says ‘Format’ and
selected ‘JPEG’ and this was again to ensure
that the document would be saved as an
image rather than a Photoshop document.
Once I had made all of these changes, I then
clicked ‘Save’.

18. I then needed to open up the
document to begin making changes
to it and I was able to do this by
clicking ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.
This pop up box then appeared
and I was able to find the
location in which I had saved
this image. Once I had found the
image I was looking for, I then
selected it and pressed ‘Open’.

19. Once I had got this image open, I then
wanted to get rid of all of the excess black
background that appeared outside of the
circle and again I was able to do this by
selecting the ‘Magic Wand Tool’. Once I
had done this, I then selected all of the
black background that appeared outside of
the disk template and then pressed
‘Delete’ on the keyboard and this then got
rid of the background and made it
transparent - meaning, whenever I try to
place this image somewhere, the only
thing that will appear is the disk, rather
than the excess background that was
visible when creating the disk.