Poster process

1. When creating the album poster, I again had
to open Photoshop to enable me to create a
new document which I would be able to
work on. Once I had opened Photoshop, I
then selected ‘File’ and then ‘New’.
This pop up box then appeared
and I was able to change the
dimensions to ensure that the
document was the correct size
for my album poster. I decided
to go with a width of ‘210
Pixels’ and a height of ‘297
Pixels’. Once I had changed the
dimensions to what I wanted
them to be, I then changed the
name of document to ‘Album
Poster’ and clicked ‘OK’.

2. The main image I wanted to
include on the poster was the
digi-pack cover, so this meant
that I had to save the digi-pack
cover as an image so I would be
able to put it onto the poster. To
do this I just had to open the
digi-pack cover document and
once I had done that, I then
clicked ‘File’ then ‘Save As’.

3. This pop up box then appeared and I was able to choose a location
to save the digi-pack cover 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 to ensure that the digi-
pack cover would be saved as an image rather than a Photoshop
document, so I would be able to put it onto my poster. Once I had
made all of these changes, I then clicked ‘OK’.
I then went back onto my poster
document as I needed to open
up the digi-pack cover image in
it. To do this I just had to click on
the ‘File’ tab and then ‘Open’.

4. This pop up box then appeared and I was
then able to find the location in which I had
saved the image. Once I had found the
location I had saved the image in, I then
selected the image and clicked ‘Open’.
Once the image was on my poster
document, I then needed to make
the image bigger as it was too
small in relation to the poster. To
do this I just had to click ‘Edit’,
‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.

5. In the image I have presented
on the left, you are able to see
how my album poster was
beginning to turn out.
Once the image of the album cover had been
placed in the correct position, I then wanted to
add a background to the poster and I decided
to get an image from Google Images as I
wanted a rough black background which would
conform to the Pop Punk genre, but would also
make the album poster look more appealing.
Once I had found an image I wanted to use
from Google Images, I then right clicked on it
and selected ‘Save Image As’.

6. This pop up box appeared and I was
then able to choose a location in which
to save this image in. Once I had found
a location to save this image in, I then
changed the name to ‘black
background’ and clicked ‘Save’.
Once I had saved this image, I
then needed to open it in
Photoshop and I was able to do
this by going onto my album
poster document and clicking
‘File’ and then ‘Open’.

7. This pop up box then appeared and I
was able to find the location in which
the image I had saved was in. Once I
had found the location the image I
wanted was in, I then selected it and
clicked ‘Open’.
Once the image had been put onto
my document, I then needed to
resize it to ensure that it would fit
on my document and I was able to
do this by clicking ‘Edit’, ‘Transform’
and then ‘Scale’.

8. The image I have presented on
the left is what my document
looked like once I had resized the
background image.
After I had put the image into
the position I wanted it to be in,
I then wanted to change the
colour of it a bit to make it blend
in more with the image and to
do this I just clicked ‘Image’,
‘Adjustments’ and then
‘Brightness/Contrast’.

9. This pop up box then appeared
and I was then able to change the
brightness and contrast settings of
the background image. Once I had
changed the settings to what I
wanted them to be, I then clicked
‘OK’ and you are then able to see
how the background colour had
changed in the image I have
presented on the left.

10. Once I had the background image in the
position I wanted it, I then wanted to
add some effects to the digi-pack cover
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
add whatever effects I
wanted to the image to
make it stand out more.
The effects I decided to
add to the digi-pack cover
were called ‘Stroke’, ‘Outer
Glow’ and ‘Drop Shadow’.
Once I had added all the
effects I wanted to this
image, I then clicked ‘OK’.

11. The next thing I wanted to actually do was add text which
would read ‘The New Album’ and ‘Includes The Single’
which I wanted to both be in the same font. So to do this I
selected the ‘Text Tool’ and then selected the font called
‘Aparajita’. Once this had been selected, I then wrote out
the text and placed it into the position I wanted it to be in.
I then wanted to add more text to the poster,
but this time I wanted it to be in a different
font where the text would read ‘Available
12.8.17’ and ‘Not Enough’. So again all I had
to do was select the ‘Text Tool’ and then I
selected the font called ‘Fairydust8’, wrote
the text and then placed them into the
positions I wanted them to be in.

12. In the image I have presented on
the left, you are able to see what
the poster looked like once I had
added the text I had just written.
The next thing I wanted to do was
actually add some effects to the text I
had written and I firstly decided to
add effect to the first two pieces of
text I had written. I was able to do this
by clicking ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and
then ‘Blending Options’.

13. This pop up box then appeared and I was able
to choose the effects I wanted to add to the
text. The effects I decided to use were called
‘Stroke’, ‘Inner Shadow’ 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 second
pieces of text I had written and
again to do this I had to click
‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then
‘Blending Options’.

14. This pop up box then appeared and again I was
able to choose the effects I wanted to add to the
text. The effects I decided to use were called
‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Contour’, ‘Stroke’, ‘Drop
Shadow’. When I had chosen all of the effects I
wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.
Once I had added all the
effects I wanted to the text I
had written, the image I have
presented on the left is what
my poster looked liked once
the effects had been added.

15. The next thing I wanted to do was add an
iTunes logo onto the poster to enable
the audience to know that they would
be able to purchase the album on iTunes.
So I decided to go onto Google images to
get a logo – when I found one I wanted
to use, I then right clicked on it and
selected ‘Save Image As’.
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 this image, I then
named it ‘itunes logo’ and
clicked ‘Save’.

16. I then went back onto my poster
document to enable me to put the image
I had just saved onto the poster. To do
this I had to click ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.
This pop up box then appeared and I
was able to find the location in which
the image I had saved was in. When I
found the image I wanted, I then
selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

17. When the image had been put onto my
poster document, I then needed to
resize it as it was too big for the
document and to do this I had to click
‘Edit’, ‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.
Once this image was in the position I
wanted it to be in, I then wanted to
add some effects to the image to
make it stand out more and to do
this I had to click ‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’
and then ‘Blending Options’.

18. This pop up box then appeared and I was able
to choose the effects I wanted to add to this
image. The effects I decided to use were
called ‘Inner Glow’ and ‘Outer Glow’. Once I
had added all of the effects I wanted, I then
clicked ‘OK’.
After I had added the image of the
iTunes logo, I then decided to add
two other logo’s which included the
HMV and Spotify logo to inform the
audience that they would be able to
purchase the album in these places.
When putting these images onto my
poster, I again retrieved them from
Google Images and once I had put
them onto y poster document, I
then added some effects to the to
make them stand out more, which
you are able to see in the image I
have presented on the left.

19. I then wanted to add a scan code which the audience
would be able to scan when they see the poster which
will engage them with my artist and will hopefully
make them want to purchase the album. To get this
image, I again went onto Google images and once I
found a scan code that I wanted to use, I then right
clicked on it and selected ‘Save Image As’.
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
it, I then changed the
name to ‘scan barcode’
and clicked ‘Save’.

20. I then went back onto my poster
document so I would be able to put
this image onto my poster and to do
this I had to click ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.
This pop up box appeared and I
was then able to find the
location in which I had saved the
image I wanted. Once I found
the image I wanted, I then
selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

21. Once the image was on my document, I
then needed to resize it as it was too small
and I needed to make it visible to the
audience to ensure they see it. So to make
the image bigger I had to click ‘Edit’,
‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.
Once the image was the size I
wanted it, I then decided to
add some effects to it to make
it stand out more and again I
was able to do this by clicking
‘Layer’, ‘Layer Style’ and then
‘Blending Options’.

22. This pop up box then appeared and I was
able to choose the effects I wanted to
add to this image. The only effect I
decided to use was called ‘Drop Shadow’.
Once I had chosen this effect, I then
clicked ‘OK’.
When adding this scan code, I also
decided to add the logo for the record
label that my artist is signed to and as
I already had the image for this saved
in my documents, I just had to open
the image up on my poster document
and again I added some effects to it to
make it stand out more. You are able
to see how the poster began to look
as I have presented an image of it on
the left.

23. I then wanted to add my artists website address to the poster
and this meant that I needed to click on the ‘Text Tool’ and
once I had done this, I was then able to select the font I
wanted to use – the font I decided to use was called ‘Aparajita’.
Once I had selected this, I then wrote out my artists website
address and placed it into the position I wanted it to be in.
After that, I then wanted to
add some effects to the text I
had just written and I was able
to do this by selecting ‘Layer’,
‘Layer Style’ and then
‘Blending Options’.

24. This pop up box appeared and I was then
able to choose the effects I wanted to add to
the text. The effects I decided to use were
called ‘Bevel and Emboss’, ‘Contour’, ‘Stroke’
and ‘Drop Shadow’. Once I had chosen all of
the effects I wanted, I then clicked ‘OK’.
In the image I have presented
on the left, you are able to see
how my poster had turned out
once I had added the website
address I had written.

25. After I had completed creating my
poster, I then needed to save it and I
was able to do this by clicking ‘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 to ensure that
this document would be saved as an image
rather than a Photoshop document. Once I
had changed everything I needed, I then
clicked ‘Save’.