2. Programmes that were used
• I made my ancillary products using two
programmes.
• Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop Elements
• In my opinion CS5 is better than elements
because CS5 offers a wider variety of tools for
editing.
3. How it was used
In this slideshow, I will talk about how I used Photoshop to create the
ancillary products. I used the same techniques for all 3 products.
4. Cutting artist out
I selected the artist using the Pen Tool by pressing P on the keyboard and
then drew around the artist, the pen tool had a magnetic feature so it
attached to the artist and not the background unlike the wand tool which
I was going to use. After the artist was selected, I then copied an pasted
him into the background of my digipak.
5. Editing Contrast
By pressing Ctrl + L, I was able to adjust the contrast of the pictures, by
moving the settings of colours such as blacks and whites, I was able to
improve the quality of the picture.
6. Displacement feature
For my original design, I was going to cover my artists face in artwork. This
involved me cutting the artist and placing him onto a plain white background, I
then had to remove any colour from the artist, so I could use this as a base. I
then got the digipak open, then clicked on the Displacement feature, then
selected the base. After I got the artwork and placed it over the artist, and
then using the image mask, I was able to wrap it around the artists face.
However in the end, it was hard to identify the artist properly so I ended up
going with a different approach.
7. Selective Colour
The background of my digipak looked very dull as the photo quality
wasn't all that great so the leaves looked grey. I fixed this by going to
Image>Enhancements>Selective Colour, where I was able to adjust the
colour so I could get a more dynamic looking picture.
8. Layers
I then put the pictures in the right order, by putting layers on top of one
another, this is so the artist appears in the foreground and not the
background, as well as the text, because the audience needs to be able to
identify those 2 features clearly.
9. Fonts
I Installed the fonts I was going to use, then typed in what ever I was
going to write, after that I duplicated the text by right clicking it and
selecing the duplicate layer option, I then changed the colour of the copy
to black, then put the copy behind the original text. This made it look 3D
and it made it more easier to read.
10. Adjusting Size
To change the size of pictures, I clicked on the corner of the box that
surrounded the picture, and by holding Alt and the box, moving the
mouse I was able to change the size without adjusting the quality of the
picture. I then clicked on the tick to confirm the change. I adjusted the
size of lots of things such as the artist, and the size of the CD so that it
touched the edges of the digipak on the inside.
11. Here are the finished products
THE FRONT and BACK
14. Conclusion
• Photoshop was a difficult programme to use
as first but with practice, I was able to
improve.
• It also helped me develop my ideas thanks to
the wide range of tools I could use.
• Overall I am satisfied with the end product.
