This document describes how a designer manipulated various images in Photoshop to create the design for an album. It discusses how the designer copied, pasted, and transformed heart images to create patterns; changed colors using tools like curves and saturation; added and formatted text; cropped and adjusted brightness and contrast of photos; and more. Screenshots are included to illustrate the before and after effects of these manipulations. The goal was to design different elements of an album cover, spine, and inside layout through basic photo editing techniques in Photoshop.

1. DIFFERENT
STAGES OF
DESIGN

2. CD – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE DESIGN

3. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS?
Since the CD template and my image of a heart
were separate, I had to select the heart, then copy
it, then I had to paste image the heart to my
template.
Similarly to the screen shot above, I kept selecting
the heart then copying and pasting it to my CD
template. However, I would change the colour by
selecting the heart, then I would use curves to make
the hearts darker or lighter. In addition, I also
changed the direction of the hearts by using the
free transformation tool, which allowed me to
change the direction of the heart in anyway I
wanted it to be.

4. CD – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE DESIGN

5. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS?
In the previous slide, I mentioned how I would change the
shade of the heart. This is a screenshot on how I used the
tool ‘curves’ by moving the diagonal line, I was then able
to change the shade of the heart.
After repeating this process until the entire CD template
was full, I decided to add my text for my CD. I was able to
do by using the text tool by looking at a range of fonts,
after doing so I changed the colour of my font, by using
the colour picker, as well as making the size of the text
bigger, which made it easier to read.

6. CD – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE DESIGN

7. SPINE – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE DESIGN

8. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS?
I was able to change the original colour of my spine by
selecting the image, then using curves to making a
darker shade. After this I used saturation to get rid of
the existing colour, which allowed me to get to this
colour.
However, when looking back at the rest of my digipak, I
felt the spine seemed out of place, due to this I decided
change the colour of the spine to red by selecting the
image, getting rid of the original saturation and to add
colour to it, then I used curves to make it a darker red.
After this, I used the text tool to add text to my spine, I
used transformation to change the direction of the text,
afterwards I decided to use the colour white because I
felt it would stand out more rather than the colour
black.

9. SPINE – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE DESIGN

10. THE FRONT COVER – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE
DESIGN

11. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS?
When first looking at the photograph, I felt the hand
seemed out of centre, which is why I moved it to the
centre of the image. I did this by using select, then
copying the image, after this I added new layer, copied
the selected hand into that layer, after this I deleted
the hand from the original layer and used the fill tool
to fill into the place where the hand had been. Then I
used the move tool, and positioned the hand in a
suitable position.
I decided to make the background darker. I did this by
selecting the background, after this I used the filter
tool, which turned the background into black and
white. In addition I used the blur filter, which turned
the background into the one on the left.

12. THE FRONT COVER – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE
DESIGN

13. THE FRONT COVER – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE
DESIGN

14. THE FRONT COVER – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE
DESIGN

15. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS?
I manipulated this image by selecting the
background, then using shade to make the
blur effect lighter, rather than darker. In
addition, I copied and pasted the hand, and
selected it again, then used curves to make the
hand darker. Afterwards, I used saturation to
bring out the colour red. By doing this, I
believe it makes the image stand out more,
which is something I wanted to do with my
digipak.
I wanted to make the polaroid stand out more,
I selected the image then used curves to make
it darker. By making the image darker, the
audience is able to see the polaroid clearer. I
have also added font by using the text tool,
after selecting the font style I wanted, I
changed the colour by using the colour picker
tool. After selecting the colours and fonts, I

16. THE FRONT COVER – SCREEN SHOTS
OF THE DESIGN

17. THE INSIDE OF THE ALBUM – SCREEN SHOTS OF
THE DESIGN

18. THE INSIDE OF THE ALBUM – SCREEN SHOTS OF
THE DESIGN

19. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS?
In the original photo, the background was a light shade
of brown, but after editing it’s now a shade of dark
pink. I manipulated this photo by selecting the
background layer, after doing so I used curves to make
the background lighter. Then I decided to use
saturation, by using this it allowed me to achieve the
shade I wanted.
Furthermore, I wanted the background darker, I was
able to do so by selecting the image, using saturation
to make it red, then I used curves to make the shade a
dark red, which I was pleased about. In addition, I also
copied and pasted Katie, then add a filter to her to
make her a darker shade of red, I decided to do this
because I wanted an outline of her. I also used the text
tool to add my text on the picture, which I was pleased
about.

20. THE INSIDE OF THE ALBUM – SCREEN SHOTS OF
THE DESIGN

21. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS?
I decided to change the
background because I thought
the red was too over-powering,
which is why I decided to change
the background again. This was
done by selecting the
background layer, then using
curves to make the background a
lighter shade of red, then making
the saturation level lower, so the
background wasn’t too intense. I
have also added text by using the
text tool. After selecting a
suitable text, I decided to write a
paragraph, a thank you note for
her fans.

22. THE INSIDE OF THE ALBUM – SCREEN SHOTS OF
THE DESIGN

23. THE INSIDE OF THE ALBUM – SCREEN SHOTS OF
THE DESIGN

24. THE INSIDE OF THE ALBUM – SCREEN SHOTS OF
THE DESIGN

25. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS?
I felt the original image was quite wide, and I
wanted the initial focus to be on the heart. I
manipulated the image by cropping the
image to the point where the heart is the
main focus.
When editing my photo, I wanted the heart
to be a darker shade of red, by doing this is
will stand out more. I was able to do this by
selecting the image, then using curves to
make the heart a darker shade of red. After
editing this, I felt this made my image stand
out more.

26. THE INSIDE OF THE ALBUM – SCREEN SHOTS OF
THE DESIGN

27. THE BACK COVER- SCREEN SHOTS OF THE
DESIGN

28. HOW DID I MANIPULATE THIS IMAGE?
I manipulated this image by adding text
onto my image. I did this by using the text
tool, consequently, this gave me a variety of
font styles, after selecting the font ‘Chiller’ I
alternated between the colours red and
white because I felt they stood out against
the leather jacket.
In addition, I decided to make the whole
image darker because I felt it was ‘too light’.
I did this by selecting the entire image,
afterwards I used curves and made the
image darker. Once I picked a suitable
shade I was finished with my back cover.

29. THE BACK COVER – SCREEN SHOTS OF THE
DESIGN