This document discusses images considered for a CD cover and the final design choices. It describes editing an image of a hand to make it darker and more unusual for the front cover. Text was added by drawing lines following the hand grooves. The back cover uses a faded image with bold white text. Overall, the cover is described as representing a pop rock band well with strong imagery and lighting that features the main subject without showing the background.

1. Evaluation of CD cover for The
chapters

2. Imagery that I took as options for my cover picture...
I did not use these
images in the end as I
did not feel they were
strong enough to be on
the front of a CD cover

3. One of the reasons I have I feel this image is strong for a
I have used a simple font used this image on the back CD cover as it in unusual and
on the back of the image as it fades out well leaving therefore stands out from
so that it is easy to room to place the text next to others. The dark colouring
understand and read. it. scheme makes it bold.
I have chosen to The font fits in with the image well and
I have placed a barcode
colour my font white shows the band name clearly. It also
here to finalise the
so it stands out boldly shows how I have used editing skills
album back and give it
against the black and my understanding of technology.
a professional look.
background.

4. Before I edited the image
Here I have enhanced the colour giving it
more of a vintage and aged look.
I have re-coloured the image, lowered
the brightness and enhanced the
contrast making the imaged darker and
more unusual.
After I edited the image
To make the text follow the lines of the
hand and wrap around the grooves, I put
the image into Serif draw plus and used
the font draw tool. In order to do this I had
to draw a line following the ones in the
image and then insert text on top of it.

5. Before I edited the image
Here I have used similar editing
techniques to the ones on the
front, making the image stand out
and making it bold.
After I edited the image
I particularly like this image for a back cover
as the black in the picture is very drastic
and fades out quickly so the righting stands
out well.

6. This is a strong album cover and represents a pop rock band well.
In the images I have positioned the lighting carefully making it capture main features of
the model with out the background being shown.
I particularly like the hand that stands out on the front cover and how the font fits into
the image so well.