Digipak Construction

Front Cover Construction:

To begin making my digipak front cover I opened up my parchment image and resized it to fit the background (14 by 14).

I then opened up the main image I wanted to use that I had altered and copied from the creation of my poster. 

To finish I used the free transform tool to resize the image to fit the background.

Inside Cover Construction:

To start the creation of my inside cover I opened up my parchment image and resized it to fit the square I had created (width 14, length 14) using the free transform tool.

I then added my desired quote using the text tool in the font monotype cursive. I then experimented with font sizes until I found one I thought appropriate (24pt) and used the text align tool to position the text centrally in the square.

I then added a mock signature of my artist that I had created on a website called http://www.onlinesignature.in. As these images already come photoshop ready I did not have to use the magic wand tool at all and only had to resize and position it using the free transform tool to the size and location I desired.

CD Tray Construction:

First I opened up the parchment image and resized it to fit the square using the free transform command.

I then opened the scan of my hand drawn image and used the magic wand tool to remove any excess white that I didn't need from the drawing. I used the free transform command here as well to resize the image to fit the square.

This was the outcome for my CD tray, though the image looks rough and parts of the drawing got lost during the use of the magic wand tool I thought that this gave the image more character and worked perfectly for the kind of aesthetic I was trying to create.

Back Cover Construction:

I opened the parchment image I had been using and for the rest of the digipak and used the free transform tool to resize the image.

I then opened up the hand drawn bird image I wanted to use for this part of the digipak and use the free transform tool to resize the image to the size and position I wanted as can be seen down below.

I used the magic wand tool to select the areas of the image I wanted to get rid.

And then deleted these sections so that I was left with just the birds.

Next I used the line drawing tool to draw a line across the shape which acted as the line that the birds appear to be perched upon. During this process I also used the rotation option to tilt the line in that way that I wanted it.

To add the song titles I used the text tool.

I continued to add song titles and positioned them centrally.

I used the text tool in a smaller font to add the copyright information that is typical of a digipak at the centre of the bottom of the cover.

Next I added the barcode to the bottom left hand corner and used the free transform tool to resize and position the image.

I then opened my record label logo, selected the image and pasted it onto my back cover.

From there I resized and moved the logo to the position I wanted it.

I then used the magic wand tool to remove any excess white space that I didn't want. 

As this concluded the construction of my digipak back cover I saved the document as a JPEG and uploaded it to my blog.

Spine Construction:

I first created a document in the shape typical of a digipak spine (width 3, length 14) and added the parchment image to the document and then went on to resize this using the free transform tool.

I took the main image from my poster and digipak front cover and copied it into the document. Using the free transform tool I resized and positioned the image at the top of the spine.

Next I added the same typography from my poster to the spine and used the free transform tool to both resize, position and rotate the image so that if the digipak were to be turned horizontally the artists name could easily be read.

Lastly, using the text tool I added a small catalogue number to the very bottom of the spine under the artist's name.