Constructing the Digipak

The album cover consisted of six different panels. Each panel needed some editing to make it look vibrant and eye catching. We used Photoshop in order to display our creative and image manipulation skills.

 

The bottom left panel of the digipak just tells the audience the different members of the band and their role. We included two blacked out figures and this was simply to connect with the purchasers of the album. It allows the audience to recognise which band members were used to grow a stronger bond between us and the audience. This panel includes plain colours compared to other panels and this is because we wanted to portray some seriousness. As well as being vibrant and energetic it makes us look serious about what we are doing and it implies that we are professional.

The next panel is the contents page of the album. It is useful as it allows the audience to see what songs are included in the album. Similar to the last panel this took little time to edit in Photoshop as it only required use to change the scale of the background and include some text.

The last panel on the bottom row is the front cover. This panel is the most important as it has to look good to attract the attention of consumers. This is the first panel that the audience will see so we chose to make the colours of 'A-Club' stand out.

Across the top row of the digipak layout we used vibrant colours and the editing was longer and harder. We had to import the pictures we had taken previously then we had to import them into Photoshop. We firstly cut each member out then in different windows we changed the opacity and colour. We also used some creativity to create playing cards to add some humour to the album. Creating the border wasn't difficult, but changing the background was challenging. Once we figured out how to use the different tools it was easier to apply the same process to the rest of the playing cards. We chose to do this as it helps the audience identify us as members easier.

The final panel of our digipak is the face of the CD. We chose to have the panel feature everyone pointing towards the centre to create some interaction with all the members and the audience. We also included a plain white t-shirt in the panel and this was to reference the band that originally created the song. The Photoshopping skills were similar to creating the playing cards and this took up a lot of time.