Digipak Inside Panel Development

Now that I have the images that I took on the camera available, I have started to edit my digipak and think of ideas to include. Today, I focused on panel 3 which will be viewed when the digipak is opened. This features a close up of Ryan and below, I have been experimenting possible ideas that I have previously looked at, particularly in my 'digipak inspiration' presentation...

I developed this image as follows. 1) Copied the image. 2) Put the one on top in black and white. 3) Erased the pupil of the eye out to leave the coloured eye behind.

I then thought about introducing smashed glass to fit in with the lyrics of the song we are producing the video for. I found an image on the internet and pasted it into Photoshop...

...I then used the magic eraser tool to remove the black background. After that, I positioned the layer above the coloured copy and below the black and white copy.

This technique was one that I looked at on Beck's 'Dreams' single cover where simple animated objects were positioned on a black and white image. I found each of the shapes online and simply filled them in with one solid colour. I also included my logo in the bottom right-hand corner to see what it would look like and I simply copy and pasted it from my computer and sharpened the edges with the sharpener tool.

Out of the three productions, it is difficult for me to pick my favourite. I believe that they could all be improved and edited to look even more professional although I think this is a good start on my digipak. Before I go any further, I need to establish what my theme is going to be and how I am going to produce it as if the panels don't link or have any connection with each other, the audience may misinterpret the genre or brand. This short Photoshop task has almost definitely concluded that all the images that feature on my digipak are going to be in black and white because it looks a lot more professional and works well when something colourful features, as shown in the panes I have produced above. Overall, I am happy with the start I have made on my digipak and I need to make sure that I come to a conclusion on my theme and also start to think about the poster as well.