Construction of Magazine Advert

Firstly after selecting the image I was going to use for the magazine advertisement, I went onto PicMonkey and auto adjusted the exposure of the image. 

I then added the sweethearts affect to make sure it matched the CD DigiPaks. 

I then added the photo onto AdobePhotoShop, then used the magic wand tool to select the background.

I then used the brightness tool to make the background darker than the artists so they stand out more. 

I then added a box over top of the bottom half of my artists to allow the writing to be seen easier, and made it a similar colour to the background. I then added the companies logos and the 'Meet Me Half Way' font.

I then added more fonts and logos to the image, but had not placed them in the correct placements yet.

I had now placed them into the correct places and adjusted sizes so they all fit. 

I then added more information onto the magazine advert and placed the into the correct places. 

This is the final product after editing and placing the text and images into the correct places. 

After re-looking at my magazine advertisement, I decided  that my magazine advert was too crowded, and even though it has the same text, editing techniques as the CD DigiPak I don't feel as though it keeps to the same theme. I want them to both be the same theme and look similar to the CD DigiPak, as I feel continuity is important for the magazine advert and the CD DigiPak. 

I selected a different image that I thought would work better, I then once again fixed the exposure on PicMonkey.

I then once again added the sweethearts filter to keep with the theme of the rest of my products. 

I then added the photo onto AdobePhotoShop and used the magic wand tool to select the background. 

I then used the brightness tool to make the background darker. 

After adding a selection of different fonts, logos and images, I decide to add two boxes the same colour as the background and lower the opacity so it was see through. 

I then placed all the boxes into the correct places and started laying out the fonts and logos. 

I then had all the fonts, images and logos into the correct places into the correct sizes. 

I decided to change the colour of the bottom font as it didn't seem to look right. 

This is my second final magazine advert, I prefer this magazine advert a lot more than the first one as it is less crowded, easier to read, sticks to the theme of the CD DigiPak.

Construction of Song Sheet for CD DigiPak

Firstly I adjusted the exposure of the picture on PicMonkey. 

I then cropped the image into a square shape making sure there was a large gap big enough to fit the lyrics of the song. 

I then added the sweet hearts filter to once again follow the continuity of the other images. 

I then placed the image into AdobePhotoShop, and used the magic wand tool to select the background. 

I then used the brightness tool to make the background darker than the artists. 

I then added the 'Meet Me Half Way' font, by adding it into the layers box, and placing it in the appropriate place.

I then got the lyric up on Google so I could type the lyrics onto the page. I also made sure all the lyrics were correct and didn't have any spelling mistakes. 

I then made sure the lyrics didn't cover, the artists and were the correct size so there was enough room and the audience could also read it. 

This is my final product of the song sheet page, I tried to make sure that all the conventions were followed throughout the process of making this. 

Construction of Back Cover for CD DigiPak

Firstly I auto adjusted the exposure on PicMonkey to make the lighting correct. 

I then added the sweethearts affect to keep with the continuity of the rest of the images. 

I then cropped the image into a square shape to fit the dimensions of a CD back cover. 

I then used the magic wand tool to select the background. 

I then used the brightness tool to darken the background to make the artistes stand out more. 

I then placed the bar code onto the image through the layers box, and put it in the appropriate place. I decide to put it in the top right corner because other real media product had done this and also I didn't want to cover up my artists. 

I then added all the fonts of the different song titles onto the page through the layers box.

I then placed all the layers into the appropriate places, making the white font in front of the female artist so it was easier to read and the black font in front of the male artist. 

I then added the company logos onto the back cover through the layers box.

After looking at real media products I noticed that they all had a copyright section next to the company logos, I decided to do the same to make sure my product was realistic as possible. 

I then put all the attachments into the appropriate places so you could still focus on the artists. 

This is my final product of the back cover, I'm happy with the outcome because I have followed the conventions of real media products.

Construction of Spine for CD DigiPak

Firstly I added the correct dimesions for a spine, to ensure that it would fit the rest of my magazine. In inches width was 0.3879 and height was 4.25.

I then adjusted the colour for the background. 

I then placed the font 'Meet Me Half Way' font in the layers box. 

I then placed the font 'Jayla' font in the layers box as well.

I then adjusted the sizes and placed the font in the correct places. 

This is the final product of the spine, I have kept it simple, because after looking at real media products I noticed that they were also simple, and I wanted my to be as realistic as possible. 

Construction of the Front of CD DigiPak

Firstly I auto adjusted the exposure to the image on PicMonkey, to make the lighting correct.

I then cropped the image into a square shape so it would fit the front cover appropriately.

I then added the sweethearts filter onto the image, to create a dull affect, but make the colours and the artist stand out more. 

I then put the image into AdobePhotoShop, and put the size into 4.75 inches, so it was the correct size for the CD cover. 

I then used the magic wand tool to select the background. 

I then used the curves tool to b=make the background darker, to make the artists stand out more. 

I then once again got the brightness tool and lowered the brightness to allow the background darker than the artists. 

I then placed the 'Jayla' font onto the image using layers. 

After adding the 'Jayla' font I then added the 'Meet Me Half Way' font, by once again using layers.

After I put the texts into the correct places and made the larger or smaller to look appropriately on the image. 

This is the final product, once I had finished creating and editing it.