Digipak- CD

Firstly we found a template of a CD on the internet, Adam saved it and loaded it up on Photoshop. We chose to use a plain template so that we could add our gradient in order to maintain our house style.

Adam added the gradient onto the plain disc, we used the same colour gradient in order to maintain house style and consistency throughout our digipak. Adam used the magic wand tool to select the disc, so we could put the gradient over the area we wanted it to go. Once this are was selected Adam dragged the gradient top left to bottom right. This is what way we dragged the gradient on all the other panels so this was a neccessary thing for us to do.

We then need to add the key information that is required to make the CD look authentic. We have followed the main conventions, we have done this by including the song name and band name in the same colour and font that is used on the front cover. Again this is to maintain a consistent house style. We also decided to add the record label at the bottom, most artists tend to recognise the record label on the CD so we have. Our design is similar to the actual CD of Noel Gallaghers album, however we have added our own stamp by putting the gradient on it.

Below is our final CD, we have changed the font because we did on our front cover. If we had two different fonts we would have failed in creating a consistency that is a key convention of digipaks. We believe that if a stranger was presented with our CD and front cover amongst a table full of our competitors an muddled them up they would be able to pair our two together. We believe we have created a strong house style.