Existing digipak replica
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To give me the best chance of producing a high quality digipak for my artist, I need to practise using the required tools. The first thing I had to do, after taking a photo of someone to replicate Tom Odell, was to cut him out of the background he was standing in. I did this by selecting the quick selection tool and following around the edge of the my replica person. Once I had highlighted all of the person I needed to make sure I hadn't highlighted any extra pieces or missed any parts off the person. I did this by zooming in on the picture using the shortcut CTRL and + or - depending on whether I wanted to zoom in or out.
Once I had achieved this I needed to pick a background that was similar to the background of the Tom Odell digipak. The picture I had selected was similar to the background of Tom Odell's digipak as it was a long shot of a back lane street. However, the difference between the two pictures was that Tom Odell's background was out of focus, to show that Tom Odell is the important part of the picture. Therefore, I had to make my background image blurry. To do this I selected the filter tab at the top of the screen, which gave me a drop down menu. On this menu I selected the blur tab, which me another drop down menu. On this menu, the tilt-shift button is what I needed to click. Once this button was clicked I was able to select the parts of the image I wanted to blur out.
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I then had my person cropped out of the previous image and a blurred background that was similar to Tom Odell's. To then put my person onto this background I had to click CTRL and drag the cropped out picture onto the other tap, which was Tom Odell's background. After moving the picture of my person, it left me with a background and layer 1 on my final tap. This meant that I could edit layer 1 without it affecting the background. This left me with a background and image of a person, however the image of my person was too big to put into the bottom corner. Therefore, by pressing CTRL and T i could resize it to fit onto the image.
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The only thing that was missing was the text. To import this onto the image, I had to click the button with a symbol T. This loaded a text box that enabled me to type the artist and album name as well as moving it around.
My final product of Tom Odell's digipak
One thing I thought was successful was the fact that I was able to add text onto the image. However, I once again feel that it doesn't look very professional. I feel that the colours are too light because the second part of the title is unclear because of the sky on the background image. Therefore, when making my final product I will make sure the font colours suit the background image and can be clearly seen. When comparing it to the Tom Odell's digipak, I notice that the font style is different. Therefore, when I create my final product I will make sure the fonts are similar, so that the audience know what genre the digipak is.
What I like here is that the edge around Sam, is sharp and clear. I think I have removed him from the previous background in detail as well as making sure it looks professional. I have also been able to get all of his required body, without missing anything out. However, I do feel as though you can tell that he has been put there because the colouring and light is different. Therefore, when it comes to my final product, I will make sure the colouring and light is similar, so that it doesn't look like I have created the product in Photoshop.
,Making the background of the image blurry was a difficult task because I had never used photoshop before. However, despite this I feel as though it went alright. I think the street closer to the audience is less out of focus than the street further away from the image.