My Fake Band - CD Cover (Back Cover Step By Step)

Step One:

 

Firstly I needed to open up a new blank document. I do so by going 'File', then 'New...' and then changed the name of the new blank document and also the size to 300mm by 300mm - the same as the front cover - then clicked 'OK' and my document was then ready.

Step Two:

Next I needed to add my image which I done by copying and pasting the image onto the document.

Step Three:

Then I needed to adjust the size of the image as it was too small after being copied and pasted. I did this by going 'Edit' and then 'Free Transform' and stretching the image to the size of the document - but avoiding distorting the image too much.

Step Four:

I then decided I wanted to change the colouring. Which I done by going 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Invert. This basically flipped the colours over - i.e. black became white.

Step Five:

 

I felt that, after inverting the colours, the image was a little too bright and I wanted to tone it down a little. So to do this I when 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Shadows/highlights...' where a menu appears letting me adjust the shadowing and highlights in the image. Once adjusted to how I wanted it I selected 'OK' to change the image.

Step Six:

 

I then decided to change the colour of certain parts of the image. I done this by selecting the 'Eyedropper' tool and going to the front cover and selecting the blue used on that image, then I used the 'Colour Replacement' tool - and adjusted the size of the tool depending on what part I was doing at that point in time - to place the blue on to the parts I wanted.

Step Seven:

 

 

Once I was happy with the image I then added text. Which I, as well as the front cover, got from a website called 'Dafont.com' in a section called 'Fancy' under 'Old School' called 'Night Stalker'. I print screened the text onto a separate document, cropped it, and copied and pasted it onto my image. Then I adjusted the size by using the 'Free Transform' option. Once happy with the size I then needed to erase the white background of the text; I done this by using the 'Background Eraser' tool and carefully erasing the white trying not to remove the black text also.

Step Eight:

I done the same process to the other number texts, but for the title texts I didn't use the 'Background Eraser' tool - but everything before was the same process. I chose not to erase the background of the title text because I felt it blended into the background too much without a white text background.

Step Nine:

 

Looking at my work at this point I felt that the number texts didn't stand out as well as wanted. So I decided to add a glow - of the same blue as used throughout - which I done by going 'Image', then 'Adjustments' and then 'Colour Balance...' and adjusted the colour levels until it matched the blue i required. I done this to all of the number texts.

Step Ten:

 

 

Finally I needed to add a barcode and a record company they would be signed to - I chose 'Hungry Audio' who is an independent recording company because it reflects the bibliography. I got my images from 'Google Images' and copied and pasted them onto my image, then I used the 'Free Transform' option on them to adjust them to the size I wanted, and then I placed them where I wanted. After I was happy with my results I saved the image as a JPEG file and maximised the quality for the best look.