(DVD Case)Place/Selection tool//filters/Transparency.

 Place Image
First thing I did was to upload the image that I was going to use for the DVD. I looked through my research pictures and found the image that I thought I could manipulate the most and would match the idea I had in place.So to upload or place a image on photoshop you must first go to file, then open the content you wish to place , then you press enter and then your image will be placed into your layers.

Selection tool
Once I had uploaded my image I started to crop the parts of the image I didn’t need. So to accomplish this I had to use the selection tool reason being this was the most effective way of separating the image from its counter part. This tool helped me select the parts of an image that I wanted  to manipulate. With practise I found this tool to be very handy.another selection tool feature was the auto select that will automatically outline the parts of the image you don't need need.Saving you time, the only problem I faced is when I was selecting parts of the image with the selection tool, I would over select so to fix this problem I went on youtube. Here I discovered the selection tool consists of a + part and a - the positive adding more to your selection and the negative decreasing your selection. Helping to add and erase selections I may have added 


When I finished erasing the parts of the image I didn't need I then added the black hole background to my image. I strategically placed this image so that it would give the "falling into a hole" effect,being that these two images where different in tone and texture ,I wanted to make these two images blend in more with each other so to do this I added a filter .The filter option added a slight hint of blur, this made my image look more like a black hole.  I felt that having the image blurred would make it look more authentic to my audience

Transparencies

 On the left of my image I had a blank space so to fill in this space I added a image. I didn't want this image to stand out to much and steal all the attention away from the main image as it was a secondary image so what I had to do was to play with the layer transparency . The first thing that I did was to move the layers around so I put the image I wanted to show behind the plain background. The next part was to play with the opacity that then produced a vague image which is what I wanted.

(DVD Label) Research/guides.

Befor I started my DVD label I decided to use the google search engine. To find professional DVD labels that would give me ideas on how I would like to carry out my DVD label project, the first thing I noticed about most DVD labels is that the images where made to work around the DVD label so with this sad I needed guides of some sort to help you create my image accurately.

Guide

For my project I had to make a logo which will be placed on the front of a DVD cover to do this I went to view and then I used the guides objects and then made them into a circular form making sure that this matched the numbers I needed. wich in this case where, 117.5mm all around, 8.7mm hub, stack hub 16.7 mm.  The reason why I did this is because I didn’t want to create an image that would be too big for my disk so I made guides to guide me as I made my image.

(DVD Case) Display/guides.

Display option.

First I opened Photoshop, first thing that appeared was the screen option in this option I was given the options of changing the width, height, pixels etc. but I decided to change my color mode first. I had two options that would work for my project and those where RGB and CMYK. I made small research regarding the two  and decided to choose the CMYK option / 8 bit the reason why I decided to use set my mode to CMYK is because Most of the time when images are created using the RGB option will ofeten be used for images that will be projected on electronic systems. CMYK is used commonly for printing images this will then give you a similar image to the one on your screen.








For my project I had to make a poster which will be placed on the front of a dvd cover. to do this I first needed to add guides to help me create my poster accuratelyy  . To do this I went to view and then I used the guides and dragged in three rectangle boxes measurements to imitate a dvd cover .the reason why I did this is because I didn't want to create an image that would be too big for my cover so I made guides to guide me as I made my image, because a common problem that people have when printing their images is that the image will often be too big or small so by adding guides this eliminates this problem.


 

(DVD Case) Research.

Research
For my DVD cover I decided to make some research. This consisted of looking at DVD covers and researching which where most effective. When I was creating my cover I had to consider the effectiveness of the cover. As the designer I had to try convey the movie into a simple poster.





The main DVD cover that I found similar to my movie idea was the GRAVITY cover. The first layer is the fonts indicating the actor’s and name of the movie. This is a traditional layout that you would find on most DVD covers. The other layers will usually be logos of creators and manufactures of the product. The next part of this DVD will be the actual cover this cover seems to consist of three layers the first one being the background of earth, next is the man flouting in space , second being the space shuttle all these layers have been placed in a order that will produce a professional cover if you notice the man floating,  you can tell a glow effect has been added to he’s frame. So with my research finished I collected the images  below.
















These are all the images that I picked out the reason why I choose all these images is because I needed a image that replicates someone falling. so after I had done this I had to pick one and continue with my design.