Development of Digipak

I created my Digipak in Photoshop. I took some still images of my actor, and then decided to use this as the images for my Digipak. I took the images in the same place as I filmed my video, as I wanted to keep the theme the same. I also ensured that I took a lot of direct mode of contact shots, as I had an idea that I wanted to use this type of shot for the front of my Digipak. Moreover if I had some others I could use them in other areas of the Digipak. 

STILL IMAGES/DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGES

Below are the original images I took, before they were edited and used in my Digipak. 

I tried to take images that were diverse in angle, as the theme of my story is quite basic and I wanted to keep it orginal and quite plain, however for it to not look boring and to still be interesting. Thats why I took some side on shots, and back shots. I felt that these shots also fitted with the mood of the beginning of my video. 

After I had taken my shots, to link the Digipak to my video, further I decided to make my images black and white. I did this because I thought that it made them look more fitting with parts of my video, and also I felt it made them stand out, as images of children are usually bright and smiley. However I wanted them to look bright and smiley but without being colour. I felt that my images were strong enough to have this look without actually being colour. 

CHANGING THE IMAGES TO BLACK AND WHITE+FURTHER EDITS

 This is the image I decided to use as my front cover for the Digipak. I opened the image up into photoshop, and from this selected Image. 

 I then selected the adjustments tool, and was shown a further list of tools.

 Seeing that the Black and White option was there, I chose this option.

 I was then presented with the above box, I was happy with the tone of black and white I had been given, and therefore selected OK.

 The above image was the result of the black and white tool. However after changing the image to black and white, I felt that it looked a bit dreary, and therefore felt that maybe if I played with the brightness and contrast, it may make the image look more lively, and add more character to it. As I really wanted it to stand out.

 To edit the Brightness and Contrast, I selected Image-Adjustments-Brightness and Contrast.

 This provided me with a tool box where I could edit the brightness and contrast manually myself. 

 I added more brightness and contrast to the image, and I felt that it did give the image more life, and make it stand out. 

This was the final image that I created for the Front cover of my Digipak.

I completed the same process with two more images that I used on my Digipak.

I edited this image, and left some black space on the left, as I decided I was going to use this image as my back, so I was going to include a list of the songs featuring in the Digipak.

However for the other Images on my Digipak I decided to change it slightly. They were still black and white, however I felt if I used some other effects it may add some more personality to the Digipak.

I took this Image and changed it to black and white like the other images. 

I selected the Filter tool at the top of the page, I was then given a list of different tools.

I selected Artistic, which then gave me further options.

I then selected the film grain option, Which left me with the image below.

However as you can see, I then decided that I wanted to roughen the edges of this image.

I used the above 'rubber' tool to mold the edges manually of the image.

I then wanted to add a background to the image I had created, as I had a transparent background.
Because of this I tool the paint bucket tool, chose 'black' as my colour and filled my page.

This is the image I was left with after my editing.