For our second lesson in the ICT suite, my class and I were taught many more editing and technical points in order to use later on when creating the Digipak itself.
We were given the task to merge the PowderFinger album cover and a close up shot of actress Angelina Jolie into a two-toned image. During this exercise we tried out colour schemes, adding objects and combining objects together to create a transformed final image.
This really educated me on the editing technique needed for the final digipak itself. I also learnt the variety of tools and the selection of options to choose from on the Corel Photo-Paint software. This enabled me to learn how to mix tones and how to manipulate original images into a brand new one.
We also discussed how and why music artists choose their album covers personally and what messages are conveyed to their target audience.
Using both cross-media devices: a website homepage and Digipak, this promotes and represents the artist and their artistic style that is reflected on both of the separate mediums.
I independently researched further into what a digipak is and why it contributes to the image of the artist as well as their own sale promotion. This sildeshare presentation really informs me of the key points to what makes a digipak so important.
