Difficulties with Photoshop

I found it difficult to use Photoshop and found myself watching many tutorials to get the most out of the software to help me make digipak what I wanted it to be. As this was my first time of using Photoshop, it took me a while to get used to the programme and lead to me spending a lot more time on the software than I would have if I was used to it. The software was only available to me at school which also meant that I could not access the programme at home and, again made the process more difficult, as I could not take it home.
Here is an example of the kind of tutorial videos I had to watch to grasp the concept of Photoshop.

Font

After looking through many fonts on Dafont.com I chose the the Press Feeling Eroded font, as not only did I feel that it would match the conventions of my genre and the expectations of the fans with its grittier more realistic feel, but the font matches the themes shown in the song we chose to use. As the letters are eroded and are fading away it gives a sense of realism as well as represents the past fading away, which was a theme developed in the song. I also chose o captialise the letters of the front cover on my digipak, as I felt that was imposing and matched the image of the band, as well as the fact that I felt it would stand out to the general public.

After downloading this font I applied it to the photos on Photoshop and edited it as instructed in the tutorial video.

Photoshop - Blur

I chose to use the blur effect to emphasise the focus on the band and to follow the themes of nostalgia and reminiscence shown in the video. After watching the video I applied my knowledge on Photoshop to create the blur effect.The blur I used was radial blur, which created a sense that we were going back through/reflecting time, a theme that was developed in our music video through the shots of the band in reverse.

Photoshop - Curves

I wanted to replicate the curves used in our video on my digipak to recreate the ''super 8'' look we used in our music video. To do this I watched the tutorial and aimed to bring out the colours of the picture. The main focus was however, to make the picture bring out the reds and orange of the pictures to create an archaic feel to the images, similar as we did with the video.

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