Front & back cover
Below is a timelapse of my production of the front and back cover for my digipak. Please click the video below to watch the process of the manipulation.
The original photo (to the left) is at an angle leaving white wall on the side of the bricks, I personally didn't like this and wanted an eye level shot, therefore I transformed the photo using a tool called 'skew' in order to change the angle of the image. That was the initial correction, secondly I had to make the concrete pole in the middle central in order to fit on the binding of the digipak. To do this I had to use the clone stamp tool to duplicate the right wall, this was a challenge in itself however I managed to make it look professional.
I also didn't like the scratched wood on the left door as I wanted everything to look symetrical on both sides, therefore I painted over the wood using the paint brush tool in photoshop .
Finally I wanted to stick with the 'ghostly' theme throughout all of my ancillaries therefore I blurred a white solid over her whilst lowering the opacity of the layer.
The first difference in this next shot is the change in the right door, I masked around the door on the left and duplicated it. With a bit of transformation, scaling and rotating I managed to fit the 'fake' door into the right door frame whilst keeping a professional look. The effect of this was to enhance the symetrical feel.
Secondly I painted over the walls and floor black in order to give them a more vibrant colour, this is known as 'highlighting/ shadowing' which gives the overal image more depth.
Pnultimately I added the text to the doors by using the eraser to make them seem 'scratched' and lowered the opacity so they looked old/ rundown. I also added a drop shadow to give a dark/ murky effect behind the text to make it seem smudged.
Finally I duplicated the light on the top and brightened it up using an effect called 'Hue/ Saturation' - this allowed me to chose a variety of colours to the light and I wanted to keep with the 'cold' feel therefore I chose a light blue.
Finally I added the overall colour correction to the image which gives out a very cold feel which is what I was aiming for as I want the audience to feel sorry for the character as she is lonely, cold & homeless.