Photoshop Basics / Creating a DVD Cover 4

This tutorial covers:

• filling with colour
• Blending modes
• creating Marquee tool selection
• gradients
• altering opacity

Photoshop Basics / Creating a DVD Cover 3

This tutorial covers:

• intermediate Layers
• creating Groups
• downloading, colouring & resizing type
• FX menu - Drop shadow and Stroke
• custom shapes

Photoshop basics / Creating a DVD cover 2

This tutorial covers:

• copying and pasting images from the web
• moving layers up and down within the layer stack
• rectangular Marquee tool
• cropping an image within the document
• zooming in on detail
• using FX to add drop shadow and stroke
• flipping images

Photoshop basics / Creating a DVD cover 1

This tutorial covers:

• creating a new document
• importing your draft
• locking / hiding layers
• copying and pasting images
• rsizing images
• the 'Move tool' & 'auto select'
• saving your document

DVD Cover Draft (digital)

Objective
To continue forming ideas for your DVD cover.

Task
Using THIS TEMPLATE and photoshop, create a digital draft cover for the DVD release of your film. This will be based upon the drawing that have just created.
Annotate in the manner of the example above. Note that I have included labels about colour, textures and other informative info. Labels must not be just about obvious stuff.

Presentation
Photograph and post to your blog. Post title: Draft DVD cover (digital)

Checklist for assessment
Clear images/ informative labels / interesting design / conventions followed / relevant typography

Deadline
tba.