Using Filters, Levels and Vibrance

Now that I got an image for my dvd cover I need to create effect with this monster type image. So first of all I went on filter and into filter gallery. This opened up with a huge variety of filter that I can apply to this image. The one I decided to use is the Cross Hatch filter which is in the Brush Strokes folder. This enabled my image to have lines of cross hatch on the image to create a fantastic effect on the skull of this monster.

 

Levels is another effect that allowed me to create a light or a dark effect on the image so I decided to slightly make the image a bit dark to give a night background to it.

 

Vibrance allowed me to create more light which enabled me to create a glowing effect on the monsters eyes so it shines out glowing red.

 

 

   

Adding Effects to the Background Image

Now that I got my background image ready for the DVD Cover I can now add effects on it. The first effect that I chose is changing the Hue and the Saturation of the image. The reason why I decided to change the Hue/Saturation of the image is to increase the intensity of the monster's eyes so it glows bright red. This is to create a glowing effect.

 

Also I changed the Brightness and Contrast of the image as the original image was far too light therefore I decided to little bit darken the image so the image can be set in dark rather than day light.

 

 

Movie Title

Now for the movie title I decided to follow a tutorial to create my movie title because this allowed me to gain extra skills that I did not have before. The movie title has gold sparkle effects on it which makes it stand out on the cover. I wanted to do some self direction by following a step by step tutorial to create a fantastic movie title to stand out. This tutorial has given me a chance to show my creativity to follow simple instructions and achieve an outstanding movie title.

 

Reference - Gold Plated Text Effect In Photoshop. 2014. Gold Plated Text Effect In Photoshop. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/gold/. [Accessed 10 March 2014].

 

Below is the screenshot of the movie title:

 

Background Image

For the background Image of my dvd cover I set it to a monster image with his skull and bright red eyes shining. The reason why I chose this image is because it suits with my film perfectly as the montser theme continues from the dvd cover in to the actual film. I want the title of the movie and images to stand out since this is a movie that contains monsters. I want it to appeal to the audience to give a scary feeling about this movie therefore I decided to use dark monster image.

Reference for this image:  Horror creepy black death dark monsters gothic wallpaper | (69249). 2014. Horror creepy black death dark monsters gothic wallpaper | (69249). [ONLINE] Available at: http://hqdesktop.net/wallpapers/l/1280x1024/70/horror_creepy_black_death_dark_monsters_gothic_1280x1024_69249.jpg. [Accessed 19 March 2014].

 

 

 

 

Progress Review

Now I am at the stage where I am ready to start creating my DVD Cover for the assignment. When I created this document I used the Canvas size width of 279.05mm and the height of 189.09mm. These dimensions allowed me to get an outline of the dvd cover. Then around the dvd cover I added Guides for the Bleed and Safety Areas. Bleed Area is the area that continue to the edge of the paper. These areas gets cut down to size when printed out. To have a correct bleed area the industry standard is 3mm of bleed and safety area. The safety area should not have any text or image placed as they could get cut off when cutting.    

   

Reference - . 2014. . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.instantprint.co.uk/public/ip-content/guides/bleed.pdf. [Accessed 05 March 2014].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD Template Design

Before I start my DVD Cover I created a template design in Photoshop of my DVD Cover. To do this I used the Rectangular Tool to create rectangular shapes of the design of my cover. The reason why I used this tool over other Shape tools is because I needed a rectangular shape as this shape would fit perfectly in the template design. I will be using this template as an outline to create my dvd cover for the film.

Below is a screenshot of my finished template design in Photoshop: