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Popscene CD Inlay

Front Cover: For the front I used a photo of the microphone with a shallow depth of field so that the background is out of focus. Although in the image you can see still that there is a band formation in the background. In Photoshop I edited the image along side the other photos for the CD. If you have seen my previous blog post on the filming of the music video you might recognize the shot. I ran the file through Photoshop to adjust the composition so that it was more balanced using the rule of thirds. Also so that it was the correct size for a CD cover 4.724 inches, or 4.974 with the bleed area. The bleed area is so that no unprinted edges occur. The colours and brightness were changed to be constant with the inlay. Back Cover: What I've noticed when doing this task is that the print colours can look quite different from the ones on a monitor screen. The blue hue did come out more than I expected it to, as you can see there is quite a stark difference between the screens