Digipak: Inside

For the two inside panels of my digipak, I also worked in Photoshop using one of my photos of the artist (for the first panel) and a block gradient colour (for the disc panel). I did this to keep in line with the digipak’s visual design. The images inside are blue to contrast the pink colours used on the exterior of the album.

The image use in my didpak’s interior shows Jess faced away from the camera (to represent the emotional nature of the album). Jess is shown at a beach once again to continue the aesthetic, nature-themed visual of the album. Her outfit is colourful to continue her bright wardrobe and further establish the artist’s vibrant style (branding). The block gradient colour of the disk panel of my digipak’s interior is a shade of blue which coordinates with the colours of the image; I used the eyedropper tool to achieve this. Overall, I think the interior of my digipak is well-executed and coordinates well with the album’s content.

Creation in Photoshop:

When creating my digipak in Adobe Photoshop, I started by creating two separate documents – one for each of the interior panels.

I initially created the first panel:

The first panel required very little assembly in Photoshop. I merely imported the desired image and sized it appropriately. I did not want to add any text, as I thought that the image was so striking, any text would be an interference and obstruct its attractive nature.

Completed interior panel

I then created the disc panel:

On the disk panel, I wanted to create something that was consistent with the blue colours present in the opposite interior panel image. Therefore, I decided to create a light blue gradient on this panel, where the disc would be placed.

To do this, I first selected my created layer from the Layers panel selected the Gradient tool from the Tools panel. From the Gradient Picker drop down menu, I chose from the wide range of gradient samples; I selected a Linear gradient as it has a more simplistic design (it shades in a straight line). After selecting my desired blue colour, I finally positioned the pointer in the image to where I wanted to set both  the starting point and ending point of the gradient.

Completed disc panel