I didn't know how to use Photoshop when I first started this project, I'd never used it before so had to ask my friend how to even begin. My friend taught me how to import images, to resize a picture, how t overlay them, add text and use colour correction. Everything else was a course of trial and error on how to use it.
For my CD cover I wanted to use an image that had me looking away. Because the idea for my artist was to be more interested in selling the music than the artist. I chose two images of me looking away, one was taken in the summer and the other was taken in the winter. I overlapped the two images making one of them more transparent creating a wistful style of image. I added text to my image, the artist name and the album title. I used a similar font to what I used for the website. Then I created a shadow effect for the text by creating a duplicate layer. I chose to use a white font because it stood out against the darker background.
The back cover of my CD pack has an image of a sunset on the back to link my CD pack to my video. I added text to show a list of tracks that are on the album. Because I wanted to use a white font again I had to create a shadow effect so you could still see the text. I then added a barcode onto the image which I made online. I then added a production company address to the corner of the Cd pack.
For the insert booklet I used images of lights, something that is a convention of the indie folk genre. I added lyrics to create the insert booklet because I wanted to add lyrics because it would tell the 'stories' that my artist wanted to tell.
I used Wix to create my website, using a simple template the website offered before I started editing it. I used images of nature like I had used with my video and my CD pack. I added stickers from the website to make things look hand drawn to create a personal idea between the artist and their followers. I then used the blog feature on Wix to be able to create a blog from my artist to their followers. I think Wix is a good platform, the templates it offers make it simple for you to produce an effective and professional looking website with very little complications. However, I find it to be limiting in that the templates it offers only allow you to do certain things.
Through my research and planning, I have used a range of different programs and websites. Some of which I really took to and others I didn't. One I used frequently was Canva. I found this to be very useful, it allowed me to make posters, presentations and infographics. I found it very easy to use and very simple to customise and change. This was an effective tool and helped me make my research and planning more effective. Another program I enjoyed using was Sway. I found this program worked really for making a textual analysis because it allowed me to gather screen grabs from different videos and add text whilst keeping all the information together. It was very simple to use and worked for what I wanted to use it for.
A program I really didn't like was Prezi. I hated using Prezi. I found it really complicated and really slow. The website crashed several times when I was using it. I found the circles it offers you to add text to be too small making it inconvenient for adding text because you have to have more than one circle on a particular topic when you only needed one. It's also really complicated to try and add more slides when it really didn't need to be. Also, whilst I'm writing this, the Prezi app is only for viewing Prezis. As someone who does a lot of work on my iPad, I found this really annoying because the website doesn't allow you to access it via a tablet. Sway and Canva both have apps where you can edit and create media simply. Prezi doesn't.
