First draft of digipak

First draft of digipak front cover
Using photoshop and illustrator I have created the first digipak front cover. 
Photoshop
I have cut out the image of the 3 band members in masks using the polygonal lasso tool and then desaturated the image and using levels and curves tool, I have found the right dark black and white option for me. I then faded the edges of the image to make it blend better with the background. 
I then transferred my image, which I took using long exposure on my camera and desaturated it again and using the levels and curves tool, I made the backdrop almost black and the light white to create more of a contrast. I then duplicated the image and flipped it vertically and merged the two images together to create one large image to create the background. I then transferred the image onto the background. 

original background image

Illustrator 
As I already had a template for the digipak so to make sure the image went all the way to the bleed (the blue line) I worked out how long the image would have to be to fill the front and back covers. This measurement was 291mm by 131.5mm. 
I then found the font CFJackStory in the font book which looks almost hand written which fits very well with the indie genre as its freehand. Also to help fit with Sly Antics style I used the salmon colour they use repeatedly on their website. I did this by copying a screenshot of the font and using the dropper tool copied the exact colour. I then typed out the bands name and the albums name. To fit the genre conventions I made the bands name larger than the album name. 

PHOTOSHOP: long exposure

Using photoshop to create the effect of long exposure on a camera 
Instead of changing the settings on a camera to create the effect of long exposure you can do it very quickly using photoshop. Here is a video explaining how:


(messy example with time and care it will be a lot neater)
Before 

 After

Another attempt at different image:

IDEAS: digipak-long exposure

Digipak front cover ideas- long exposure 
Using long exposure has been used before on album covers such as the indie band Electric city.

We like the idea because it is very simple but effective and it also fits well with our indie genre as its an alternative approach to a plain image.
Our idea
Would be to use long exposure but using a crowd of people or traffic. The bag man would be stood in amongst a group but they would all be blurred, using long exposure, and he would be clear and still. To fit with the album name 'Captive city' it would be in a city environment and he would looked maybe trapped in a sea of moving people. Also to connect all three forms together (Music video, digipak and mag ad) the
 follow on of the bagman from the video would to help secure a clear link.