Back cover
To create the back cover of my digi-pack I used the same techniques from the tutorial as used for the front cover. To save time, I copied and pasted the background onto a new document so I didn't have to do it all over again. On top of this I also copied and pasted the circle onto the new document for the same reason. One of the first steps for the back cover was removing the background from the image, looking back there were quicker ways to do this but as this was one of my first times using Photoshop I used the polygon tool and went around the entire image to detach it from the background. I had to go over this a couple of times to make sure the edges were smooth as the tool I was using made the edges look quite choppy. Next I did the same as the front cover by turning it black and white and adjusting the levels, curves and threshold to get the black and white catoon/sketch appearance. I then selected around the gun to separate the gun from the back of his head as I needed more maneuverability and moved it to another layer, I then adjusted the size of the gun so that it was proportionate and placed it where it looked best. After I had to cut the excess of David from the circle through using then pen tool again and then coloured in both the hand and David to the colour of the circle using the clone stamp tool to replicate the appearance in the Trainspotting poster. The typography for the back cover is the same font as the front cover and the same colour as DC on the front cover. I decided to add in conventional aspects of album covers such as the record lable logo and the bar code to create a more professional appearance.
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