Creative iMedia
DVD Cover Project
This is a teaching project, not a portfolio unit.
Part 1 - the Project Brief
Find out about the project brief.
Part 2 - Planning
Planning is a really important part of iMedia work. There are lots of marks for this.
Start with the workflow and workplan. These shows the order of work and gives an idea how long each job should take.
Next you need to create a visualisation diagram to show what your DVD cover will look like.
An example DVD cover is shown below:
Part 3 - Images
You need to source copyright free images to use on your recipe card. It's important that you record where they came from in an assets table.
List of sources of copyright free images
Assets table - download this and use it
Part 4 - Making
Now you can make the DVD cover.
Start by setting up the template.
Setting up the DVD cover in Photoshop
You'll need to rotate the text for the spine. This is quite tricky to do.
There are other skills you might need on the Recipe Card project page.
Part 5 - Exporting
Once you're done you can export the final graphic.