Blog Post 36 - Stage 2 - Adobe Illustrator - Disc Template

In the past few Blog Posts I have been looking into the different tools and elements that can be used in the program of Illustrator I am now nearly the point of starting the design phase of this second stage of the assignment. However, before starting that, this next stage will be the base of the design as it is in regards to the Disc Template. Similar to that of Stage One, the DVD Amaray Case Design in Photoshop whereas Guides were used to aid me with the design phase. In a similar fashion, guides will also be used in Illustrator to aid me when designing.

To begin with, naturally it was very important to have the correct sizes in place for that of the Disc Template and with this is mind I decided to carry out some research online as to find the industry standard correct size for the disc template. After doing some research I managed to find the following template from the source here (http://www.wizbit.net/12cm_dvd_duplication_template.htm) which was a very useful base to use for my template. It is worth pointing out that there is also a recommended bleed area of 4mm which is similar to that of Stage One for the DVD Amaray Case Cover. In regards to the size, the grand total width of the disc is that of 125.5mm including a 4mm bleed area, thus meaning that there is the safety area of 117.5mm width to play with. In relation of the hollow middle circle this is 8.7mm and where the disc sits in the DVD Player when being played so that it can be spun around and read, and finally the slightly larger 16.7mm circle is that of the stacking ring - this can either be left plain or covered in a design.

The process by which to create the guides was actually fairly simple once first shown how to do it, which is quite useful as this is the basis for the rest of the design so it obviously needs to be right. To being with, once Adobe Illustrator was open I could then navigate to File -> New... Once the New Document file dialogue was open (previously discussed in Blog Post 31 - New File) this mean that a few options were available to tweaked to suit my project the best. First things first was to rename the Document to that of a sensible name in which I chose "DVDDiscCase" whereby in the future this would make identifying the file easy. I only needed one art board as I am only making one On Disc Cover and therefore this was kept to just one. Size-wise I decided to select custom, and then revert back to the DVD Template Sizes so that I could see which sizes that I was going to base the art board sizes around. In the end I decided to opt for a canvas size of 130mm by 130mm as for the DVD Template to nicely fit into with the widest part being 125.5mm. If for whatever reason in the future I need to extend the art board any further then this is totally possible and does not cause any concern.

After choosing the art board size I opted to delve into the Advanced Settings and change the colour mode. You may remember that when I set up the Photoshop file back in Blog Post 9 - DVD Case Template this was already set to RGB Colour Mode however the default in Illustrator is that of CMYK. I have already gone into considerable detail in regards to the Colour Theory in Blog Post 8, however in simple terms the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) is the colour mode that will be displayed on the computer monitor screen whereas CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) are the colours in the mode which are used for printing. As previously discussed I have decided to keep to RGB as this will mean that I will have a better representation of the colours on screen. Also, if this was to be printed in production, then printing companies have software that can convert the RGB colours to those that are suitable for CMYK.

Guides created for the Disc Template

Having now set up the file and with the new art board now in place this meant that I was able to start creating the Disc Template. To help me with this, though, I firstly had to put some guides in place. As I was going to be using circles the centre of the art board had to be found and by simply placing the guides in the middle of the art board (half of the overall width: 130mm / 2 = 65mm) this meant that this would certainly help me with drawing the circles accurately in the middle of the art board. By utilising the Ellipse Tool in the Shape Tool area I was able to draw the circles that I needed, and for a perfect circle the Shift Key was held to to keep the aspect ratio constant. I personally also used the Alt key too once clicked in the middle on the art board which ensures that the circle has been drawn out from the middle which I personally find much easier it terms of placement than drawing from the side. When drawing out the dimensions of the circle are shown, however one can draw any size circle they wish and then go to the Transform tab and type in the dimensions needed. Personally I think this is a quicker and more accurate route of doing things as it saves trying to get an exact size, which is just quicker to type in the dimensions needed. Once all of the ellipses had be placed and drawn to the sizes that I wanted, this meant that they were still only shapes, but I was looking at putting Guides on my design so they would not be shown when printed. With this in mind, selecting the circles and then navigating to View -> Guides -> Make Guides meant that they could be changed from just shapes to that of Guides.

Having now completed the Disc Template, this meant that I am now in a position to start my On Disc Design. However, before starting this it is important to carry out sufficient research into not only the past designs, but also potential ideas that I might have, as well as other research and techniques that I need to demonstrate using in Illustrator.

Blog Post 35 - Stage 2 - Adobe Illustrator - Typography

With the last Blog Post being in regards to the Text Wrap function I personally think that it is very much worth looking further into that of the Typography element of Illustrator. This is because a large part of the On-Disc label could involve around that of the typography element and it is important that I fully understand these elements so that I keep to the professional appearance that I am looking for.

Being that of the typography there is actually a lot more than meets the eye and the level of detail that is behind something of a piece of text is quite amazing. For example, here is an example of what different elements of a piece of text there are including that of Bracket, Crossbar, Stem and Terminal. These are elements that make each font different from another, for example a Cross Bar might be longer on one font, as opposed to being shorter on another leading to a totally different appearance of the font.

At this moment in time, however, the main difference that needs to be explained is that of the two main different types of fonts. In general, fonts are classified into two different categories which are Serif and Sans Serif. In regards to these two types of fonts they are easily distinguishable due to whether or not the fonts have small extrusions at the corners or egdes of the text. As an example, the image above of "Handglovery" is a Serif Font, whilst this font this very text is in is Sans Serif. The reasoning behind this is in regards to the wording - in French the word Sans means Without and the Serif's are the small extrusions. Therefore a font which is Sans Serif is Without extrusions, and a Serif font is with extrusions. 

Illustrator PostScript & Bitmap Type

Moving on from the style of the fonts, there is also the mechanics of how the fonts work too in Illustrator which is worth explaining. In Illustrator, unlike Photoshop, the use of Digital Letters (PostScript type) means that one can actually edit the different points that make up the letter (as they are vectorised they are made up of details of point locations, as mentioned in Blog Post 30 - Introduction). These points are visible in this image here, compared with a bitmap type that is made up of individual pixels which nicely highlights the differences. This is also very useful for creating type of a infinity large size, as utilising just a bitmap type would result in a blurred an unclear image at large sizes.

Kerning and Tracking

The subject of fonts and type is very large indeed, however at this stage is is worth mentioning a few more key elements to take heed of as they will no doubt come in useful in the future. Firstly, there are generally four main styles that Fonts can come in, which include Regular, Bold, Italic and Underlined. There are different official use for these different styles however as long as they are justified then they can be used for any element of the design. For example, the correct use of underlined is for emphasis which might not be what you were looking to achieve. Two more elements in regards to Typograph that are important to take into considering are that of Kerning and Tracking. Kerning is in regards to the special spacing between two letters - for example the first letter and the second letter of a word which could be used to promote emphasis. The other, Tracking, is the common separation between letters, which could be particularly useful as one might wish to slightly space the word out to fill an area, or thought that the word looked better with a slightly closer together appearance between the words.

Now that I have looked into and researched the subject of Typography I feel that this will certainly help me in regards to when I come to designing my On Disc label - namely I am sure that the Kerning and Tracking options will be put to good use to create an aesthetically pleasing end result. Now that I discussed this element, I will now look into the aspect of Guides in Illustrator. 

Blog Post 34 - Stage 2 - Adobe Illustrator - Text Wrap

Now that I have looked at both the Shape Tools and Pen Tools, the next element of Illustrator that I am going to be looking into is that of the Text Wrap. This is being to be looked into as part of the assignment specification for this Stage is that text wrap must be used.

Image Placed in Illustrator Art Board

With this in mind, I decided that I should research this as I had not used this before in the past and wanted to keep up with the specification as those were the areas that have to be covered (see Blog Post 30 - Introduction for more information) to fulfil the assignment specification. Ideally I would like to go above and beyond the specification with new and untaught features however the basics have to be covered first of course.Researching around on the internet I managed to find a simple and to the point YouTube Tutorial Video which allowed me to follow the tutorial so that I could carry out this exercise. The YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rukmlI_pBaY) was particularly useful and to the right hand side you will be able to see the different stage of using the Text Wrap function of Illustrator.

Lipsum Text added as example

To being with, though, I had to import an image onto my art board which is done by navigating to File -> Place... which will then allow you to find and insert your chosen image onto the artboard. Once I had placed by image onto the art board it was apparent that it was slightly too large for my chosen base size of board, so utilising the resizing button at the corners of the image and holding the Shift Key to keep the aspect ratio this allowed me to resize the image to the size of my choosing. Once this was in place, I was then able to use the Type Tool which allowed me to draw an area that filled the majority of the art board which I would be filling with text. At this stage, I was ready to be able to insert text into the type area however as this was just a test and an experiment of the tools it was rather difficult to this of any text to use. With this in mind, I decided to head over to the Lipsum Website (http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html) which allowed me to copy a whole host of text. This text itself in the design and publishing trade is commonly used as place holder text which in my case was particularly of use.

Text justified and Wrapped

Once this had been pasted into the type box, then the paragraph settings were tweaked to that of being fully justified and so that that the text carries to the the total edge of the type area which would mean that the wrap would be more successful and pleasing to the eye. Then, I was able to select the text and navigate to Object -> Arrange -> Send To Back and this was carried out so that when the wrapping occurring the correct effect is produced and the text is correctly wrapped. Then, I could select both the image and text, navigate to Object -> Text Wrap -> Make... which once clicked on an information message wrapped the text. 

Text Wrap Offset Adjusted

Now that I had successfully wrapped the text with the photograph above I decided to have a look into what other options were available as I had previously spotted in the Object -> Text Wrap... drop down menu that there was a Text Wrap Options which I felt I should explore. With this in mind, looking into this it turns out that you can tweak the Offset of the wrap. Shown in the screen print here, you can see that an Offset of 40 Points meant that there was a largely space around the outside of the image which is certainly something to bear in mind when I come to making my On Disc label as something like this could be very useful indeed. 

Having now made a successful text wrap and also that of a further adjustment this has given me a great insight into this particular element of Illustrator which I am sure that I will be able to use in the future for my On Disc Logo. Continuing with the theme of text and type, the next stage that I will be completing is that of Typography.

Blog Post 33 - Stage 2 - Adobe Illustrator - Pen Tool

Having looked into the first basic piece tools of Illustrator, the Shape Tool, another basic but very key tool is that of the Pen Tool. Perfecting the use of the Pen Tool is something that requires a lot of practise due to the nature of the tool however overall it is a very useful tool. As it takes a lot of getting used to it was important that a lot of practise was carried out, and in particular I decided to follow Tutorial to help learn the art of the Pen Tool.

In the form of a PDF Document, this could be opened into Illustrator and following the on screen instructions I was then able to use the Pen Tool to create the shapes as instructed. As you can see here, by using this Tutorial I was able to practise a variety of different Pen Tool Exercises that included straight lines, curved lines, multiple curves, curves with corner points and finally combining curves with straight lines. The Pen Tool is rather useful as it allows you to draw free hand shapes however allows points to become connected, and by holding a click then a curve can be made too. I must admit that after completing these exercises I felt much more confident in regards to using the Pen Tool which I had no previous experience of in Illustrator. With this in mind this is very useful indeed as the Pen Tool will of course be part of my On Disc Label when I am at that stage of creating it.

Having looked into the Pen Tool and was happy that I was now confident to go ahead and use this in the future in my assignment. This meant that I could now move onto the next element of Illustrator that I will be looking into, and that is of Typography.

Blog Post 32 - Stage 2 - Adobe Illustrator - Shape Tools

Examples of the Shape Tools and different fills

The first introduction to Illustrator involved looking at the are the Shape Tools. These tools are particularly useful as it allows one to quickly and simply create a whole host of different shapes to any size they want, and one they have been created one can edit them to a style or colour of there choice, including the colour, outline colour and outline thickness. 

Personally I feel that the Shape Tools are particularly useful as it really is a base point to use which you can them work upon using a range of other tools too full express your creativity and design. To begin with, as you can see to the image on the right, I decided to simply try a few of the Shape Tools to get a feel of the program and how things work. For each of the Shape Tools that were explored (Rectangle Tool, Polygon Tool and Star Tool) I decided to look into the finishing and colouring aspects that could be used. As you will notice, the first of each shape is a simple fill of the colour Red, with no outline. 

Gradient Slider

The second in the line-up is that of a Linear Gradient Fill which gives a gradient between that of Yellow to Red through Orange which was possible to make using the Gradient Slider in Illustrator. By using this this allowed me to change the rate of the gradient to my liking. The third shape consists of a Radial Gradient Fill, once again through between that of Yellow to Red through Orange, and as well as this I decided to include a 4 Point Stroke Outline in Black. Finally, the fourth shape consists of the same Radial Gradient Fill and Stroke Outline, however an Effect called "Sponge" was used to create an effect that looks like a sponge has been used over it. Just as a side point the use of the Selection Tool was used to select each of the shapes so that one could then go ahead and edit their colours etc.

Having now looked at the Shape Tools that are on offer in Illustrator, it is very likely indeed that I will be using these on my On Disc Logo and now that I have looked at these I will move onto the Pen Tool.

Blog Post 31 - Stage 2 - Adobe Illustrator - New File

New Document Options

After a brief introduction to that of Adobe Illustrator it was important to get to grips with this new piece of software and understand how the different functions work so that when I came to creating my On Disc label I would be very familiar with how it worked and so that a very professional end result was produced. I found found out, there are quite a few similarities between that of Illustrator and also Photoshop such as the different tools that are on offer, however there are also differences as were expected in regards to the difference between a bitmap and a vector editing piece of software.

To begin with, it is important to ensure that I was fully aware of how to create new file to work from in Illustrator, and in this case a New File is named as a New Artboard which is where you can create your design. Once the program has opened up, navigating to File -> New... will produce the following screen of information. Within this pop up screen this means that in a similar fashion to that of Photoshop, I have got a lot of options in regards to the set up of a New Document or Artboard that I will be working with. To start with, an adequate name can be given to the file and then you can create a custom profile or select from presets. The pre sets include such options as for Print, Web and Flash Builder, however in my case sticking to Custom is the order of the day. With this in mind, the Size can also be chosen (such as 640 x 480 pixels), or a custom size such as 1000 Pixels sqaure can be used. Unlike Photoshop, there is also an option for a Bleed Area to be selected and used which could be particularly useful if you was looking at printing a piece of work. 

Sample New Document Artboard

Finally, in the Advanced Options you can change the Colour Modes (between RGB and CMYK depending on your end application), and Raster effects for DPI, such as 75 DPI or 300DPI once again depending on your end application. As an example, here is a file created with a Width and Height of 1000 pixels and a bleed area of 10 pixels.

Having now looked into creating a New File within Illustrator, now I can look into the different tools that can be used within the program, starting with the Shape Tools.

Blog Post 30 - Stage 2 - Adobe Illustrator - Introduction

Adobe Illustrator Logo

Having now completed Stage One of this assignment, the next stage is in regards to creating an On-Disc Label for my chosen DVD Film. For information I will reiterate the specification for this stage below:

"Create a DVD on-disc label including a logo. This may be created in Photoshop and/or Illustrator. You will be expected to demonstrate, at minimum, use in Illustrator of the pen tool, type tool, placing images, brushes, clipping masks, guides, layers, transparencies, text wrap. You must submit the Illustrator workspace file."

As mentioned, this on disc label including a logo can be created in Photoshop and/or Illustrator however at this early stage in the proceedings I feel that the majority of work will be undertaken in that of Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor that is produced by the software company "Adobe". By using this piece of software, this will allow me to use a variety of different tools and effects to create a professional piece of work that form the the On Disc label.

For my first introduction to Illustrator, it became apparent that the difference between the previously used Photoshop and Illustrator is that of Photoshop being a bitmap editing program whilst Illustrator is vector graphics editing program. The difference being that the bitmap images are made of of individual pixels which when brought together form an entire image - for example that of a photograph taken by a camera. Each of these pixels can be individually edited, however the draw back to bitmap images are that when you resize a bitmap image to be larger then the quality decreases. However with Vector images these are infact made up not of pixels, but of different objects of information including such examples of points (the location on a X and Y Axis scale), Fill (colour of fill, if applicable), Outline Colour (colour of line, if applicable, Outline Thickness (how thin or thick the outline is, if applicable). Later on in the Blog further detail into that of Illustrator will be discussed however one very beneficial reason to use vectorised graphics is that they can be resized infinitely large amount of times. This is due to not being on a pixel by pixel bases, and the information of the vector shapes mean that the files are very flexible and can be manipulated in many ways.

With a brief introduction to Stage Two of this assignment under way, the next blog posts will discuss the different elements of Illustrator that I will discover and also the beginning of the design phase of the On Disc Label, followed by a documentation of the design and finally an evaluation of the finished On Disc Label when the time comes.

Blog Post 29 - Stage 1 - Evaluation

After the formative feedback in Blog Post 27, after carrying out the modifications to my design in the last Blog Post (number 28), this meant that my design for Stage One was now officially completed and that I was ready to move onto Stage Two of the assignment. However, prior to moving on I feel that it is important to pause and take an overall evaluation of the first stage. This might seem a bit overkill as I had methodically evaluated each and every stage of the design from the Front Cover, to the Spine and then finally to the Rear Cover, however I think that an overall evaluation is also very important to see the bigger picture of the design process.

At this stage I think it is very much worth reiterating the original specification in regards to that of Stage One of the assignment, which is below:

"Create a DVD case wrap for an Amaray-style case. This must be created in Photoshop. You will be expected to demonstrate at minimum that you can set up a Photoshop file with correct size, DPI, use selection tools, filters, layers, layer transparency, levels, guides, and apply effects to photos. You must submit the full Photoshop workspace psd file."

Going through this specification in a check list type of fashion, I can conclude the following:

Create a DVD Case Wrap for an Amarary Style Case

I can confirm that this has been completed because in Blog Post 9 - DVD Case Template, I researched and set up my Photoshop file to be that of the Amaray Style Case format which was specifically set up in regards to the sizes researched, as well as the inclusion of guides too.

Must be created in Photoshop

I can confirm that I use Photoshop, and being totally specific I used Adobe Photoshop CS6 and also Adobe Photoshop CC which are both of a similar quality with very similar features - the CC version is simply a "Creative Cloud" download option form online that Adobe offer.

Set up a Photoshop File with correct size

I can confirm that I have set up the Photoshop File with the correct size as once again in Blog Post 9 - DVD Case Template the size of the DVD Amaray Style Case was researched and set up to be that of the correct Amaray Style size. 

DPI

I can confirm that the correct DPI was chosen which was 300 Pixels Per Inch, and was once again discussed and explained in Blog Post 9 - DVD Case Template.

Use Selection Tools

I can confirm that Selection Tools were used during this stage of the assignment, and to begin with a whole host of different selection tools were discussed and compared in Blog Post 2 - Introduction and Selection Tools. As well as this discussed about the different selection Tools, throughout the project different Selection Tools have been used as mentioned in their relevant Blog Posts. A few examples of this are the use of the Rectangular Marquee Tool in Blog Post 12 - Background, the use of the Quick Selection Tool in Blog Post 13 - Trio of Cars, the use of the Polygonal Lasso Tool in Blog Post 14 - Gene Hunt.

Filters

I can confirm that filters have been used in this Stage of the assignment, with two examples being in Blog Post 24 - Ford Capri whereby the use of a Motion Blur filter being used to portray the effect of speed and the Capri moving, as well as that of the Spin Blur to give the impression of the wheel spinning too.

Layers

I can confirm that a multitude of different layers have been used during this assignment, and in particular I made the use of the Layer Groups to ensure that all of the different layers were kept in a logical order and also labelled correctly too. This was particularly useful during the stage of Modifications in Blog Post 28 whereas it was swift and easy to find the relevant layers of the project to edit. An example of the Layer Groups being mentioned in the Blog are in Blog Post 18 - Spine: Background.

Guides

I can confirm that guides were used in this stage of the assignment, and in particular these were discussed in Blog Post 9 - DVD Case Template, and the guides are also visible in many screenshot photographs throughout the blog as well as their being mention too of ensuring that the guides were taken heed of when placing elements on the cover. 

Effects
I can confirm that effects have been applied to photographs in this stage of the assignment, with two examples of this being that of Blog Post 24 - Ford Capri whereas the use of a Drop Shadow was used, and also in Blog Post 23 - Gene Hunt whereas a combination of a Drop Shadow as well as that of an Outer Glow was used too.

With the above specification points being successfully carried out, personally I wanted to try and go above and beyond this specification and I feel that I have also done this too. My first example of this was researching, downloading and installing aftermarket fonts which were not originally available in any Photoshop package. This was because when trying the different fonts for my DVD Cover I just felt that they were not giving that right effect or impression that I was after and with this in mind I felt that I had to go futher and not just settle for a substandard font. Therefore spending time and researching and finding fonts which I thought were the best for my cover was done - further details can be found in Blog Post 26 - Actor and Music Information, Blog Post 16 - Tag Line and Blog Post 15 - Title. Another example of going above and beyond is that found in Blog Post 24 - Ford Capri, whereas I researched for a Tutorial and how I would go above going that step futher than just having an image of a static Ford Capri on the rear cover. As opposed to this, I decided to create the effect of a wheelspin occurring, with lots of smoke and blur to that of the car and the wheels too.

To finish off this evaluation, I have decided that I will re-iterate another part of the specification which details that of the online blog project logbook which I feel is also important too:

"The logbook will show your complete project design process through images, annotations, sketches, notes, references, etc. It will also act as a design log where you record:

• What you are doing for each stage of the project.
• What works and what doesn’t.
• Why you have made decision x etc.

You should consider the logbook not only as a record of the actions you have taken, but an ongoing evaluation of your progress. You should also ensure that you also consider:

• The success of your final designs in terms of what works and what doesn’t.
• What you would do differently next time.
• What you would spend more or less time on next time, etc."

In regards to the above statements set out in the original specification, I feel that at the end of Stage One of this assignment it is also important to evaluate my progress in relation to that too. Personally I feel that that in the past 28 Blog Post for this Stage I had ventured into enough detail in regards to that of the what does and does not work and why I made each decision, with an example being in Blog Post 15 - Title for why I decided on the Mirror Man name. In regards for what I would do differently next time, this is something that I have not really thought about up until now, and personally there is not a lot that I think that I would do differently as I am very pleased with the end result. With this in mind, though, I suppose I would of taken more notice of the Regional DVD elements that I found about in Blog Post 27 - Formative Feedback and carried out the necessary modifications in Blog Post 28 - Modifications. However, hindsight is a wonderful thing and personally I am really happy with the end result and do not feel that I could of gone about it in a different manner. Regarding that of timings, I feel that I managed my time well. Obviously, a project like this is very time consuming whatever way you look at it however I think it is worth mentioning that the Trio of Cars (Blog Post 13) did take a lot of time in comparison to the rest of the cover for what is a small element of the cover. However, this is one element that I felt is one of my favourites and was something that I really wanted to perfect and the time spent was consummate to being the made attraction on the front cover.

To end, here is a copy of my finished design for Stage One: DVD Amaray Case Cover.

Completed Design for Stage One: DVD Amaray Style Cover

Having now evaluated this Stage One of the assignment, this means that I am now ready to move onto Stage Two: On Disc-Logo.

Blog Post 28 - Stage 1 - Completed Design: Modifications

Following on from the formative feedback that I reviewed in the last Blog Post (27), in regard to this feedback that was received I felt it necessary to include a modifications Blog Post that would detail any changes to that of my design for this stage of the assignment.

As with all design elements, the first "final" design is always unlikely to be the actual finished piece and modifications will be carried out to just perfect it and tweak it in such a way so that the finished product is that of the best that it can be. With this in mind, after speaking to Tony in the Formative Feedback session he kindly pointed out about the lack of a Region marking on the DVD Information Panel. I must admit this is something that I overlooked and probably due to not being aware of the differences and therefore some research was needed.

Researching on the Internet I managed to come across the BBC Website which listed all of the different regions for the DVDs, and there are copied below for information (link)

Regional Code- Countries

1 USA, Canada & US Territories

2 Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East (including Egypt)

3 South East Asia, East Asia (including Hong Kong but not China)

4 Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Central & South America, Caribbean and Pacific Islands.

5 Former Soviet Union, Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia

6 China (excluding Hong Kong)

0 Region Free

Modifications Before and After - Adding Region 2 Logo

Certainly once again looking back to the original it was apparently that a Region Code of 2 was used which is expected as for Europe this is the Regional code that DVDs will feature. Having researched this I was now in a position to carry out the modification so Photoshop was loaded and the DVDAmarayCover PSD was loaded. Prior to this, though, Google Image Search (www.images.google.com) was used to try and find a suitable Region 2 Logo that I could use on my DVD Information Cover. Once downloaded, I was able to open the file into Photoshop and then I could use the Duplicate Layer function. Once again by using Duplicate Layer this allowed me to take a copy of the layer (the Logo) and place it into my DVDAmarayCover Photoshop File. The Move Tool could then be used to move and also resize the image, once again using the Shift Key to ensure that the aspect ratio was kept the same and not to distort the image. I also placed the Logo in such a way that it was in keeping with the location of the other Logos, and in this case I moved the Turbo Productions Logo to the left and the DVD Video Logo to the right to allow for the sufficient space for the Region 2 Logo.

Overall, considering that was a last minute modification to the design I was really thankful for the formative feedback from Tony in regards to adding this. With this in mind, I can now officially declare that as this modification has now been made and completed, this Stage of the assignment has now been completed. This now leads me onto the final element for Stage One, a final evaluation of the completed design and design process.