Problems & Solutions: Digipak Construction Process

• Most of the photos from the 'Digipak Photoshoot' were naturally portrait and unfortunately when applied to a 14cmx12.5cm digipak template on Photoshop CS3 (Extended), they would become over-compressed and the dimensions were very noticeably out of proportion. Therefore, I compiled a shortlist of purely landscape photos of my artist and from this, selected the finalised choice for the digipak album artwork.
• Not being too familiar with Photoshop, it was quite time-consuming to adjust to the overwhelming functionality of the software. However, I came to discover that sheer experimentation/trial and error was the way forward and through combining the subtle enhancements Photoshop can produce (as opposed to an over-use of effects which can appear ammatur) with the user-friendly Photoscape and Picasa, I was able to create a product which had a definite air of professionalism and simplistic beauty about it.
• Probably the most annoying aspect about my Photoshop was that it decided to create a glitch within itself half-way through the construction process and would often freeze and consequently, lose all of my work. This taught me that you can never hit the 'save' button too many times!