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PROJECT MEETING Th e band loved the initial concept sketch I

Our new CD, Storm Front Conspiracy, kind of
client comments goes away on military service, the wife waits for art director comments building the fi les. In addition to the band’s logo,
tells a story across the 11 tracks. Th e husband
submitted last week, so we’re ready to start
him, he comes home but doesn’t remember her,
I’ve gathered the photographs I want to use. I also
and she looks for answers to his amnesia.
already created a title treatment in Photoshop, so
I’ll send you that fi le as well.
Our band is a combination of rock, country, and
alternative/punk. We want the artwork for the
need to incorporate a 1/8″ bleed allowance and a
new CD to be dramatic, and refl ect both our
1/4″ margin since the cover sleeve will be printed.
personalities, and the story we are telling. Th e special edition LP will be 10″, square, but you
We’re actually releasing this fi rst as a limited- Th e 10″ fi le should be large enough for most print
edition album on vinyl. Th e sleeve for that advertising applications, so we can just use the same
version is 10″, square. We also need fi les for a fi le for those projects.
standard-size printed CD insert, and for digital A standard CD insert is 4.75″, square. Th at version
libraries like iTunes.
needs to incorporate 1/8″ bleeds as well, but it only
needs 1/8″ safe margin according to our printer.

For digital media, use the current standards for
iTunes music cover art. Th ey require artwork to be
at least 3000 1 3000 pixels, and delivered as high-
quality JPEG or PNG fi les. Th at format should be
suffi cient for most other online catalogs.

To complete this project, you will:
project objectives project objectives project objectives Resize a raster image to change resolution

Composite multiple images into a single
background fi le
Incorporate both raster and vector elements into
the same design
Transform and arrange individual layers to
create a cohesive design

Create layer groups to easily manage related
layer content

Use selection techniques to isolate images from
their backgrounds
Save diff erent types of fi les for diff erent ad
requirements

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