DO'S.
- Stick to two clear fonts as a maximum. Use sensible, appropriate colours and fonts which will complement each other. Make sure the colours and fonts used link to your chosen genre.
- When using colours to decorate the front and back cover of the cd you must make sure you use at least three colours as a maximum. Use colours which will go with the photos.
- You must also use clear photos for the cd cover, images that are in focus and not out of shot.
- Follow the rule of thirds for composition.
- Remember to include important information for the consumers such as the barcode, date, copyright information, title of the album, artist name, record company logo, website and artist website.
DONT'S.
- If you are going to use effects, make sure they are appropriate and suitable for the genre. DO NOT use effects which are to stylish and too blurry as the important aspect of the cd cover is too be able to see the artist image.
- Don't stretch images to fit the panel this will make the image look out of focus and will cause you too lose marks.
- whatever you do DO NOT place the text across the face of the artist.
- Choose a font which will go with the genre and compliment the design layout, don't pick a font because you like them.
- Research is vital when creating a cd cover as you will have to follow the genre and conventions very closely. Too many photos which are used to fill up space will lose you marks.
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