CD Design

I began by finding a template of a CD on the internet, saving it and then opening it on Photoshop. I wanted to use a basic design as I knew a gradient would more than likely be added so that the disc follows the style created on the panels of the digipak. 

Template

 I then added the gradient we used on the rest of the panels to the disc, this was completed by using the magic wand tool and selected the inside of the disc template. I then dragged the gradient line from the top left to bottom right (shown below). The outcome shows how the CD goes from a turquoise to orange which is used on all of the panels on the digipak.

Adding the Gradient

 Once the gradient was in place on the CD I then added the text of the band name, song title, record company and Noel's website. I followed the style of the real Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds disc design with the text layout, this is because the layout is simple and yet professional as the band has used this layout too. The difference between our CD and the bands is that we have used the gradient, where as the band have a plain white disc with black text.  

Choosing the band font (Coaster)

Here is the finished design for the CD, the group and I are pleased with the outcome as we believe it can be easily recognized when it's with the digipak. This means we have followed the convention of using a house style across the digipak, this will hopefully make it easy for people to match our digipak to the advertisement and the music video with the images we have used. 

CD With New Text