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DVD Packaging: Design a Horror Movie Dvd Cover (Easy Photoshop Tutorial)

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In this tutorial we will learn how to create a horror style dvd cover in photoshop. I love dvd design (I’m sure you too!) and to achieve the final result I have used textures, mask and layers blending mode. As always, you can download the psd file at the end of the tutorial. Lets start! [...]

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6 September 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

DVD Packaging: How to Make the Most of Your DVD Packaging

We know it’s not very easy for indie filmmakers to be out there competing their little films in the tough market because of budget constraints.  Even if you do have an exceptional movie if you do not have a good marketing strategy, your film will not have the attention it deserves.  You now have a [...]

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5 September 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

CD Packaging: Effortless Face Portraits

Most of us wrack our brains out just to come up with a catchy design for our CD packaging but I do not think these guys are like most of us. Check out these effortless CD covers that really kick  ass. Vampire Weekend- Contra Look at that. It’s just like an old polaroid photo from [...]

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4 September 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Record Label: 10 Ways the Gov’t Can Save the Record Industry

Whether or not you agree with U2 manager Paul McGuinness’s analysis on how to save the music industry might be beside the point, but it does serve as an opening into the discussion of if we really need to “protect” it in the first place. If you’re in radio, the current plan seems to be [...]

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4 September 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musician: 11 Professional Skills of Musicians

Guest Post by: Dave Huffman Kind of funny now that I look back on it. I remember always saying “I’ll always play music, nothing will change…” Then fast forward to my son being born. The rest of the band looked at me and said “So what are you gonna do?” I said “What do you [...]

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3 September 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Filmmaking: New Age of Independent Distribution

Written by the master of film distribution, Peter Broderick. This article first appeared in Documentary magazine. A revolution in distribution is well underway. The old rules no longer apply, but most distributors continue to do business as if little has changed. Many filmmakers don’t yet fully understand the unprecedented opportunities newly available to them. Before [...]

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3 September 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

CD Packaging: The Making of Katy Perry’s Cotton Candy Scented Packaging

Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dreams” CD packaging smells like cotton candy! Check out this behind-the-scenes video to find out exactly how the cotton candy scented packaging was produced from start to finish. Follow her first to visual artist, Will Cotton’s NYC studio, where he shoots the photos for the album insert and then paints the album [...]

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3 September 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

DVD Packaging: How to Create a Movie Quality DVD Cover (Photoshop Tutorial)

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By Ross Atiken and originally appeared in Photoshop Tutorials In this tutorial we will be learning how to take a few different stock images and put them together with some text to make a movie poster/DVD cover design. For the purpose of this tutorial we’ll be making a scaled down version but if you were [...]

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2 September 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

DVD Packaging: Ways to Make Your DVD Packaging Special

If you want to make your DVD packaging stand-out from the shelf, then you better give it a little extra something to make it extraordinary. You do not have to have that over-the-top collector’s DVD packaging if your budget won’t permit it- just simple additions and alterations can make a big difference. Here are some [...]

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2 September 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

CD Packaging of the Week: Elyjah’s Planet Planet

Client | Elyjah Artwork | Zwölf : www.zwoelf.net Production | Kieran Joel Styling | Leena Zimmermann German designers Zwölf fired pellets into the CD covers of Elyjah’s latest album, Planet, Planet(Klimbim Records/Cargo). These guys surely had a lot of fun shooting all 2,000 covers and receiving 2 prestigious awards afterward.  This CD packaging won Gold at the European Design Award [...]

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2 September 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

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