Updates to DVD Inlay

     Following the peer review, I decided to update the front pic on the DVD Inlay. It was suggested that the cut around the picture could be better as you could still see parts of the other image attached to his right arm as well as there being a random white patch on his head. Firstly I created a new layer called 'Front pic touch ups' to add my changes to, I didn't want to update the original layer in case I needed to undo the changes. On this new layer, I used the Clone Stamp tool to firstly  hold alt and click to take a sample of the red background near where the over hang on his arm was. Once I had the right colour, I used the Clone Stamp tool to go over the blue line that was showing. Now that his right arm looks better and the background image has been maintained, I moved onto the white patch on his head. I firstly used the eyedropper tool to sample the colour of his hair and then used a 3px Brush tool to add hair to the white patch.

   Next, I noticed that around his right ear and parts of the right side of his head, needed adjusting. I used the Clone Stamp tool to sample the red background and then the Clone Stamp tool to go over any white bits around his ears. Finally, I used the Eyedropper tool to take a colour sample of his hair, I then used a 1 px brush to fill in the patches on the right side of his head (focusing on the patches missing from his hair). I think this looks a lot better now but to finish it off, I then applied a sharpen filter to the whole image ( Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen) to the image to make it clearer. I then did the same thing to just the edges (Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen Edges).



Updating to the correct DPI.

   As mentioned earlier in this blog, I have unfortunately created the DVD inlay using the incorrect DPI.
Now that this has been brought to my attention, I am finding it difficult to ignore and have therefore decided to correct it. I will start again with a new document that has the correct size and DPI as this will be easier than adjusting the DPI on the current document as the images will not scale up properly if I do that.

   So now I have my new blank document that is 285mm x 191mm, 300DPI. I next added the guide layer. I have created the guides as before by selecting menus View > New Guide. I have set up guides to show the bleed area, cut line and safe area. I have also inserted guides to show the spine area of the inlay. I have locked this layer and next moved onto the background layer.

   For the background layer, I have followed the steps that I took the first time around to get the oil painting effect that I have used to cover the DVD inlay. I am happy with this choice as it sells the Rom Com theme. After adjusting the setting and adding a +40 saturation layer mask, I merged the two layers. 

   Next I will attempt to duplicate the layers from the original project file (with the incorrect DPI) into the new project. Firstly I copied over the Actors names layers. These both needed resizing. I was able to copy the style by using 'Copy Layer Style' and then 'Paste Layer Style' onto the new layer in the correctly sized project file. 

 
   I moved onto the front cover picture next. When I copied this over, the layer that had the changes on it was not copied over. Unfortunately I think I approached this in the wrong way. What I should have done, was merge the front picture layer with the front picture correction layer and then copy the new layer into the new project. Unfortunately, I thought about this solution after I had recreated the front picture correction layer. I used the process outlined above to make the relevant changes to the picture. 



   I have now copied over each layer from the original project file to the new project file (with correct DPI). I think some of the images will need updating/replacing as the resolution could be better. When I have scaled up the images, some of them may have lost their integrity.

In the end the only image that needed to be replaced was the 'For Rental or Resale' disclaimer.