Experiments with photos

I tried adding writing to one of my images. I chose to use white writing but I found that the background was too bright, making the writing too difficult to read.

 I combatted this by adding a black square to the image where I wanted my title.

 I then selected Filter > Blue > Gaussian Blur...

 I then adjusted the blur level to about 45, so that the black square turned opaque and blurry.

 This, when I put the writing above the blur, made the writing stand out against the image and somewhat framed it.



The resulting image



I cropped the photo even more to make it square, to fit the CD size.



A problem with the positioning of the titles is that it interferes with the eye line of 'Dan', so I repositioned them in the below image, which works better.



This is another experiment I've done for inner panels of the digipak. I used the pen tool to create paths, and then, using the brush tool and "Stroke path" created the streak. I then used outer and inner glow to make the streaks glow, and added a lens flare for extra impact. Finally, I used a "vignette" effect to darken the edges of the frame.

This is where I could add titles if I use this image as the album cover. I chose to not place the writing over the subject, 'Dan' and keep it away from his line of sight.