Group 8

We have been given a guide to follow this will enable us to see how and what we need to produce and  include in out Digipak and advertisement.

This is a brief outline of the 'do's' and 'don'ts':

DO'S

• use a clear font and appropriate SIZE for images and fonts
• clear photo's that are in focus and that are an approriate shape for the page
• a layout that follows the rule of thirds for composition
• An appropriate type face that follows

- Genre conventions
- A house style

• Follow  the conventions of the 3 colour rule and use colour that is appropriate for

-images
-fonts
-background

• Careful where font is placed it must

-follow genre conventions
-be clear from a distance

•  It is import\nt to think carefully about how to use and intergrate

-font
-text and language
-image

• Use appropriate indusrty logos and conventions, properly positioned

-barcode
-date
-copy right
-titles
-artist name

DON'TS

• Stretch images, or this will make them out of focus
• Use layer styles
• Use unnecessary effects. Any effects used must suit the genre
• Place text across the artist's face
• Use a font simply beacuse you 'like it'
• Feel like you need a seperate phohto on every panel