DVD cover and label

This week, I added more images on my cover which is the clouds. The reason why is that I want to add a wind effect.

This is the image that I used:

 (Dick Stada)

Same as usual, I used (Magic) Background Eraser Tool to delete the white background. On this image, I used 4 different clouds and added a white Outer Glow effect because it looks kinda flat. Moreover, I also used Puppet Warp to control some movements of the clouds because some of them are the same, by adding directions will make them looks different. This is how it looks like:

First, you have to choose some points of where you want the changes to be made. Then drag the points (yellow circle thing) from where you want it to be placed.

Apart from the clouds, I added a Lens Flare in my Rikuo image that can be seen under Filter > Render. I put this effect on Rikuo's sword. This is the settings that I used and how it looks:

Furthermore, I find Nurarihyon's image odd because of the image colours of the other characters so I decided to add Brighteness and Tolerance to it that can already be seen on the image above.

I also started working on my cd cover. I used Rikuo's image and here's what I got:

There's a trick on this image, I didn't cut the image but it is only under a white layer with a big whole in the middle. I did this so that I can put them perfectly. To understand more of what I did, here's the layers of the images:

This image shows that Rikuo's image is inbetween the blue Layer1 and white Layer2 and above all is the little cirlce in the middle. Using this technique will help you adjust the image position without putting it over and over again when you cut the image.

References:
Dick Stada. Chinese style clouds. Artwork in vector. [online] Available at: < http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-16491124/stock-vector-chinese-style-clouds-artwork-in-vector.html> [Accessed 28 October 2011]