Album Cover

Technical Requirements

  • 12.375 in. x 12.375 in.

  • Use sourced imagery of appropriate quality and resolution

Bonus Requirements

  • No more and no less than two typefaces (artist/title)

  • Create a color variant of the album cover another compound scheme 

  • Use a blur filter, opacity, fill adjustment layer, or transparency. 

Design Requirements

  • Create a visually interesting design

  • Achieve visual unity for the entire composition

  • Use visual emphasis to highlight typographic treatments

  • Make sure all type is legible and readable

  • Use a compound color scheme

Skill Requirements

  • Use a smart object that contains a vector graphic for imagery in each ad

  • Use the crop tool to non-destructively crop your images

  • Apply a global adjustment layer on all images

  • Use only non-destructive image editing techniques: smart objects, smart filters, and adjustment layers