Digipak Amp

For the Amp panel i wanted to manipulate the colour of the amp quite a lot. The original colour allowed me to experiment with a huge range of colours and brighnesses. I decided to locate the circle layer of center, and over the VOX. This gives the image something else instead of just the diamond pattern that was located on the front of the amp. I'm very happy that i decided to use the amp as a panel as its relevant and looks crisp. The original colour of the mesh was a light red, the diamonds were gold and so was the bar, dividing the 2 half's. I introduced the saturation element to the amp picture and it caused the colours to stand out more. This coincided with the enhancing of the colour red leaves a some kind of 3D fuzz on the golden diamonds. I then applied the " Create clipping mask " to the amp and changed the size of the circle. I don't want to have the same size circle, same location of circle and same colour blue throughout. As the indie rock genre is typically very diverse and DIY. I thought it would perhaps work with the specific theme that my panels offer. After dragging on the amp again, i went for a dark and light blue look to the overall picture, this was influenced through the use of a lens flair. I took the picture with flash on as the room we hot in was generally dark with inconsistent lighting. The flash therefore was reflected off the golden bars of metal. However it wasn't that identifiable as a reflection. It wasn't my plan to add the lens falir to begin with. However i was playing around with one of my last panels and came across the effect under "render." At first i attempted to have the lens flair as bright and as obnoxious as possible. Howver this only ruined the picture making the right hand side unidentifiable as an amp. I then descaled the flair and the intensity down to around 30%. This accounts for a much more realistic flair that's appropriate. I didn't know what kind of effect i wanted for this image as i thought it looked very good with out and edited image, However i found some kind of dust or smoke effect that i linked subtly into the bottom right of the amp. I lined it up to fit perfectly in the corner. However, when i was making this panel, i didn't account for the final product to be in a square and therefore, the right hand side has been cut. The smoke still works in my opinion but it doesn't look as good before i cropped it. Like i said i didn't want to go other the top on this one, this has resulted in me barely editing the image. Overall i am very happy with the outcome of this image and even though i've not added anything massive to this panel, i've used new types of adjustments creating an unique and fresh look through the lens flair.