Classic Photoshop Effects 13 - Sepia Tone

This is part thirteen of a series that chronicles my journey through Scott Kelby’s book, Classic Photoshop Effects.

In this project, I took a photograph of a wind generator, and turned it into a sepia toned image that eventually became the album cover to Norah Jones’ new album, “In Search of Alternative Power.” Here is the initial image (click on the image to go to source):

I followed the steps necessary to create a sepia-tone photograph (which basically involve desaturating it and overlaying an orange color), then cropped it to a square. After adding the text, I felt like I had what would make a decent album cover. To make things more convincing, I wanted to insert the art into a jewel case, so I went online and found this:

After inserting the cover art, I added a gloss over the whole group, to give a unified look. Here is my final result: