Oh my god i've been totally getting into this design thing over the last few days (the studio computer is at the doctors!!). I learnt about RGB, CMYK, vectors, bitmaps. Bloody everything. I'm now using Illustrator for my vectors and Photoshop for my bitmaps.

So this is what everyone needs to know to make this post a good one:

What size do you make your centre circle for a 12"?

What size do you make your square for the cover?

What file format do you need to output the whole thing as, ready to go to print?

Also if anyone, like me, is really serious about this, you really need to get the .mov files from VTC (Virtual Training Company) for both Photoshop and Illustrator. I don't know if you can only run them on a mac, but they basically talk you though the whole program - visually! I got them from Hotline ;=]