Production - Final Touches (Cover)

Hello Beautiful People! I'm almost done with my cover, there are just a couple more things I need to do. The first one is super easy, I just have to change the font of the "Mar 2026" since it doesn't match at all. I changed the font and made it white, and then I added an orange outline to make sure it's visible. 

The next thing I need to add is a barcode, so I used an online barcode generator to make one for the code "123456789". I made sure there is a white outline so that it is visible with the background, and I added it to the bottom left corner of the page. 

My last (and hardest) step is to re-edit the beam photo since it's really messy and pixelated. I brought the original photo to photoshop and removed the background again.  I enhanced the colors a little, and then used the AI took do enhance the quality. I don't think it made a huge difference. 

I also tried using the generative AI to remove all the chalk marks on the beam because I feel like they look messy, but it turned out really weird and added a bunch of random lines. 

Anyways, this is the final image and this is what it looks like on the page: