The Cover Project
General Category => The Photo Gallery => Topic started by: XanderBoy on March 30, 2008, 01:16:10 PM
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Hey everyone,
I just came across this site the other day when I decided to do something about the sleeves I had for Wii Sports and Link’s Crossbow Training. I just got a Wii not too long ago, and I’ve found myself collecting nostalgic and rare titles that I’ve played over the years.
I see that I’ve got a couple of titles that aren’t listed here on this site, so if I could contribute in some form, then I’ll get around to doing that. I’ve got a scanner I don’t use often – Canon 8600F – and not a whole lot of experience using it effectively. Any tips or requests are welcome.
My stack of Wii Games with the recently printed Wii Sports and Crossbow Training:
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/jarosinski/games/games001.jpg)
I recently found a brand new copy of Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble that isn’t in this pic, but here’s my stack of GameCube games:
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/jarosinski/games/games002.jpg)
This is a picture of some old PC game boxes that I’ve never really bothered touching, some games even from back when they used to use those giant boxes they used to package games with. They go into a closet and stay there collecting dust, not sure if anyone would be interested in me doing some work with any of these:
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/jarosinski/games/games003.jpg)
The cover of the Starcraft box, but I kind of wish I would have purchased the Zerg Hydralisk instead:
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/jarosinski/games/games004.jpg)
The tin box on the left is actually a pretty cool box some of you may remember. Here's the collector’s edition of Wolfenstein, with the lid opened slightly with the badge inside:
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/jarosinski/games/games005.jpg)
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I see that I’ve got a couple of titles that aren’t listed here on this site, so if I could contribute in some form, then I’ll get around to doing that. I’ve got a scanner I don’t use often – Canon 8600F – and not a whole lot of experience using it effectively. Any tips or requests are welcome.
I made a quite nifty scanning guide.
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=1305.0
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Thanks for the that. Here's a game I didn't see listed in the directory of games, so here's the cover for Silent Hill 2 for Xbox.
Click here for the Silent Hill cover. (http://www3.sympatico.ca/jarosinski/games/silenthillboxart.jpg)
What changes should I go about making before I start tackling some other games I have? I know the bottom isn't fully cropped and the image proportions are a bit too high, but I'm not sure how to rank the scan quality. Also, is this one I could submit directly to the site? I'm not sure who decides to set these images to the proper standards.
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A "raw" scan is a scan of a cover that has not been cleaned up or whatnot. You can upload these to the cover project as raw scans.
Now that you have your nifty scans, one last step. (don't do this if you plan to edit the cover yourself)
I hope you don't need a screenshot for this...
Head on over to http://www.thecoverproject.net/upload.php (http://www.thecoverproject.net/upload.php). Browse to where your cover is, select it, and click open. Under author put your username. Put the country that the cover is from for the country dropdown. Under platform choose what console or whatever the game is for. Make sure to check "This is a raw scan".
"My cover is:
A Retail Cover"
There are some templates in the FAQs, Guides and Templates section of the forum.
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Yeah, I figured. I didn't want to was anyone's time. I uploaded that scan. I'll get some more uploaded over the next week or so.