The Cover Project
General Category => The Request Forum => Topic started by: SSVegeta4511 on April 03, 2015, 09:39:26 AM
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Hi there is anyone good at making upc's for back of snes game boxes because i need three made for each game box that i made for super mario world the lost adventure episodes 1,2, and 3 or can someone tell me how to make the upc's?? hope to hear something back very soon tell then everyone take care and have a great day.
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Rom Hacks do not have upc's. Many repro sites simply make them up.
If you wish to make a upc, go here
http://barcode.tec-it.com/
select EAN \ UPC
then set it to EAN-13 I believe.
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I use this one: http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/
Can't recall what settings I have it on (my .psd templates have a layer which says what settings and size to use, but it's been a while since I created one) but I like this one because you can adjust both height and width (believe I use 2 x 2.5 usually)
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both of those are good but is there anyway to add info on the barcode so when scanned it comes up with the name and price of by chance?
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Erm....I'm guessing you don't really understand barcodes.
The barcode is just a number which links to an item held in a database.
If you scan a tin of paint, your computer won't come up with the price and description, as you don't have the database it links to. Your computer will just read a number.
Short answer....NO!
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Erm....I'm guessing you don't really understand barcodes.
The barcode is just a number which links to an item held in a database.
If you scan a tin of paint, your computer won't come up with the price and description, as you don't have the database it links to. Your computer will just read a number.
Short answer....NO!
Actually, it could but the barcode would be the length of the entire page of the cover.
I would just come up with a clever unique character set.. Maybe
SMWHACKTLA1
SMWHACKTLA2
SMWHACKTLA3
I make my barcodes by using a free barcode generator website that exports to PDF. I blowup the PDF then snap a screen grab and paste it in my cover. Using fonts for barcodes are really annoying, thus was the easiest way I found. I posted instructions on another thread, so just search my name and barcode for the full info.