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Creating templates from scratch
FritzWhite:
If you click "Forums" on the Links that are on the left hand side of the The Cover Project screen, then you can enter some of the terms you want to know more about into the search bar there. I am also learning how to photoshop; just downloaded it last night. Search TCP and watch some photoshop tutorials for answers.
Head of Desserts:
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/
Nacho3:
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Not really any cover, if you try to do a DS sized cover in a UGC it will look stretched. The UGC is 11.22 by 7 inches. If you just take a cover and resize it to those dimensions it still may not look right because the spine may not be the same proportions. You really want to break it into 3 parts: front, back and spine. Front and back are 5.11 x 7 and spine is 1 x 7. It really helps if you set guides at 5.11 and 6.11 (make sure it's in inches not pixels) vertically, in CS6 click view then new guide not sure if it's the same in CS2. I usually set one at 5.61 vertical and 3.5 horizontal also to help put the spine logo in the middle.
Dravenae:
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Title Art: Search TCP, or Google.
Images - Search Tools - Size - Large
Good for finding better quality art.
Sprite Art: The Spriters Resource
Best Software: Photshop
Gimp is a acceptable substitute.
Dimensions: Build of a existing cover, Or mesure the case yourself if a cover in your case type does not exist.
Support Group: Feel free to toss any problems my way, Also Google is a good place as well. Tutorials are a novice's best friend.
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Do you happen to know the ugc's standard size?
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3366 x 2100 (Back 1536 x 2100, Spine 294 x 2100, Front 1536 x 2100).
Most people on the site have a width of 300 on their spines, and 1532 on the front and back covers, but according to Snowcones post ("Templates"), the dimensions I gave you are correct. These measurements are in pixels. This is what you'll be working with if your using GIMP or Photoshop.
larryinc64:
Sorry, I have been very busy lately and had no time to finish the tutorial I promised, I'll try to do it today, currently I gotta be at work in 1/2 hour.
Is this what you had in mind for NES games?