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Was wondering what people do with their UGC's......
larryinc64:
Gimp is free and still useful,
http://www.gimp.org/
If you just want uniform spines, that is very easy to do, depending on the design.
cojack16:
Okay I want to give it a shot. Could you try and explain some basics of what I'd have to do? I assume there would be a template for the spine that I'd have to pick out....After I find one, I'm not too sure what to do after that.
I just downloaded Gimp by the way, forgot to mention that.
Hoggs17:
When I first found this site, I thought it was awesome but I wanted to make my own covers (wasn't a real fan of the retail). So I made my own minimalist covers (NES) and a modified wiggy style for my SNES. After printing them all out and putting them in my UGCs, i realized that when I opened the cases - i really didn't like the white back grounds. So i decided to take my custom covers and turn them into the inside covers and then print the retail covers on the outside. So I guess I'm halfway done.
Sorry to make a short story long, but I guess I would say, give it a shot yourself. It's challenging and rewarding at the same time. In the beginning I didn't know anything about photoshop and I needed some pointers from a few of the fellah's in here, but a few months later (I still don't know much about photoshop, but I know enough to make my covers), I have created custom covers for my entire library of games. I struggled and there was a steep learning curve but in hindsight, I'm proud of what i've done and when my friends asked where i got them, i can be proudly declare "I made them."
Megatron:
Having experimented with several different methods, uniformity, retail, etc. I have come to the conclusion that (for me) uniformity of some kind is ideal. For NES, they need that black NES logo square up top. For N64 and SNES the spines need to be the same. The fronts, backs etc don't matter so much to me, but the spine is by far the most important thing.
I suggest trying some stuff, seeing how it looks and going from there. You never know what you'll find. For example, one thing I learned that I absolutely won't compromise on is that all my genesis titles need to be uniform red stripe. I just hated how they looked mixed with black, green, etc.
So I say play around, print one or two of various covers, and see how they look.
JakeHC:
I've decided to go with uniformity, I guess it's a bit of OCD kicking in. In Australia, all ps1 releases had a black spine with white text haha, can't stand anything else. Same with the PAL PS2 spines, just looks strange without uniformity to me.