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Was wondering what people do with their UGC's......
cojack16:
Given that I plan to keep looking for deals on NES, Genesis, N64, and SNES games- I probably should either decide to stick to a more common vertical style for all my covers or decide to do whatever I wish and not worry about keeping it so organized/uniform. Constantly making requests wouldn't work so well I think. My collection is never going to be completely static.
how much would adobe Photoshop cost? Or is there a free Photoshop download that would also do the job for me (just creating or fixing covers for myself)?
Arseen:
--- Quote from: cojack16 on November 07, 2013, 07:23:32 PM ---Given that I plan to keep looking for deals on NES, Genesis, N64, and SNES games- I probably should either decide to stick to a more common vertical style for all my covers or decide to do whatever I wish and not worry about keeping it so organized/uniform. Constantly making requests wouldn't work so well I think. My collection is never going to be completely static.
how much would adobe Photoshop cost? Or is there a free Photoshop download that would also do the job for me (just creating or fixing covers for myself)?
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If you stick to Vertical style you should be covered quite easily as I actively collect and store them, and if good raws pop up do them if I have time.
I think you can download Photoshop CS2 free. Or use Paint.net or Gimp.
cojack16:
Thanks Arseen.
I'm torn. I really love these beautiful custom covers. At the same time I love thinking about how all my games would look- all organized and neat on a shelf
I'm surprised no one has posted a guide or a "how-to" for using templates and making what covers you need using some of these photoshop programs.
larryinc64:
Photoshop can be expensive, a couple hundred, depending on the version, I use CS3. Got it in a collection with a student discount.
Gimp is similar, but not as good, but free and should do the job.
I use retail covers with easy to make custom spines.
Here is a shitty picture of white, printer friendly place holder spine cards of them.
cojack16:
I guess it's too much (money and time) to invest in the idea of getting photoshop and doing some myself. Hmm....
Will have to think about it I guess. Maybe total uniformity wouldn't be as pleasing as the freedom to have great, unique covers for many of the games.