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Sega Saturn Cover Thread
Doom:
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The7k:
What software are you using to create the vectoring effect?
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The real way to create vectors is with software like Google SketchUp or Adobe Illlustrator. I tried it once very briefly but it looked too complicated. Hexxxer's ESRB rating logos were vectors I think until he exported them to an image. Ask him.
Vt102:
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--- Quote from: Vt102 on August 06, 2008, 08:31:25 AM ---
The7k:
What software are you using to create the vectoring effect?
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The real way to create vectors is with software like Google SketchUp or Adobe Illlustrator. I tried it once very briefly but it looked too complicated. Hexxxer's ESRB rating logos were vectors I think until he exported them to an image. Ask him.
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I have been messing with illustrator lately (thankfully I got a free version from my work). But as you said, it is a bit complicated.
rbenchley:
Here are some tutorials for vectorizing images in Illustrator:
http://www.templatesurge.com/sunslogo.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yNFH99cWg
Be sure to crank up the volume in the video tutorial, as the sound is very low.
the7k:
6inch My Darling
http://www.thecoverproject.net/uploads/the7k.custom.saturn_6inchmydarling_jp.jpg
Well, here's a game that... well, you really shouldn't have this game at all, but if you do happen to have it, here is a cover for it. Unfortunately, this game just isn't very good, and it's not even bad enough that its funny to torture friends (or yourself) with. It's just boring, even as visual novels go. I couldn't recommend it unless you are a Saturn or Visual Novel collector of the highest order. I myself only got it because I had a flat-shipping rate from a Hong Kong dealer on eBay and just decided to get as much crap as I could since it wouldn't matter anyway. Shipping still ran me more than twice what I ordered.
Oh yeah, about all the vectoring, I might have to see if I can snag a copy of Adobe Illustrator CS2 from the computers in the art lab when I get back to college. As it stands, Adobe charges way, way, WAY too much for it. I guess Adobe wants to make sure that "Starving Artist" cliche stays true.
the7k:
Quovadis
http://www.thecoverproject.net/uploads/the7k.custom.saturn_quovadis_jp.jpg
For some reason, this cover was a freaking hassle to vector. It still doesn't look as good as it should, but I just gave up and decided to move on. This is yet another Tactical/Strategy RPG, I guess it's impossible to hide that it's one of my favorite genres, regardless of language. This game is interesting enough, I'd actually say go for it if your a fan of Turn-Based Strategy games, don't mind the language barrier and find it for pretty cheap (I got mine in that huge batch of Saturn import games that included 6inch My Darling above).
Edit: Oh yeah, and it is supposed to be Quovadis, even though the logo makes it look like Quovanis.