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January 26, 2017, 04:54:11 PM
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knubbis93

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Hello i tried making these cover art stuff fit a vhs case but no luck in doing so does anyone know how i can do it and how i can get these dimensions right?
19,6 centimeters height
25,6 centimeters width
ive tried for a good while and still no luck so i wonderd if anyone could help me out? im lost when it comes to changing dimensions of the cover art i want it to be in a vhs case and not the custom expensive ones

hope someone is willing to answer my question Kind regards

January 26, 2017, 05:19:25 PM
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Do a search on our forums. There's a number of projects.

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=17346.0

January 26, 2017, 05:22:52 PM
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but is that the right width and height? theres different sizes of vhs aswell

January 27, 2017, 02:31:23 PM
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Do a search on our forums. There's a number of projects.

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=17346.0


also i tried his case and printed the vhs cover it was wrong dimensions. cant i just change the dimensions of the ones made on this site for the custom cases?

January 27, 2017, 03:06:17 PM
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Different outlets had different cases. There isn't one universal VHS case size. My local mom and pop rental store had huge cases.  Hollywood VHS cases aren't the exact same size as BlockBusters Videos. Just measure the insert section of  your cases.

January 27, 2017, 07:11:31 PM
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i got it working thanks to another thread i used UnderCoverXP and changed dimensions manually in that program and picked vhs format so now all the covers on this site works :D thanks a bunch hopefully this can help others too kind regards also i checked dimensions on the old cover on the vhs covers

January 28, 2017, 08:39:48 AM
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Different outlets had different cases. There isn't one universal VHS case size. My local mom and pop rental store had huge cases.  Hollywood VHS cases aren't the exact same size as BlockBusters Videos. Just measure the insert section of  your cases.

whats going on with the site? cant download covers?

January 29, 2017, 10:10:32 AM
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whats going on with the site? cant download covers?

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