N64 Vertical Cover Thread

[BonzerChicken]

If you dont mind the way i did the mario tennis one i will attempt them for you they just might take a while because im busy this next week and the week after with schooling but after that im good to go, but i may do a couple during this week

[BonzerChicken]

I dont see it as an oval but i could be wrong

[shenske]

@BonzerChicken

I would suggest recoloring the yellow back and the green spine for the vertical N64 covers.  The transparent layers in the template are there to remind which colors to use, not as a color filter.  With all the spines and backs we have done for the vertical n64 covers just have a range of greens and a range of yellows.  You can just see the colors of the original art behind the overlay color, it looks kind of funky.  Other than than, from what i can tell it looks good.

[BonzerChicken]

O i see thx for the advice. But wouldnt it make more sense for all the covers to be the same like green shade, to me that would look better sitting on my shelf.

[shenske]

...But wouldnt it make more sense for all the covers to be the same like green shade, to me that would look better sitting on my shelf.

Yeah, thats they way they all look now. By "range of greens" i meant all the colors on the green spine vary from dark green to light green with the lights and darks of the original artwork.

[shenske]

Bomberman 64

[tiktektak]

I dont see it as an oval but i could be wrong

After a direct comparison between the retail cover we have on our site and this vertical cover I have to say that the tennis ball looks even more round on the vertical one. So if it's clean and high res than I'd say good job! 

[Arseen]

I dont see it as an oval but i could be wrong

After a direct comparison between the retail cover we have on our site and this vertical cover I have to say that the tennis ball looks even more round on the vertical one. So if it's clean and high res than I'd say good job! 

Agreed, looks good.

Now, would you do the black version too.

[BonzerChicken]

K question about the green and yellow shenske im new to photoshop and was wondering how i would get the green or yellow to work? and how do i do it?

[ShoothimNow]

I have 2 "Mario Tennis" boxes, here are my scans of the green sides

[AppleQueso]

@bonzerchicken, just set the layer style for the green spine layer to "overlay" and desaturate the image underneath of needed. That's what i do and it matches with Shenske's covers excellently.

I was wrong about the front being "stretched", but I do notice that the imagine on the back beneath the yellow is, infact stretched..

[shenske]

Its really simple, first off you'll want to duplicate your "spine layer" just in case the new colored spine isn't perfect you can give it another shot.  

In Photoshop:
Image => Adjustments => Gradient Map...

Then a little colored box will pop up. Click the area where the colors are and a new little window will pop up.  In this new window there are little selectors where you can choose a new color.  You will only need three selectors (one on the far right, one in the middle and one on the far left).

Far Left (Dark Green)
if you want to go into greater accuracy you can mimic my exact colors i use.
When you click the far left selector to choose a color you can enter color values (numbers).
R: 20,  G: 61,  B:18

Middle (light green)
R: 71,  G: 192,  B: 82

Far Right (white green)
R:196,  G: 255,  B: 184

That was kind of the advanced version but its not too hard to figure out  

[shenske]

I was wrong about the front being "stretched", but I do notice that the imagine on the back beneath the yellow is, infact stretched..

Yeah that does look a bit funky stretched out like that. I would suggest resizing the image (even if you loose some of the artwork) so it maintains the same ratio.  Also, you may want to add the ESRB to the back of the cover. It looks kind of odd without it

[BonzerChicken]

Its really simple, first off you'll want to duplicate your "spine layer" just in case the new colored spine isn't perfect you can give it another shot. 

In Photoshop:
Image => Adjustments => Gradient Map...

Then a little colored box will pop up. Click the area where the colors are and a new little window will pop up.  In this new window there are little selectors where you can choose a new color.  You will only need three selectors (one on the far right, one in the middle and one on the far left).

Far Left (Dark Green)
if you want to go into greater accuracy you can mimic my exact colors i use.
When you click the far left selector to choose a color you can enter color values (numbers).
R: 20,  G: 61,  B:18


Middle (light green)
R: 71,  G: 192,  B: 82

Far Right (white green)
R:196,  G: 255,  B: 184

That was kind of the advanced version but its not too hard to figure out 

k nice that looks great on mine but what did you do for the yellow?

[shenske]

[k nice that looks great on mine but what did you do for the yellow?

Same step as before but the selector are in different locations.  You can fidget around with these a lot more loosely than the spine colors.  I often move the selectors around until i get it just right.



Left:
R: 231,  G: 109,  B: 0

Middle:
R: 255,  G: 234,  B: 0

Right:
R: 253,  G: 249,  B: 189


EDIT:
I've been thinking for a while that i should group together all my suggestions that i have been giving members into a guide or FAQ.  Maybe even a cover making 101. Problem is that would take a huge amount of time. What do you guys think is more important, me making a guide or a bunch of covers?  PM me with a response (lets not clutter up this thread).