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January 05, 2011, 07:39:37 PM
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 ;) Does look good meng. Welcome aboard THE MORE THE MERRIER! lol
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January 05, 2011, 08:07:46 PM
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How do you guys get your two covers positioned like that in your photo renders? I was playing around with that software but I couldn't figure out how to get the back cover to stand flush and the front cover to be on an angle...

Also, do you use a default box or are you using a custom box for the render?

January 05, 2011, 08:11:47 PM
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Display #3 on imandix (well thats what it is for me at least)
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January 05, 2011, 08:26:27 PM
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Display #3 on imandix (well thats what it is for me at least)

Thats what i do to. Set the case type to "DVD Deja 4/5/6"




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January 05, 2011, 08:28:00 PM
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January 05, 2011, 11:16:01 PM
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If you save just the back as a PDF (shouldnt be too big with just the back cropped out), I'm sure someone will easily create a better back for you and just send you the jpg of it  ;D

January 05, 2011, 11:22:36 PM
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@renandesouza

Its hard to tell the quality from the preview but it looks nice from the preview picture in the forums.  The back yellow picture should be recolored not set behind the transparent yellow layer in the template.  The yellow layer is just there to remind you what color to use on the back.  I know the back pictures you have look nice but always use 300dpi images.  :)

To quote myself here are some helpful tips on recoloring the back yellow and the spine green.
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?

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).  :)

EDIT:
Maybe i'm just in a helpful mood today :)  Try this link out for a filtered new yellow back for you. Its still the same image but with the filter it creates a blur on purpose and the image is 300dpi this way. I've done this for quite a few of my back images.
http://www.box.net/shared/q9dreivc6q
« Last Edit: January 05, 2011, 11:42:17 PM by shenske »




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January 05, 2011, 11:28:27 PM
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There's a lot of different ways to color the backs that look good imo. What I've done lately is desaturate the background images and then set the layer type on back color to "normal" and put it at around 65 percent, then I set the green bar color layer type to "multiply" and put it at 60%.

You could also play around with using overlay as a layer type too. It sometimes works better than multiply depending on what the spine image actually is.

January 06, 2011, 12:28:57 AM
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Has anyone made vertical versions of these N64 games? If not I'll probably start making these soon...

Killer Instinct Gold
Cruis'n USA
WCW/NWO Revenge
San Fransisco Rush

No one has vertical covers of those ones yet but can you leave "Revenge" for me? :P




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January 06, 2011, 12:47:37 AM
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Has anyone made vertical versions of these N64 games? If not I'll probably start making these soon...

Killer Instinct Gold
Cruis'n USA
WCW/NWO Revenge
San Fransisco Rush

No one has vertical covers of those ones yet but can you leave "Revenge" for me? :P

Sure, be my guest :) I'll probably start on Rush next. I got my hands on a mint copy of the box & cart which I can use to create some decent res art with.

January 06, 2011, 01:26:58 AM
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Updated Pilotwings 64. If anyone notices something that needs changing let me know. (I just removed the Rumble Pack icon)

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?ojwcqd2j20pyj69



« Last Edit: January 06, 2011, 01:45:52 AM by zerrminator »

January 08, 2011, 07:13:04 PM
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January 17, 2011, 02:10:25 PM
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I'm still on the hunt for a few more high quality "Red" ones to add to my collection. Anyone willing to help out?!?!

Looking for:

WCW/NWO World Tour
WCW/NWO Revenge
WWF No Mercy
Mario Golf
Killer Instinct Gold
Cruis'n USA
Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Much appreciated if anyone can help out.

January 18, 2011, 03:44:55 PM
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I'm still on the hunt for a few more high quality "Red" ones to add to my collection. Anyone willing to help out?!?!

Looking for:

WCW/NWO World Tour
WCW/NWO Revenge
WWF No Mercy
Mario Golf
Killer Instinct Gold
Cruis'n USA
Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Much appreciated if anyone can help out.


A little more than half of those are on my to-do list. I mat have some time after work tomorrow to work on them. :)
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January 18, 2011, 04:00:10 PM
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While your at it, would mind making these 4 as Euro black ones as well.

Mario Golf
Killer Instinct Gold
Cruis'n USA
Mortal Kombat Trilogy