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| ShoothimNow:
I guess I would just rather have a more interesting background picture that is tinted yellow, I don't know. I won't print these out due to the fact someone will make better and replace yours. I was trying to help out, but if you want to be a douche about it, ok. Lets review the other covers on this site compared to yours compared to yours - This one I like, but add a shadow to the white text In comparison, just to be more of a dick that you think that I am, your covers are NOT going to be accepted, and infact you are going to be denied as you are missing the information on the lower right corner of each cover. The truth is harsh. Love the covers, but they can be greatly fixed. Maybe not greatly, but your attitude sure can be. Again, --- Quote from: Myself on March 15, 2011, 11:10:41 AM ---Clarky64, no offense as I love the covers, I just... think the backs are really really really really really plain... Can't even read the write wording. Everything is too bright and vague IMO --- End quote --- Actually, no, I dont like the Mario Party cover. in compares to this one - You will note that the back is completely gold and no colors other than white --> gold |
| SonicAdvDX:
--- Quote from: ShoothimNow on March 15, 2011, 12:55:50 PM ---You will note that the back is completely gold and no colors other than white --> gold --- End quote --- Actually, I've been meaning to get some advice on that... I understand that I should probably greyscale the image first, before putting it behind the semi-transparent gold/green layers in the templates for the backs and spines, but how do you guys achieve that fantastic POP of the lights against the dark hues. Whenever I place an image behind these layers, they always turn out sort of dulled and subdued by the color of the overlapping layer, instead of really being accentuated, like the back of Mario Tennis, for instance. It's sexy as hell! But, I can't seem to get the contrast right. I'd really appreciate just the commands you go through to get that. ;D As for clarky64, yeah, people are going to nit-pick. That's the point of this website having quality control. Our cover archives would run rampant with crappy covers if we didn't seek perfection in our collection. But, you shouldn't feel offended. I personally have made probably over 40 covers for all different systems and have purposely not uploaded them or submitted them to the forums because I KNOW that they don't meet the quality control, simply because I just want to slap a cover together for my collection that the site doesn't have, and not really worry about the details. There's nothing wrong with doing that, but if you're not going to worry about meeting the quality control standards of the forums, then just go ahead and keep your covers off the site. (And I mean that in the nicest way possible.) You won't get your feelings hurt by constant nit-picking, and you'll have all the covers you need for yourself. Honestly, just do what I do. Keep them to yourself, unless you KNOW you've made a perfect cover. Simple as that. ;) |
| shenske:
--- Quote from: SonicAdvDX on March 15, 2011, 02:51:17 PM --- --- Quote from: ShoothimNow on March 15, 2011, 12:55:50 PM ---You will note that the back is completely gold and no colors other than white --> gold --- End quote --- Actually, I've been meaning to get some advice on that... I understand that I should probably greyscale the image first, before putting it behind the semi-transparent gold/green layers in the templates for the backs and spines, but how do you guys achieve that fantastic POP of the lights against the dark hues. Whenever I place an image behind these layers, they always turn out sort of dulled and subdued by the color of the overlapping layer, instead of really being accentuated, like the back of Mario Tennis, for instance. It's sexy as hell! But, I can't seem to get the contrast right. I'd really appreciate just the commands you go through to get that. ;D --- End quote --- Thats because you are not supposed to use the semitransparent green & yellow parts. They are there as placeholders to remind you what color to use. I thought if i made the layer transparent then people would know to delete it. It seems though that everyone misinterpreted that and started using full color images behind the layer. I have directions on how to make the colors "pop" as are requesting earlier in thread. (in fact i think i may have quoted myself a few times reminding people ::) ) EDIT: Here it is again --- Quote from: shenske on May 19, 2010, 04:58:05 PM ---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 :) --- End quote --- --- Quote from: shenske on May 19, 2010, 10:51:13 PM --- --- Quote from: BonzerChicken on May 19, 2010, 06:22:56 PM ---[k nice that looks great on mine but what did you do for the yellow? --- End quote --- 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). :) --- End quote --- |
| clarky64:
Firstly, chill! I wasn't blasting anyone in my post. I was merely repeating what I had said in my first post about criticism. I posted these covers to share with others, I wasn't submitting my covers to the site, or atleast I didnt think I was. I know my covers don't meet the standards of some but I'm happy with them and I just figured that some might like them also. I don't really care if you like them to be perfectly honest, you can always make your own right? Thanks for the wise comments sonicadvdx. I will keep my covers to myself but if anyone would like to download them still (even to modify them) please feel free to pm me. --- Quote from: ShoothimNow on March 15, 2011, 12:55:50 PM ---I guess I would just rather have a more interesting background picture that is tinted yellow, I don't know. I won't print these out due to the fact someone will make better and replace yours. I was trying to help out, but if you want to be a douche about it, ok. Lets review the other covers on this site compared to yours compared to yours - This one I like, but add a shadow to the white text In comparison, just to be more of a dick that you think that I am, your covers are NOT going to be accepted, and infact you are going to be denied as you are missing the information on the lower right corner of each cover. The truth is harsh. Love the covers, but they can be greatly fixed. Maybe not greatly, but your attitude sure can be. Again, --- Quote from: Myself on March 15, 2011, 11:10:41 AM ---Clarky64, no offense as I love the covers, I just... think the backs are really really really really really plain... Can't even read the write wording. Everything is too bright and vague IMO --- End quote --- Actually, no, I dont like the Mario Party cover. in compares to this one - You will note that the back is completely gold and no colors other than white --> gold --- End quote --- |
| irvgotti452:
Take it easy guys these are custom covers. Meaning the creator uses their discretion. If you would like to creatively help then do so. But no negative back-n-forth. |
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