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penguinofgreatness' avatar
RE: Question for people who own the 1984 VHS releases

You could use dropbox.com (the web version) and the public folder option. As far as I know there is no file size limit. (besides the 2 gb of storage data)

MaximRecoil's avatar
RE: Question for people who own the 1984 VHS releases

Let's see how RapidShare works for now:

https://rapidshare.com/files/1414081177/1984_star-wars-trilogy_cbs-fox_vhs_dvd_sleeves_and_labels_300-dpi.zip

penguinofgreatness said:

Oh, btw when you are done with the covers, could you please make alternatives that don't have the hi-fi stereo or CBS/FOX logo on the front side of the cover. I think I would like this look the best. The covers look great.

Alternate versions: 

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Let me know when you have those alternate versions so I can take them down.

Last edited on January 25, 2012 at 4:33 PM by MaximRecoil
penguinofgreatness' avatar
RE: Question for people who own the 1984 VHS releases

These are amazing. I have both versions  and they look really great!

Last edited on January 24, 2012 at 10:42 PM by penguinofgreatness
MaximRecoil's avatar
RE: Question for people who own the 1984 VHS releases

I have an Epson Stylus Photo 1400 printer, and tonight I printed out the ANH sleeve on A4-size Epson Photo Quality Glossy Paper (S041126) using the "Photo Paper Glossy" and "Photo RPM" printer settings ("High Speed" unchecked, "Edge Smoothing" checked). I printed directly from my vector file, in which everything but the poster art on front and the screenshots on back are vector.

I chose the "Photo Quality Glossy Paper" over the various grades of normal photo paper because it isn't as heavy as normal photo paper, i.e., it is more similar in weight to retail DVD case sleeves like you would find in the DVD case of a store-bought Hollywood movie.

The results are amazing; very comparable to the quality, as well as the overall look and feel, of an offset printed retail DVD sleeve. All of the text and other vector elements are razor sharp, including the very fine print on the bottom of the back, and the raster images look like photographic prints. There's nothing about it that looks amateurish or "bootleg"; it truly looks like it was professionally printed. I tried taking a picture of it but my cheap camera doesn't even come close to doing it justice.

I had previously printed these sleeves out on blank matte DVD sleeves, the kind that are A4 sized but perforated around the edges so you can tear the edges off to make it exactly DVD sleeve size. The results were good, i.e., all the text was sharp and the raster elements looked good, but they just didn't look like a retail DVD sleeves if you looked closely enough to see the rough texture of the matte paper, which broke up the solid colors because of the tiny "cracks" running every which way in the paper. The Epson "Photo Quality Glossy Paper" doesn't have that problem at all.

Now I just need to figure out a good way to cut this A4 paper down exactly to the edges of the printing. I don't have a paper cutter, but I think the local library does. I was also thinking of using a metal straight edge along with a utility knife with a new razor blade.

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RE: Question for people who own the 1984 VHS releases

Hello, long time lurker, first time poster.

Does anyone have a copy of MaximRecoil's DVD versions of these covers? The link above is now dead.

Thanks in advance :)

penguinofgreatness' avatar
RE: Question for people who own the 1984 VHS releases

LukeGorgeous said:

Hello, long time lurker, first time poster.

Does anyone have a copy of MaximRecoil's DVD versions of these covers? The link above is now dead.

Thanks in advance :)

https://www.box.com/s/piixpilum4u6ypv2dz4b

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