Originally posted by: DocLathropBrown
Since I'm a fan of the 'minimalist' approach, here's my custom cover for Ghostbusters. 'Tis very big, to keep the quality (I put everything, legal text, logos, everything but barcode) so it works as a useable replacement cover for whichever edition you have. The screenshots on back are taken from the recent re-release with the (supposed) new transfer, but their quality doesn't seem to be all that great. Anyone who wants to use this can resize it, as I wasn't sure how to without losing the readability of the text on the back. Distribute freely, just give me credit.
BTW, I'd love to see someone give this the "3D" treatment, since I have no clue how to.
Hi Doc,
Nice cover, and I don't know how to break it to you, but that's actually quite a low res in DVD cover terms. Here's a quote from the Star Wars cover thread which states the resolutions people are normally reccomended to work to:
Originally posted by: oojason
For anyone wanting a guide or two on templates & info for dvd covers, boxes, inserts, and discart:-
http://www.scanavo.com/products.html
or
http://www.diskfaktory.com/dfshare/info/ArtworkTemplates.asp
Measurements for covers to fit a...
1-disc box set are - 274mm wide, 185mm high, with a spine width of 14mm - 3240 x 2188 pixels at 300dpi
4-disc box set are - 281mm wide, 185mm high, with a spine width of 20mm - 3325 x 2188 pixels at 300dpi
6-disc box set are - 288mm wide, 185mm high, with a spine width of 27mm - 3402 x 2188 pixels at 300dpi
Since I'm a fan of the 'minimalist' approach, here's my custom cover for Ghostbusters. 'Tis very big, to keep the quality (I put everything, legal text, logos, everything but barcode) so it works as a useable replacement cover for whichever edition you have. The screenshots on back are taken from the recent re-release with the (supposed) new transfer, but their quality doesn't seem to be all that great. Anyone who wants to use this can resize it, as I wasn't sure how to without losing the readability of the text on the back. Distribute freely, just give me credit.
BTW, I'd love to see someone give this the "3D" treatment, since I have no clue how to.
Hi Doc,
Nice cover, and I don't know how to break it to you, but that's actually quite a low res in DVD cover terms. Here's a quote from the Star Wars cover thread which states the resolutions people are normally reccomended to work to:
Originally posted by: oojason
For anyone wanting a guide or two on templates & info for dvd covers, boxes, inserts, and discart:-
http://www.scanavo.com/products.html
or
http://www.diskfaktory.com/dfshare/info/ArtworkTemplates.asp
Measurements for covers to fit a...
1-disc box set are - 274mm wide, 185mm high, with a spine width of 14mm - 3240 x 2188 pixels at 300dpi
4-disc box set are - 281mm wide, 185mm high, with a spine width of 20mm - 3325 x 2188 pixels at 300dpi
6-disc box set are - 288mm wide, 185mm high, with a spine width of 27mm - 3402 x 2188 pixels at 300dpi
With regards to the 3D look, someone has probably mentioned it in this thread, but I believe the tool is call Imadix or something and its for Windows. You can do a pretty good approximation in photoshop by doing a perspective transform on the spin a front cover, adding a stroke around the image for the DVD Case plastic, and then create your own 'shine' on a seperate layer for the fold in the cover.
HTH and nice job!