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Originally posted by: Galahad_Skywalker
Wow...great job, Dean! If I didn't feel so guilty about printing out another color-intensive cover set, I'd definitely use them. Maybe I'll print them out anyway...

BTW, what programs did you use to create these? I've put off my insert designing longer than I should have, mainly because the programs I was using weren't very flexible. Were the programs you used free? Could anyone else suggest a good program for designing covers and inserts?
Thanks!


Thanks for the compliment Galahad. I used Photoshop to create my covers.

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wow first off great covers dean of don mills...

second ya we have definatly created some better covers than those POS's...
however... those menu's look pretty kick ass...
simple just like the prequel menus but not motionless...
i think thats the only thing i may appreciate on these dvds...
still not enough for me to buy them though..
copy them... yea prolly... lol
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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
wow first off great covers dean of don mills...

second ya we have definatly created some better covers than those POS's...
however... those menu's look pretty kick ass...
simple just like the prequel menus but not motionless...
i think thats the only thing i may appreciate on these dvds...
still not enough for me to buy them though..
copy them... yea prolly... lol



Man I already paid for mine

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Originally posted by: Rikter
Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
wow first off great covers dean of don mills...

second ya we have definatly created some better covers than those POS's...
however... those menu's look pretty kick ass...
simple just like the prequel menus but not motionless...
i think thats the only thing i may appreciate on these dvds...
still not enough for me to buy them though..
copy them... yea prolly... lol



Man I already paid for mine




Sorry to hear that, Rikter.
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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
This just in!

The covers of the official DVDs:

http://www.filmcompagniet.dk/presse/video_dvd/images/2004/Star_Wars_EP4_DVD_salg.jpg

http://www.filmcompagniet.dk/presse/video_dvd/images/2004/Star_Wars_EP5_DVD_salg.jpg

http://www.filmcompagniet.dk/presse/video_dvd/images/2004/Star_Wars_EP6_DVD_salg.jpg


Almost suitable for printing, if they weren't in German.
Not that you'd want to.

Look, see, just how much these cover suck.


They are nothing compared to the excellent work on covers you've made here at OT.com!


I gotta say - Yea we did do better huh?

BUT we did covers for the Original Trilogy not these Ultimate Best Special We'll yet have another version Super Editions

(MY first covers I made had the cool silver/grey spines too!)


You guys did a lot better. You don't have Luke's hand sizes all messed up like the new ROTJ cover, and you didn't take the same AT-AT and put it on the ESB cover 3 times right next to each other. How retarded do people have to be to not catch this stuff?
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Just wanted to let Dean and all the other members know what great work you've all done on the covers. Kudos!

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Again I voice the sentiment of praise. I just printed out Dean's covers this afternoon, after my shift ended at the library. I felt like an ass standing by the color printer as it spat out Star Wars covers, mainly because two of the librarians and two patrons were nearby, and I felt strangely like I breaking some rules or not being a good employee or something, but as I said, I had already punched out, so what does it matter? Bottom line is, now I have the covers cut out and placed in the DVD cases and they look great! The printer I used printed them out slightly more glossy than normal household printers, so you can barely tell they're not professional from a distance. That says a lot about the talent and ingeniuity of our own fan artists. I also have Cerbero's black artwork slipped in underneath Dean's, in case I ever feel like switching the artwork around.
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My covers feature the backsides of Dean's covers, and the spines of covers fit to look like the prequels.
For the front I use the SE posters. But ONLY because the posters look better. There's no mention of 'special edition' on them, so it's ok.

I also modified some inserts to fit with the TR47 version chapter stops.

I can post them here if anyone is interested in them.

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HAL 9000:
I for one would like to see the covers you described. Could you post them (or at least a preview)

Thanks.
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My covers feature the backsides of Dean's covers, and the spines of covers fit to look like the prequels.
For the front I use the SE posters. But ONLY because the posters look better. There's no mention of 'special edition' on them, so it's ok.


I was talking about those covers, but after re-reading your post, I realise that when you said "I can post them here if anyone is interested in them" you were referring to the inserts, not the covers. My bad.
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Oooohhh okay.

EDIT: Nevermind.

Use the back of Dean's covers.

Use the spines of the first OR second OT covers on this page:
http://www.prillaman.net/dvd-covers-starwars.html

Also on that page, for the front of the cover, use the THIRD OT covers.

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Cheers for sharing the DVD Inserts Hal 9000

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What a great idea, Hal! I'm going to have to try it! I've always liked the Special Edition poster art, and gave up on having the SE artwork before you mentioned cutting bits and pieces and putting them together. Again, great idea!
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I'll post said covers as soon as I upload them.

I didn't actually create them on computer; I just cut them up after printing. But I'm working with primitive MS paint. So I'll post 'em when I'm done.

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I got ambitious and started working on some similar to what Hal's sound like. I'm going to try a couple variations of the Supplemental Disc, since it offers the most leeway, as only it spine really has to match the rest of the trilogy. I'll put them up here soon (or at least a sample).

Good luck, Hal! Have you ever tried using The Gimp? It's a free Photoshop-like program, and that's what I'm using right now.
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Update:
I just finished off the adapted trilogy covers. I'll just state that none of the artwork or layout is mine, though it's certainly obvious. I used the spines that bore the episode number, with the Special Edition Trilogy logo in the background, though I didn't think anything of the words 'Special Edition' being emblazoned across the spines until after I finished everything else, so I went back in and airbrushed it out. I also created two different versions of the Supplemental disc covers: one with Dean's front, the other with a front created by Cerbero. The backs are all from Dean's, since I especially liked his layout. I took the fronts of the trilogy DVDs off of that cover site that Hal mentioned a little while ago, though I took the ones that have the Roman numerals in a large font in the upper left-hand corner (similar to the official releases, though the artwork doesn't suck like those). If anyone would like a supplemental cover with the front from the official releases, send me the jpg, and I could stick it on quite easily.

So, without any further ado, here is a sample of what I did:

If anyone saw the gargantuan picture, I apologize. This should rectify it:

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Heck, at that size, I'll post them all up. That was ANH, clearly.

This is ESB:



ROTJ:



And here are the two supplemental disc designs, one with Dean's front, the other with Cerbero's front, respectively:





In the event that you would like to use these yourself, let me know, through posting or sending me a PM, and I'll set you up with the full-sized copies!
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Excellent, Galahad!

Only one gripe: the spines.
They have a background thing that contains the words "special editions".
We can't have that, now can we?

I used the spines that otherwise look the same aside from the logo that forms when all three are next to each other.

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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
Excellent, Galahad!

Only one gripe: the spines.
They have a background thing that contains the words "special editions".
We can't have that, now can we?

I used the spines that otherwise look the same aside from the logo that forms when all three are next to each other.


Hal, don't worry...if you look carefully, you'll see I airbrushed the 'Special Edition' off of the logo.
Here are close-ups of each spine:

http://people.cornellcollege.edu/b-wellman/Non-SE1.jpg

http://people.cornellcollege.edu/b-wellman/Non-SE2.jpg

http://people.cornellcollege.edu/b-wellman/Non-SE3.jpg

To be honest, I didn't even think about it until I had the spines on, and I liked the background logo so much that I decided I needed to fudge over it. Hope that clears it up.
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LMAO!!
i was just about to mention the SE thing on the spine too but damn.... he's too quick...
you have indeed proved yourself....
take you long to airbrush them out?
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Actually, it took only about ten minutes or so...I simply used the color selector to capture the shade of color around the letters, then used that color with the airbrush...I'll admit there was some trial and error, since I couldn't find just the right tool to use until I settled on the airbrush. Incidentally, the spine on the Supplemental disc said 'Supplemental Materials,' while all of the rest of the artwork said said 'Supplemental Material,' so I found myself using the color selector and marking the added 's' in materials out with the inkpen tool (I also had to copy and paste the DVD logo on the very bottom of the supplemental spine). It was quite fun to customize my own set of covers.
Oh, and I've got all the files zipped together on my computer right now, including both supplemental covers. I'll stick them on my webspace this afternoon, and give you all a chance to download them if you want to. And also, I'll shortly be continuing my work on the inserts for the anamorphic versions...I'll be releasing those one at a time, it looks like, though, and it doesn't look like it'll take me too much longer to finish the ESB insert.
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Here you go...a zip folder containing the covers I pieced together last night. It contains both versions of the bonus disc cover art, so you canuse whichever one you wish. The folder is 12.4 MB in size, so I don't know how long I can keep it up, but since I'm going on vacation this weekend, it'll definitely be up for a little over a week, at least.

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awesome Galahad_Skywalker!

i now have about 9 different sets of covers i have to get printed out!

lol
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