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Fun Stuff => MAKE => Topic started by: Silly Bobs new groove on 08 Jan 2007, 08:46

Title: Custom DVD covers
Post by: Silly Bobs new groove on 08 Jan 2007, 08:46

I made some custom DVD covers for 3 reasons

1. I hate snap cases and I wanted to get rid of them so I needed new covers

2. I have a bunch of dvds out the Target 99 cent bin that have cases with no covers

3. I got a shall we say "not legal" TV dvds that needed covers

here's a few I'll post some more later, as you can see I REALLY like Batman
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5536/batwomanwk4.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=batwomanwk4.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6559/bbmkx1.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bbmkx1.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1701/bm1my9.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bm1my9.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7102/bm2ib5.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bm2ib5.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9714/bm3on0.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bm3on0.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9981/bm4cs6.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bm4cs6.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4464/bm5ne4.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bm5ne4.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8064/bm6bu2.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bm6bu2.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7802/bm7ds4.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bm7ds4.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1867/finestqg3.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finestqg3.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/476/jokerpc7.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jokerpc7.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5421/phantasmjf6.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phantasmjf6.gif)
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/668/subzeroyd3.th.gif) (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=subzeroyd3.gif)

Title: Re: Custom DVD covers
Post by: Runs_With_Scissors on 19 Jan 2007, 14:00

Those are pretty damn cool. How did you make them exactly?

Title: Re: Custom DVD covers
Post by: Silly Bobs new groove on 20 Jan 2007, 06:40

Photoshop mostly, For the Batman tv series I sent the pictures through an art filter, paper cut out I believe, they came very much to my liking.

Title: Re: Custom DVD covers
Post by: moogoob on 07 Feb 2007, 13:23

Pretty nice. One hint, though. A major rule of typography: never put type over an image unless you can fit it all in an area with a flat colour. The Batman one with all the blue, for example, works well, the others are nigh unreadable. To fix that, put a dark coloured rectangle on a layer beneath the text. Also, I'm not a fan of the typeface, but considering it's Batman, it works. :)

Keep at it, and don't be afraid to read Graphic Design-related books if you'd like to make this sort of thing more than a hobby. :)