The Custom Covers Thread

[Jacob 0]

Sweet covers Charlie.

When's Last Crusade coming?

[FarVoyager 0]

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A public service announcement:

As we work on custom covers and perhaps even scan in various original covers towards that effort, I wanted to post a plug for the website "Album Art Exchange" where folks post some really fantastic scans of album covers for use in itunes etc. They don't post custom covers, but their collection is a bit weak on soundtracks so it looks like they could use the help of some dedicated fans here. So, if you've scanned in some soundtrack covers while making custom ones, why not do a public service and contribute your scans over at the "Album Art Exchange"?

http://www.albumartexchange.com/covers.php

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Okay, back to our regularly scheduled explosion of creativity!

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

anyone done an expanded Air Force One? I don't really care about the back cover

[Charlie Brigden 5]

Thanks Hedji and Dan (and everyone else!)

Here is TLC:

[Deleted 309]

anyone done an expanded Air Force One? I don't really care about the back cover

I did at one point, using a screen cap of the movie that showed Air Force One parked at the Moscow airport at the beginning of the film.

I tend to redo it...if I do I'll be sure to post it. In the mean time here is the main cover I did for it.

[Jonesy 55]

My custom cover from Gladiator:

[Darth Wojo 2408]

Since Ro Sajooc fixed the post, I'll remove the full page shot.

[Jonesy 55]

Thanks Wojo

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

Charlie those Indy covers are excellent! I would have loved to see an LC one which included Henry Sr. tho haha

[Deleted 309]

Well I decided to take a stab and did a custom cover for LLL's release of Independence Day. I used a very similar image to what they used...which is obvious it came from a screen cap and I personally think that the font is way too big. Hope you guys like this.

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

can some one please reupload the spiderman 1 and 2 covers? thanks!

[Charlie Brigden 5]

A very simple one for a re-edit of First Blood.

[Hedji 232]

I've been playing around with custom artwork reminiscent of the simple title art lps of the 70s. (A lot like Charlie's Rambo one there, although mine are probably less polished than his.)

[Charlie Brigden 5]

I saw those on FSM, they're really cool. The LP style is something I was certainly going for with the FB cover, I love the logo/title only artwork.

[fommes 90]

Pretty cool, yeah! Any chance to post them in a bit larger format?

[Hedji 232]

Unfortunately, I didn't make them very large because I couldn't find resources for them in a very large size. The only one I scanned myself was the Wrath of Khan, which I scanned from the program cover. (I do have the Wrath of Khan even larger if you want it bigger than this.) Sadly, I can't find the Star Trek TMP art in a larger format. The Jaws one and Raiders I could probably scan larger at some point, but I made them from stuff found on the net. Here they are, as large as possible.

[fommes 90]

Excellent, thanks!

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

A very simple one for a re-edit of First Blood.

whats with the big 'Rambo'?

[Charlie Brigden 5]

Just seemed a bit anemic on its own.

These are a couple of others I've done:

And a hypothetical one (hope this comes soon)

[Hedji 232]

Right click, save...

Right click, save..

Brilliant stuff, Charlie.

[Deleted 309]

can some one please reupload the spiderman 1 and 2 covers? thanks!

I did them differently since my original upload. Here are the new ones.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6194]

That AWIL cover is hilarious. Great stuff.

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

can some one please reupload the spiderman 1 and 2 covers? thanks!

I did them differently since my original upload. Here are the new ones.

Thanks!

[Qui-Don-Jinn 0]

Greetings all,

I'm attempting a back cover for "Scotland, PA" and would like to make the track listing look like the following picture, with the track names on the left and the artist/duration of track on the right:

Any ideas on how to do that? Is there a font similar to this?

Thanks!

[Ollie 717]

Nice work on the covers guys.

[Luke Skywalker 710]

BTW, it's being a nightmare finding something to make Avatar custom covers.

The ads for this movie are atrocious.

[Deleted 309]

BTW, it's being a nightmare finding something to make Avatar custom covers.

The ads for this movie are atrocious.

I generally go to this website here http://www.impawards.com for posters to use as main covers. I used two similar ones ..well they look similar but the color is different for each.

[Luke Skywalker 710]

That's what i mean, the photoshoped Posters of this movie are very average in quality. Look like Direct to DVD movie.

The all the posters and promotional stills are so colorful an bright that the text you can put on there stick like a sore thumb

The preview poster (original OST cover) would look great...if neytiri looked like her.

[Deleted 309]

I thought the picture on the OST is Jake, not Neytiri?

[Darth Wojo 2408]

And I always thought the OST showed Neytiri.

Does anybody have any scans of the four discs of the Star Wars Anthology? I have misplaced the power cord to my flatbed scanner, and would like to use the discs themselves rather than the black-on-black covers of each jewel case. I would search the internet for color versions of those logos, but feel the radio plays will suffice for representing them.

Never mind, Amazon has images.

[Luke Skywalker 710]

The OST image is Neytiri, come on those sensual eyes and lips are female!

Jake had his own poster like that:

[Luke Skywalker 710]

Well i finally managed to do satisfying covers out of the promotional art.

Awaiting permission to post them.

[Luke Skywalker 710]

Well here they are, several versions:

For a 2cd set or itunes:

Front cover version 1

Front Cover version 2

For a 3CD set:

Front cover version 1

Front cover version 2

I cannot post back covers with titles

But here are small pics for an overall view (PM if you want the bigger versions)

For the version 1 front covers

For the version 2 front covers

For the version 2 front covers alternate

I hope you like them

[Ollie 717]

Nice.

[Darth Wojo 2408]

Very nice, very clear. It's almost a shame to scale them down to fit an iPod.

[MattyO 29]

Is anyone able to adjust the Blu-Ray sized deluxe Star Trek cover to normal CD dimensions, for use in iTunes? One day I'll learn how to use some kind of design software. Also, we better get ready to make some art for the download-only Toy Story 3 soundtrack.

[Darth Wojo 2408]

The image I got from Varese's website is 620x460. I aim for 600x600 for my iTunes covers, and did not want to rescale this image. The original image features a wide black border, which can be trimmed at either side to reduce the width to 600 pixels. I copied and pasted that image into a black image 600x600 in size, and roughly centered. That's good enough for me, though the OST will be removed from my iPod, and truthfully, the D.E. never made it on yet.

[Admiral Holdo 16]

It's not perfect (I'm going to see what I can do with the blur tool), but it's a start.

[Datameister 1057]

I'm working on a version that just directly adapts the DE cover art to the right size without changing the content. Hopefully I'll have it up soon.

[Charlie Brigden 5]

I wish the Varese cover was better. I never like the posters with those faces, but it could be so much nicer. I think I'll just design a new one.

[Datameister 1057]

Voila!

I rebuilt the photos using higher-res versions from the official site and reproduced/resized/moved the text so it would look sharp at a higher resolution and fit better in this aspect ratio. Mission successful, I think - if you like the original album art in the first place, that is.

[Hedji 232]

You guys are doing some awesome stuff. Thanks!

[Deleted 309]

Voila!

I rebuilt the photos using higher-res versions from the official site and reproduced/resized/moved the text so it would look sharp at a higher resolution and fit better in this aspect ratio. Mission successful, I think - if you like the original album art in the first place, that is.

Nicely done Joe, that definitely looks better. I'm still puzzled as to why Varèse chose to use Blu-Ray size dimensions (case) for this instead of an actual double disc jeweled case.

[OneBuckFilms 82]

Voila!

I rebuilt the photos using higher-res versions from the official site and reproduced/resized/moved the text so it would look sharp at a higher resolution and fit better in this aspect ratio. Mission successful, I think - if you like the original album art in the first place, that is.

When my copy gets here (a few days after 14th), I'll be using this image. Thanks !!!

[Datameister 1057]

Thanks, guys, glad you like it! It was a fun little project that I didn't expect to do today.

[Admiral Holdo 16]

How dare you do a better job than me!!!

Looks nice, I just might use it on my iPod.

[Darth Wojo 2408]

I didn't know there was a high-res version at the official site. When I shrink Data's down to 600x600, it won't look much different from what I made.

[Datameister 1057]

I didn't know there was a high-res version at the official site.

Yeah, they have a bunch of high-res images that are useful for album art and whatnot.

When I shrink Data's down to 600x600, it won't look much different from what I made.

Very true - I just liked the idea of the same image being theoretically printable as an actual cover for the album.

[Ollie 717]

Is anyone able to adjust the Blu-Ray sized deluxe Star Trek cover to normal CD dimensions, for use in iTunes? One day I'll learn how to use some kind of design software. Also, we better get ready to make some art for the download-only Toy Story 3 soundtrack.

I would imagine Pixar/Disney will provide cover artwork like they did for Up when you download it.

For Star Trek I'll probably just use the artwork from the original album for the new one. Or I'll just use the artwork as is from Varese's site.

[Darth Wojo 2408]

Yeah, they have a bunch of high-res images that are useful for album art and whatnot.

Whose site? Vareses? Where? I had to view the page source to even download the 620x460 image that I did, because they disable right click.

Very true - I just liked the idea of the same image being theoretically printable as an actual cover for the album.

I haven't used a printer in my house since I installed XP to my last computer back in college in 2001 or so, and watched as Canon didn't update their drivers for that printer. I use the money I save on not buying ink to buy more soundtracks.