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    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 4th 2007
    My take on The Golden Compass:

    http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2928 … theeb0.jpg

    Admittedly not my best by a long shot, but hey, I like it! smile
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 5th 2007 edited
    And here's another of my takes on The Golden Compass. Better than my first attempt I hope:

    http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2387/g … thebx7.jpg
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 5th 2007
    And one for the complete (or possibly not..) copy of Revenge Of The Sith:

    http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6982 … sitwm7.jpg
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 5th 2007
    And my final cover of the evening:

    http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8423/p … nunud4.jpg

    For any of the Pirates films, but personally I'm using it for the unreleased suites. Enjoy. smile
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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007 edited
    Anthony, any way you could make your covers in a higher resolution? The size you're using now is about half the size I usually view my album art at...

    Looks really awesome though! smile

    I just saw the Revenge of the Sith one....woah! Sweet!!
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007
    Tintin wrote
    Erik Woods wrote
    Here are some of mine...


    An Acoustic Guitar Compilation that was sent to me... I created the art work
    http://www.dillusions.net/erik/cdcovers/acoustic.jpg

    -Erik-


    Thanks for doing that Erik. I did a remix version of the compilation. It is better now. I know I asked you before but which programs do you use to do your covers?


    Photoshop.

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007
    Anthony wrote
    And here's another of my takes on The Golden Compass. Better than my first attempt I hope:

    http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2387/g … thebx7.jpg


    Yeah, this is far better, i like it!
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007
    Indeed. It's nice to have something with that garish sticker.
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007
    Scribe wrote
    Anthony, any way you could make your covers in a higher resolution? The size you're using now is about half the size I usually view my album art at...


    400X400 is usually more than enough by me, but ok, I'll try and do the most kick-ass covers in higher res too! wink
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      CommentAuthorDom
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007
    A small selection out of over 200 of my custom covers:
    28 Weeks Later
    A Sound Of Thunder
    Bad Boys 2
    Casino Royale
    Déjà Vu
    Gun
    Lair
    The Time Machine
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007
    Very, very nice Dom! I assume you've properly printed them too, or was that just some very fancy image editing? smile And is there anywhere they are hosted in glorious high resolution? confused
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      CommentAuthorDom
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007 edited
    Anthony wrote
    Very, very nice Dom! I assume you've properly printed them too, or was that just some very fancy image editing?

    Thanks for your nice words. Yes I have all of them printed out but the preview images I uploaded are made with Imandix Cover.

    Anthony wrote
    And is there anywhere they are hosted in glorious high resolution? confused

    I once hosted them a few years ago but they were used by some "criminal" people to sell bootlegs on ebay. As I don't want to be connected to such people I had to close the site. So the covers are no longer available for download.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007
    Sweet, that's very good work Dom!
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2007
    Wow, very good indeed Dom, it's among the best 'amateur covers' I've seen!
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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeDec 7th 2007 edited
    Dom, those are some awesome covers. It's too bad you had to take down your site.

    Here's my take on what I thought was one of the worst covers this year. Still not stellar, but I like it better than the official cover.

    Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  16. Using something like Photoshop, how do you all put these covers together?

    Do you use (hi-res) publicity photos as the basis of the images? And what about your text? Homemade to resemble the official artwork or do you use the official artwork text and layer in onto you artwork?
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeDec 7th 2007 edited
    Yeah, I pretty much use either high-res poster art or high-res publicity photos and cut out the official title font.

    For example, I made the Elizabeth cover with this image and did a lot of exposure, color editing, and increased the background blur to it to make the image pop more. Then I took the official poster and cut out the title "Elizabeth" and messed around with the title's color to make it fit in with the photo. Then I found a font that went along with the "Elizabeth" type to complete the entire title.

    A lot of times I'll have to clone something out of the image to make it work as a cover. For example, on the Lair cover, I cloned out a few additional dragons because they would have been halfway cut off and would have made the composition look awkward.

    That's about it for what I do.
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      CommentAuthorDom
    • CommentTimeDec 7th 2007
    I use Photoshop, movie press kits (including pictures, textless poster etc.) and my huge font library for the creation my covers. I also create booklets for certain score featuring all music credits, session photos, interviews and what comes to my mind during the time I design them.
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 7th 2007
    I do the same as Dom and David. It's usually easiest to find high-res versions of poster, promotional photos etc. on the net and start with them. Then it's usually the task of resizing, re-colouring (I LOVE colour!), and removing anything that we don't want there (such as taglines, credits etc.). After that I have to turn to my so-big-that-I-don't-even-know-what-I've-got font library (after usually having to wait 5 minutes for my computer to load the damn thing!) and finding something that either matches the movie font, or at least goes with it.

    Sometimes I also have to find copies of the movie logo (e.g. posters have it in an inconvenient place) and resize and re-arrange that.

    smile
  20. Thanks guys for the replies.

    Interesting to get an idea of how it's done - I may take a shot at it myself!
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 7th 2007
    If you get good at it you'll be amazed at how quickly you can make something amazing sometimes! smile
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2007 edited
    I think you can guess the mood I'm in today:

    Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark - http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4238 … stcbm3.jpg

    Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom - http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3280 … mplyi8.jpg

    Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade - http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4238 … stcbm3.jpg

    Enjoy. smile
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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeJan 1st 2008
    I love this topic so I thought I'd resurrect it by posting some of my own that I recently did.

    I thought the cover for The Tudors was in slightly bad taste, so I did a new one:
    http://a.imagehost.org/0117/folder.jpg

    And here's one for Jeff Danna's "Chicago 10", which I have from an agency promo I got on eBay.
    http://a.imagehost.org/0117/folder_5.jpg
    I love you all. Never change. Well, unless you want to!
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2008
    A few new ones as I'm currently off work sick and have nothing better to do other than sleep. tongue

    The Great Debaters - As the current cover is quite likely to win the worst CD cover ever awards.

    http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1529 … thexx9.jpg

    Assassin's Creed - As men with big swords are always a hit.

    http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4093 … ionlq6.jpg

    P.S., I Love You - Still in hope of a release.

    http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4433 … lscty2.jpg
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
    A selection of my covers can now be found at http://www.johnpowellcomposer.com/customcovers/

    Enjoy...
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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
    Sweet! Thanks, Anthony.
    This is one of my favorite threads in all of MainTitles....I wish more people would contribute cool
    I love you all. Never change. Well, unless you want to!
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
    Here is one I worked on over the weekend.

    John Williams and the New York Philharmonic
    featuring the music of JOHN WILLIAMS and a tribute to the classic musicals of STANLEY DONAN

    This is the John Williams concert that took place in September of 2007.

    FRONT
    http://www.dillusions.net/erik/cdcovers … _front.jpg

    BACK
    http://www.dillusions.net/erik/cdcovers … t_back.jpg

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeJan 11th 2008
    Incredibly well-done!
    I love you all. Never change. Well, unless you want to!
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2008
    Wow, Erik, that Williams CD is to "lust for"! smile
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2008
    ^ Thanks!

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!

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