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DVDCoverArt
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 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: A challenge to all the Artists on this site. |
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I would like to see a greater diversity of covers and labels on this site. We are more diversified than most because we have both scanned and custom, but I would like to go a step further by challenging all of our Artists to create more of the lessor known titles, in conjunction with the newer titles. And when you create a cover, I would suggest that you Always create a matching label.
The quality sites, for the most part, have the same titles. If our members want any of the lesser known titles, they are stuck with sites like cdcovers.cc. Our members shouldn't have to settle for that level of quality.
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megafree
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sounds great, the only thing that's tough for the abstract titles is artwork, so if I come across any places where there is artwork for the older and off the beaten track movies, I'll happily post that resource for all.
oh and I do think this is one of the "Quality Sites". That's why I'm more than happy to hang my hat here and call it home.
cheers
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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yep, material for the lesser known cvrs can be hard to find...will have to keep our eyes peeled 
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DVDCoverArt
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: Finding Art |
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| megafree wrote: | sounds great, the only thing that's tough for the abstract titles is artwork, so if I come across any places where there is artwork for the older and off the beaten track movies, I'll happily post that resource for all.
oh and I do think this is one of the "Quality Sites". That's why I'm more than happy to hang my hat here and call it home.
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As I am sure you know, even if you come across poster art that is less than desirable, there are ways of making it useful. Believe me, the image I used on my recent label was not very good quality, but I still found a way to make it work. Use whatever you can get your hands on.
A program that I use all the time to improve the detail in an image is Genuine Fractals Print pro. You can increase the size of any image without diminishing quality. This program uses a patented technology that increases the number of pixels within the image. The more pixels, the more detail. This really comes in handy when trying to adapt an image to cover a larger area than it might otherwise be able too.
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GEORGIEBOY26
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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sounds like a great tool,,could be VERY useful
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megafree
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got it, great tool...and and a ton of other plugins...they save alot of time, it's nice to know how to do it from scratch, but once that is conquered, the plugin and the tweaking of it can be a very powerful thing.
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| megafree wrote: | got it, great tool...and and a ton of other plugins...they save alot of time, it's nice to know how to do it from scratch, but once that is conquered, the plugin and the tweaking of it can be a very powerful thing.
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you got me drooling now Mega,,,, 
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nonini
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No problem for me to do strange stuff, they don't come any stranger then Little Otik, Tetsuo or Winnie the Pooh. hehehe......  lol
I got my reputation to keep high, or do child(disney) stuff or strange Movies which nobody seem to have noticed.
It is true you don't have to have higres images to create a cover or label, but i noticed they become very colorful with allot of contrast and filters.
So maybe it a good idea to make a request topic for difficult to find images for the lessor known titles. To help each other. 
Cheers nonini.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: Poster Art |
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| nonini wrote: | No problem for me to do strange stuff, they don't come any stranger then Little Otik, Tetsuo or Winnie the Pooh. hehehe...... lol
I got my reputation to keep high, or do child(disney) stuff or strange Movies which nobody seem to have noticed.
It is true you don't have to have higres images to create a cover or label, but i noticed they become very colorful with allot of contrast and filters.
So maybe it a good idea to make a request topic for difficult to find images for the lessor known titles. To help each other.
Cheers nonini. |
I would also suggest that everyone upload whatever Poster Art they have. I have created the FTP below for this purpose. Just remember to let me know when you have made an uploaded. The best way to help new members become Cover and Label creators, is to provide them with Poster Art. If it is already on the site, they won't need to put a request in.
We have a new member who needs Shrek poster art, so if you have it, please upload it.
Here is the upload link:
Poster Art Upload Link
Below are the settings for an FTP Program:
Username: PosterArt
Host / IP / URL : 70.90.213.67
Password: There Is No Password
Use Passive Mode
Port: 21
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GEORGIEBOY26
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| megafree wrote: | got it, great tool...and and a ton of other plugins...they save alot of time, it's nice to know how to do it from scratch, but once that is conquered, the plugin and the tweaking of it can be a very powerful thing.
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just checked it out...299.00 gbp  bit expensive for me 
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nightowl
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hoping to see if I can do anything with the scans I did of my video tape collection before I got rid of them.
I am also on the prowl for sites that have good art work and images for older films, but not come across much yet.
With not to much time on my hands right now it's been hard to get to the computer, but I try and login when I can.
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tkboxer
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I can almost never find images for older films. I wish that any member with a scanner that rents an older or less distinguished film could scan the cover at 300dpi and upload it to resources, they wouldn't have to edit it or clean it up, crop it or improve it in any way, just a 300dpi scan and throw it up there. That would at least give us something to work with that we could either breakdown and restore or rip images from to create something new, plus the scan would have all the text info including credits and synopsis. If some members with limited time or experience felt they could contribute to the site by a simple scan of a rental cover of a film that is currently not available they may be inclined to do so...and we could get more of those hard to find films in our library.
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boxer when I find the scans, I will go through them and upload ones that we don't have covers for .....I am pretty sure I scanned at 300dpi, these were just front and back scans 
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:35 am Post subject: Older Poster Art |
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| I see alot of you talking about older movie art. I don't know how many of you are aware of the site movieposterdb.com This site has just about anything I've ever looked for especially the older stuff. It's pretty much all hi-res too. It's not free though. The fees are in euros so I think it's about $10.00 or so for 100 credits. You can pay using Paypal or a credit card. 1sheet.com is also a good site. As is moviegoods.com although they have their logo across the bottom of the pic. Not too much trouble to fix though. |
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