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Post by **Jiiwah** » Fri 19 Nov 2010 14:45

a big

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à

Kalidor

for making the covers for ALL the WiiWare titles.

the loading screen and fade effects of AJI WII

Post by **TGbot** » Fri 19 Nov 2010 19:21

Thanks Jiiwah!

Let's continue with the Commodore 64 games (virtual console)

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Post by **Oops** » Fri 19 Nov 2010 23:44

He did all the wiiware ones

Crazy amount of work

and thanks

Post by **TGbot** » Sat 20 Nov 2010 16:56

Thanks Oops!

More C64 covers, ready?

Go!

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Post by **Oops** » Sat 20 Nov 2010 18:55

it's sincere especially since some are truly killer

Post by **Jiiwah** » Sat 20 Nov 2010 22:36

Yeah

mamule nice work

Post by **TGbot** » Sun 21 Nov 2010 08:09

Bravo Mamule!

Let's not stop while we're on such a good streak!

Post by **TGbot** » Sun 21 Nov 2010 19:49

2 C64 covers and a Snes one for today.

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Post by **Tongpall** » Sun 21 Nov 2010 20:54

I didn't get it all, but I'll go test it

Post by **TGbot** » Mon 22 Nov 2010 21:05

Nice C64 covers!

But there's not much left to do.

The 3 covers of the day: )

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Post by **Tongpall** » Mon 22 Nov 2010 21:14

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Post by **TGbot** » Mon 22 Nov 2010 21:20

Well you're learning fast, well done!

But your images display too small in your post!

A+

Post by **Tongpall** » Mon 22 Nov 2010 21:42

How do you do your tags with imageshack so the images show up like that?

Post by **TGbot** » Mon 22 Nov 2010 22:26

At the top next to the picture of the mule (donkey), there's the icon with 2 hills and a sun (insert an image and on imageshack you choose direct link (you click on direct link and upload the image and then copy-paste).

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Post by **Tongpall** » Tue 23 Nov 2010 06:18

edited, thanks

here are 3 new ones:

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Post by **TGbot** » Tue 23 Nov 2010 11:48

Ah, they're visible, that's better!

Alright, let me give you my valuable advice.

The front side, perfect nothing to say, that's the easy part.

The back, you need to make sure the text is readable and not too big, easy to say not to do.

When you have a lot of text, it's better to put 4 images, which will enlarge the space for the text.

You can change the fonts and also outline the fonts in another color to make the text stand out better.

There's also another technique once the cover is finished, applying gimp's sharpen filter, which makes the text stand out even more.

If you want to sign your works, get the barcode and touch it up in gimp or photoshop, once a cover is finished you can paste your barcode with your signature.

Don't forget that the front image bleeds onto the back, which sometimes gives not-so-great results.

You can use the latest AJgui test version to preview what the background color will look like before starting the cover design.

If you can't find many images online for a cover, you can use certain firefox plugins to grab images or do an ALT+print screen to grab images from a flash-based site.

There you go, I hope this can help you and plenty of others.

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Post by **Jiiwah** » Tue 23 Nov 2010 13:57

Bravo Tongpall, nice work.

I think Kalidor forgot, in his advice, to mention the TM logo.
meh meh, we don't like it.

Post by **TGbot** » Tue 23 Nov 2010 14:46

Ah yes, the tm, we don't like it, one because it's very commercial and especially because it looks bad on a cover.

But, well, if it's for making personal covers, no worries, everyone does as they please.

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Post by **TGbot** » Tue 23 Nov 2010 20:49

Tonight, the covers for World Games and Uridium (2h of work for the latter, freshening up the scan of the old cover, etc...).

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Post by **Tongpall** » Tue 23 Nov 2010 20:54

So I agree that the text is too big and not readable enough. I'll see how to fix that problem. After that, I could do much better in photoshop, but it takes 20 times longer. Anyway I'll get on it.

Next, regarding the TM, I also thought it wasn't great, but well, it doesn't bother me. However I don't know how to remove it.

As for the sharpen filter, I think it's not necessary at all given that the cover is meant to end up in software that botches the cover quality (I'm talking about the Wii's resolution), it's not like we're making a 1080p wallpaper.

Signing my covers... No need, feel free to add your signatures, I'm not going to sign a creation that was made automatically.

Thanks anyway for this feedback, the covers I've already made won't change, but for the next ones, I'll work on the text.

Another question, can we put more than 4 images?

Post by **TGbot** » Tue 23 Nov 2010 21:12

No, for now, no more than 4 images.

In the description file, next to trademark, replace Yes with No and no more tm.

When there's 2h of touch-up, research, cutting out, testing, etc.., it's no longer just assembly.

In the end, I'm getting obsessive, stray pixels bother me, but AJ will already slightly darken the front so some flaws might get masked.

It's true that the wii's and Wiiflow's resolution aren't ideal, but if you download it and look at it on your pc, the flaws can show up right away.

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Post by **Tongpall** » Tue 23 Nov 2010 22:11

Here's for today:

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Post by **Tongpall** » Wed 24 Nov 2010 06:14

Here's for this morning (geek):

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Post by **TGbot** » Wed 24 Nov 2010 07:33

Seriously, apart from the tm, the last 2 are really really good!

Post by **Tongpall** » Wed 24 Nov 2010 07:39

A little bit of photoshop and Poof! The TM disappears.

Ok I'll do the next ones without TM, doesn't matter to me with or without I think both are fine

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