never seen this show, not sure if it's good or not. but here's a cover anyway, is it working?

There are certain things in the cover that I like. The front image of the eye is great but I think the file could dissappear. If you put it ther because you do not have more of the picture to show I would suggest using a green wire mesh that you commonly see used in 3D modeling. It would relate to the title very well. The mesh could fade into the actual picture of her face. Another option is to center the image horizontally and drop in s futuristic frame above and below with a glare on it.

I think the files would actually work better on the back than the front. Just smaller. The interplay between the pull up and the bar acting as the frame for the screen caps is ingenious. However the computer sim legs take away from it. Again a mesh pattern would be a good way to remedy the lack of image.

For the chapter list you may want to play around with the idea of making it look like a graph. Of what I am not sure but it would also play into the title and be an interesting and original concept.

Just some thoughts for ya. Nice start. Keep pluggin away and it will look fantastic.

thought about the graph, and then thought, this is what i was gunna do with the file on the back, incorperate the synops and season eps into one of the paper work in the file (not that you will be able to read it) i await what the. dvdcf commuity have to say:lol:

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I am leaning towards the latest version. The body mesh would have been a neat way to compensate if you did not have more of the pic, but you do so no need for it.

The Features box may look better black with some transparency to it. It looks like a screen of sorts so you may want to go with that idea and drop in some lines to make it look more like a screen.

As fro the file... I think that would benefit if it looked as if it was tossed on the back. Try and rotate it a bit and not have it so ordered.

I am leaning towards the latest version. The body mesh would have been a neat way to compensate if you did not have more of the pic, but you do so no need for it.
wasn't sure if it was very good, no complaint's , so, but i guess since i don't need it.
The Features box may look better black with some transparency to it. It looks like a screen of sorts so you may want to go with that idea and drop in some lines to make it look more like a screen.
there is lines in it, but i guess with a smaller image you can't see it. still working on it though
As fro the file... I think that would benefit if it looked as if it was tossed on the back. Try and rotate it a bit and not have it so ordered.
i thought of that but i was in the he's a neat guy mood, but i guess that doesn't work for covers, so i do like that idea better
thanx g

any better

had a bionic hand lying around, wondering where i could put it, now i have the answer, if you can spot it

First of all I think this is getting better and better! And, yes! The bionic hand looks great on the screen.

Something in the overall look throws me a little off on this. You got a number of cool ideas working together for ya on this - but there's something wrong, in my humble opinion ;)

First off, the file should, as G mentioned be placed right on top of the background texture. Your stills could easily be moved to the top - without harm. I think that the stillpic You have underneath the file would bring more attention to itself if brought up over the file.

The second thing I'll have to mention is the colortone of Your background. In my eyes it does not go so well with your front pic. There should be a balance between the two, I think. In order to correct this there two ways to go about it.

1) try to colorize the background pic with the same warm yellow You have on the front. It is quite easy - just add new layer on top of the background (make sure it does not cover Your front/spine pic)- take Your bucket tool - select the yellow from the front - fill the entire new layer. Now decrease opacity to 50% - and see how it works. (A good thing to do when addin colortone like this is to extract all color from your background (make it into black and white) - that will make the colortone even more effectful.) You can play around with the opacity of Your new colorlayer until You are satisfied.

2) try to decolorize the front until the colortone matces the greyish colortone of the back.

Of these two - I'd recommend #1 - I think it will look real cool that way! - But hey - that´s just my opinion.

The final thing I'm missin' is perhaps a spec box at the buttom of the back to hold those logos (which btw look a tad too big to me) along with running time etc. ? -

:thumbup: Keep'em coming

"First off, the file should, as G mentioned be placed right on top of the background texture."
can you explain more on this, the rest seems pretty straight forward, so i'll give it a go

"First off, the file should, as G mentioned be placed right on top of the background texture."
can you explain more on this, the rest seems pretty straight forward, so i'll give it a go

Sorry for not being clear enough. It's quite simple: Your still pics should go on top of the file, i.e their layers should be placed further up than the layer of the file in
Your layers palette. - You can just grab the file layer in the palette and drag it below the layers of stills.
Hope that helps ya out.:thumbup:

First off, the file should, as G mentioned be placed right on top of the background texture. Your stills could easily be moved to the top - without harm. I think that the stillpic You have underneath the file would bring more attention to itself if brought up over the file.
please don't get me wrong, (as sometimes i'm a bit thick) but does alll this mean, put the pic that is under the file/folder on top of said file/folder. or are you saying i have to move the file/folder as well as the pic that is under the file/folder


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Originally Posted by dragonwarrior
"First off, the file should, as G mentioned be placed right on top of the background texture."
can you explain more on this, the rest seems pretty straight forward, so i'll give it a go

Sorry for not being clear enough. It's quite simple: Your still pics should go on top of the file, i.e their layers should be placed further up than the layer of the file in
Your layers palette. - You can just grab the file layer in the palette and drag it below the layers of stills.
Hope that helps ya out.

as this seems to just mention putting the pic top of file/folder.
well here goes i'm clicking submit reply

I'll try to be more specific. I've attached two pics for You to see. On the first You can see that the still pic of Mr. Fantastic is on top of Dr. Doom. On the second I've drag-n-dropped the layer in the palette, so the layer of Mr. F is UNDER the layer of DD.

In your case drag-n-drop the layer with file UNDER the layer of the still pics. That should do the trick.

//JR

boy, do i feel foolish, i knew what you meant by the pic going on top of the file/folder, but for some strange reason, i was reading to much into what you wrote, call it a brain fart or what ever but i just for some reason thought you meant some thing more than just the pic. the "top of the background texture" i guess was throwing me off, as now when i read it, it's pretty staright forward. maybe lack of sleep then just waking up or maybe it coz it's so straight forward i think it's more complicated that it was. what ever the reason thanx for bareing with me and the coggs in my brain started to turn.
ps haven't been able to do anything to cover's as the bairn is using LT

np, m8 - that's what I'm here for...

progression is looking good. JollyRoger has offered some really good advice on how to make the back and front look like they are part of the same cover.

As far as the logos on the bottom. If you have no more to add I would at lest space them out equally and drop the size a tad.

I did spot the hand and must say "Bravo" excellent placement and it fits oh so nicely.

Screen caps in the top left corner look as though they could use a bit of level adjustment as they are commin off a little more grey than the rest.

Idea on files. How about a "CLASSIFIED", "SECRET", or "TOP SECRET" stamp on the pages. Maybe not all but one or two may add to the piece.

Credits: You may want to drop them a bit. Yes unfortunately over her chest. I know its a shame but it just looks too high to me.

still don't think my brain is in gear, as i just closed the internet by accident.
anyway like this g as it is already done you may not be able to see on small pic or do you mean bigger.

"As far as the logos on the bottom. If you have no more to add I would at lest space them out equally and drop the size a tad"
yeah gunna do when i get on LT

"Credits: You may want to drop them a bit. Yes unfortunately over her chest. I know its a shame but it just looks too high to me"
damn, but i know what you mean

Yes Bigger. Did not see the classified stamp.

I was thinking of the over exaggerated huge stamp as big as a shoe. Okay not that big, but close to it.

Because the file images are small it is hard to see.

Thanx for the re-open JR
yes - no - maybe? any closer

Much better! - You keep improving all the time, DW! :thumbup:

The front and back matches one another much better now. In my opinion all You have left is a little rearranging! Try to push the monitor up just a tad - we'll want to see the whole screen.
Add drop shadow on the file. Not much - but enough to lift it a little from your VERY fine yellowish background (great work there!). (I would arrange all the papers and the file itself in a so-called smart object - then add the drop shadow to the smart object, rather than to the different papers and file. That way PS will put the drop shadow - as if it was one object! (and You won't have shadows underneath the different papers).
I really enjoy how You took Gs advise to heart - The TOP SECRET stamps look really cool!

The title on the front - have a go at moving it down to a little below and right of the center of the front, and see how it looks. If ya like it - good! - if not keep it as it were!
The reason I recommend it, is that the front is "leaning" a little to the left right now. You have both the girl AND the TT in the left side of the front. By moving the title to the right, I believe it will be more balanced.:)

And btw: one thing I never commented on - but really find cool - is the silver tone of Your logos and TT! - Perhaps You could explain how You made the effect? I think it would be very helpful for many users here at Fuzion! :cool:

Keep it up DW!!!

Updates much better. The back seems to fit to the front now. JR made some good point sthat will add to the overall look.

This wont be uploadable for a while, even when done, as (you won't be able to see on small scale, but i don't know the last two names of the show -yet)

And btw: one thing I never commented on - but really find cool - is the silver tone of Your logos and TT! - Perhaps You could explain how You made the effect? I think it would be very helpful for many users here at Fuzion! :cool:

get these :-
http://www.dvdcoversfuzion.com/forum...ead.php?t=1337
do them white and leave them in when finished as they add to the letters as the bevel will take away some of the edges (as in E, in VIDEO) the three lines disapear

goto filter, select Alien skin eye candy 5: Impact
go down the list until you highlight chrome
i choose Indoor, Platinum (with these settings)
check, Create output in new layer above current bevel
Width (cm)
Bevel width 0.03
Bevel hight 64
Smoothness 0.00
Roundness 0
Inside selection (picked)
Indoor Ofice Space
Blur 100%

Very nice little tutorial, DW! I might give it a shot myself - luckily I have the Alien Skin Eye Candy Plug-In...;)

I really like Your update - much better! Keep it up!