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JasonST
08-30-2008, 08:46 PM
Hey guys. I made a cover 4 The Strangers. Enjoy

Bisky
08-31-2008, 11:01 AM
Looks good mate, you should really upload a flat preview of your covers though

JasonST
08-31-2008, 11:30 AM
Here you go

RE5PECT
08-31-2008, 12:45 PM
It looks good, but i don't think the to red lines fit to the cover... But overall a good cover... :)

sleepyhead
08-31-2008, 01:26 PM
Looks like a decent cover m8 - I agree with Re5pect about the red - I think maybe a similar colour to the credits would have worked better.
The front pic looks a bit low res and needs the black levels tweaking and there's a 'v' on the second line of the synopsis. I also think the legals could have been arranged a ilittle bit better.

I'd reco that you put your covers through WIP, a lot of the minor little oversights and tweaks that it needs would have been picked up in there and you would have ended up with an improved cover IMHO.

dragonbane
08-31-2008, 02:48 PM
:goodpost:

easylife
08-31-2008, 02:57 PM
Your getting better at this mate, listen to sleepy and you wont go far wrong. Also id have a tinker with the credits, they look a bit messy, and spine around the TT on the spine so it runs downward

ulookingatme
08-31-2008, 04:50 PM
Looks a good cover mate and with a few minor adjustments thats been pointed out this will look great :thumbup:

batboysmatboy
08-31-2008, 05:33 PM
Good start. Take sleepyhead's advice (he gives really good advice)

Walk before you run. Post in WIP first. You will get good advice and input in WIP.

Think of it this way (in my opinion), WIP is for bringing your cover up to really good. Showcase is for going from really good to great.

JasonST
08-31-2008, 06:41 PM
Thanks guys! :thumbup:

RookerProductions
08-31-2008, 07:46 PM
I did think the black levels on the front needed adjusting too, but I looked at it more and realized that there is a ghost face on the front.. so then I decided I liked it.. But then decided that a lot of people wont ever see that ghost head anyway, so adjusting the black levels might be better....

tightline_69
08-31-2008, 07:51 PM
What Batboy said

JasonST
08-31-2008, 09:37 PM
that was my intention: the ghost face on the front cover. But nobody noticed it :(

JasonST
08-31-2008, 09:50 PM
look. I remade those lines

and a version with the ghost and without

batboysmatboy
09-01-2008, 12:08 AM
I like with the ghost face better. On the back, I would raise the review and move it to the right so the writing is not on the pic. Looks good

JasonST
09-01-2008, 06:07 PM
Here's the final version.

It's good?

batboysmatboy
09-01-2008, 07:12 PM
I like it. Nice overall concept. I didn't know it was a ghost face until you said it was, but I knew it was there by design. I thought it was either mist or an apparition (I never saw the movie, If I had, maybe I would have caught your intent). Anyway, looks good.

Bisky
09-01-2008, 07:33 PM
Few things I noticed :

1) There is a letter S on the bottom left of the front on its own.

2)There is a letter V on the 2nd line of the sypnosis on its own.

3)The Sypnosis meets the spine, so could do with being nudged over to the left a bit.

4) Not sure if its just the preview cos of compression but the credits look low quality, also there is a red and green line above the credits and a green line below which look like they shouldnt be there.

I would also get rid of the misty picture on the front, ya cant make out what it is and it takes away from the front pic in my opinion, looks sorta like the cover is old and worn.

I`d also stay away from putting lines down each side of the spine.

these are the reasons to put your covers through WIP first.

cheers

sleepyhead
09-01-2008, 10:01 PM
Looks like you've gone back to the old synopsis! or uploaded the wrong preview.

I'd also lose the ghost pic. The front is not a great quality pic and that overlayed on top just makes it look worse IMHO. I've got the same front pic and although it's a decent size the quality is not good, some of the captures from this film aren't that great. The spine TT also needs flipping so it reads downwards.

dragonbane
09-01-2008, 11:06 PM
sleepy and bisky are spot on mate also your ROUGE PICTURES logo looks low res and you've got the old dvd logo on the back,
you should deffinately use the WIP it really will help your skills improve. just look at me 6 months ago i wouldn't have known where to start,
but with all the guidence and support i've had here have really helped me greatly.