Disney's Oceans BD Cover

[Kernie]

QUOTE (sauron @ Jan 8 2011, 09:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think the back needs some work still. How about putting the stills in orange boxes to carry on what you have done on the front?

Or... put an orange border along the top and bottom of the still strip?

I like the still strip... maybe it's personal preference, but I don't care much for stills in individual boxes. It can make a cover begin to look cluttered very quickly.

[sauron]

QUOTE (kernie82 @ Jan 8 2011, 02:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Or... put an orange border along the top and bottom of the still strip?

I like the still strip... maybe it's personal preference, but I don't care much for stills in individual boxes. It can make a cover begin to look cluttered very quickly.

Yeah can do that as well, I just thought it may look better in boxes if they were done well enough as there isn't any blending on the stills.

[Kernie]

I don't think stills always need to be blended (mainly because I think it's a giant P. in the A. to get right sometimes). I think in this case, he can leave them as he has them and just put the border along the top and bottom.

[PierreF10]

Horizontally i'm ok, it's vertically that i'm challenged !!

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My mistake, when i checked, the label i opened was an older version and the font was set to small caps... Everything aligned on the spine, does Disney nature in the middle like that look ok?? The cover is way different then when i started it. I like it, thanks for your time guys how does she look???



i missed the posts about the back having orange around the stills!!!

[Kernie]

Much better! I think the Disney Nature logo looks better now than it was before. Maybe it's just me, but I always try to keep everything center-aligned on the spine. I can't give a justifiable reason for it, I just think often looks bad if everything's not aligned to center.

The lowercase TT looks great as well. Maybe make the reflection a bit more transparent and try changing the blend mode to "Overlay," "Soft Light," "Hard Light," etc. Just to see what kind of different transparency effects that will give you.. You might even want to slide the entire TT down about 10-20 pixels. It's awfully close to the bottom edge of the picture... moving it down might give the pic and TT a bit more "breathing room."

Keep up the great work!!

[PierreF10]

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The TT is blended with overlay at 90%, the other modes were too blue to my liking and that way it looks like the reflection is in the water and looks nicely distorted by the waves, Kernie and Sauron were talking about putting or not some stroke/line of some kind around the pics on the back, i decided on 2 small lines along the pics and no blending of the pics. the lines are 8 pxls should i go to 6?? You were right about the blending mode for the reflection Kernie it looks more natural that way.Getting there!!!

[Kernie]

Nice updates!!!

Exactly what I was thinking for the stills!! You should make the stroke width the same as the one you used on the front pic. They look like they're the same from the preview, so I don't think you need to change it. But if you do, make sure you keep the stroke widths consistent on the front and back...

And I really like how the overlay blend mode interacts with the waves!!! Really great job on the reflection!!!

[PierreF10]

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There was a slight difference in the size of the lines so i brought everything to 10 pxls, i think this is my last update for this cover i would like to thank everyones time and help, it has been fun doing this cover with your help thanks a bunch to every1

[Kernie]

I think you could spend a little more time on the quote and synopsis, but if you want to be done with this WIP, that's your choice...

Nice work!

[PierreF10]

Ok! Kernie you made me curious what are your suggestions, i have the rest of the day open ( it's a joke and meant as a joke) but seriously if you're willing to say i'm willing to listen!!!