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[bpmford]

Jon...

There is a huge difference between taking a poster and placing it on your cover as is and what the other members here do. Yes, lots of members use poster artwork as a part of their cover, but they also spend many countless hours changing those posters so they become their own design.

You don't have to be an artist do be able to make a unique cover. I am not an artist, but am still able to put covers together without the use of a lot of poster art. you just have to use your imagination. Using posters as they are, is just the simple way out. yes, they can look good, but that's because professional studio designers put them together... It's up to us to either take what they have done and put our own spin on it, or try to come up with a whole new idea.

[JollyRoger]

Well, in my humble opinion, the use of poster art is a good way to start out, if you're new to this hobby of ours and/or photoshop

When more comfortable, I'm sure the changing of artwork to one's own is a natural step. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. I'm sure jon would like to learn designing nice and slow, if I'm not mistaking.

Please come up with an update jon - but perhaps try to clone out the pixelated text on your front and type in a new with a crisp font instead?

[jonhutty]

QUOTE (bpmford @ Apr 1 2011, 07:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Jon...

There is a huge difference between taking a poster and placing it on your cover as is and what the other members here do. Yes, lots of members use poster artwork as a part of their cover, but they also spend many countless hours changing those posters so they become their own design.

You don't have to be an artist do be able to make a unique cover. I am not an artist, but am still able to put covers together without the use of a lot of poster art. you just have to use your imagination. Using posters as they are, is just the simple way out. yes, they can look good, but that's because professional studio designers put them together... It's up to us to either take what they have done and put our own spin on it, or try to come up with a whole new idea.

Thanks for your comments

[jonhutty]

QUOTE (JollyRoger @ Apr 1 2011, 11:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well, in my humble opinion, the use of poster art is a good way to start out, if you're new to this hobby of ours and/or photoshop

When more comfortable, I'm sure the changing of artwork to one's own is a natural step. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. I'm sure jon would like to learn designing nice and slow, if I'm not mistaking.

Please come up with an update jon - but perhaps try to clone out the pixelated text on your front and type in a new with a crisp font instead?

Jollyroger you are right in what you say i am learning at the end of the day and i like to hear all of your comments i have changed my covers from the poster artwork alot but sometimes when you see a poster what is allready great why change it i know what the guys are trying to say put your own spin on it and yes you can but if something allready looks good why change it.But thanks again for your comments it great to know someone has my back thanks jollyroger. Ps were abouts are you from i am from hull in england

[jonhutty]

I have put the credits on so tell me guys if you think this cover is done or do you think i should do something else to it.

[JollyRoger]

Lose the text on the faces on the backside.

[jonhutty]

jollyroger if i lose the text on their faces so what do you think i should do shorten the review so you can see their faces just put it in the middle is that what you mean as you cannot lose the review entirely shall i just shorten it so you can see faces.jon

[jonhutty]

Jollyroger did you mean like this.

[Paris]

• Get the actual WB template from this site, all of the giant logos are wasting space
• you don't need rating logos on the front and spine
• Removed the cropped credit block and type it out yourself for find a psd file
• This is the MOST IMPORTANT PART, look through our Master Dedigner galleries to see how to format the back of a cover, to spond some of your own fitting ideas

[weyn]

The Front/spine pic looks distorted.

By the way jon, where you got that upper right pic from the still bar from? It looks like a promo shoot.