Marvel Cinematic Universe Covers

[sauron]

I think it works better with his hand behind.

[Fidi]

I'm with Baz because of the 3D effect. But maybe just move "Special Features" to the right so it's not behind his hand anymore?
And his hand can still be infront of the border.

[Kernie]

Getting close to being done with this one...

- Decided to not overlap Star-Lord's hand on the back. Looking ahead to other films in the MCU, an overlapping element might prove problematic on future covers in this template.
- Added a critic quote and made slight changes to synopsis.
- Changed tagline on front.
- Not sure if the spine needs anything else? I want it to be relatively simple, but maybe it's too simple in comparison to the rest of the cover?

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Looking forward to moving on to GotG Vol. 2 now that I've finally seen it!

[yodamjh]

LOOOOVVVVEEEEE this!

[Paris2]

Nice!! For the front, It feels like the characters are getting washed-out by brightness. They already have bright rim lights, but their front lights are too intense making it slightly harder for the eye to focus. I suggest adding shadow to show character's form and make it more dramatic/less flat?

Edit: I went too dark on Rocket; his face needs the light

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[sauron]

Absolutely amazing! I think the spine is fine as is

COTM for sure!!!

[Arkflip]

Awesome awesomw awesome! Spine is fine now; I wouldn't change nothing.

[Kernie]

QUOTE (Paris2 @ May 6 2017, 11:18 PM) Nice!! For the front, It feels like the characters are getting washed-out by brightness. They already have bright rim lights, but their front lights are too intense making it slightly harder for the eye to focus. I suggest adding shadow to show character's form and make it more dramatic/less flat?

Thanks, Paris... but I think things are still messed up in my PS color settings. Everything looks the way I want it in PS (brightness, saturation, etc.) and then I post a preview jpeg, and it looks too dark and oversaturated in my preview (but only when I post it in the thread, viewing the preview in PS looks fine). I'm really confused and getting frustrated with it.

Does anybody know what Color Profile and Proof Setup I should be using in Photoshop CC to fix this issue?

[Kernie]

Here's a test...

This is the same preview I posted back in Post #93... apparently my Color Profile was set to Working CMYK by default.
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And here's a new preview having changed the Color Profile to sRGB...
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Does anybody see any difference?

P.S. The preview posted by Paris is way more saturated than what I'm seeing in my previews. I'm getting so confused!

[sauron]

I don't see any difference between the previews - is your monitor calibrated regularly?

Would it be worth resetting Photoshop? Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you start Photoshop.