Custom Covers for FUNimation's DBZ DVD Sets

nathantheguitarist · Post by **nathantheguitarist** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:14 pm

I just want to point out, that a 6-disk fat-pack case's spine is about as wide as one-and-a-half regular dvd spines.

So you're probably going to be doing some stretching either way.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:59 pm

nathantheguitarist wrote:I just want to point out, that a 6-disk fat-pack case's spine is about as wide as one-and-a-half regular dvd spines.

So you're probably going to be doing some stretching either way.

Oh, crap. Well at least not as much, eh? And you'll actually have a presentable case to put it in.

nathantheguitarist · Post by **nathantheguitarist** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:20 pm

Well... it might be as much, if not more.

Come Tuesday or Wednesday when I actually see the set in walmart, I'll be able to tell if the sets spine is that size or not. but from the various pictures, I can tell you that they look about the same; But I've only seen the said fat-pack in my hands... and not the set. So we'll see.

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:49 pm

Mind if I post some? I plan on making a few.

Kula · Post by **Kula** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:19 pm

These are very nice looking covers SelMod. FUNI was onto a good thing with their DB DVD covers, it's just a shame they didn't continue with them. They're effective, but also nice and simple. If I ever manage to get the Ocean dub onto DVD (assuming it comes back to Toonami), I'll definately use these covers.

SelMod wrote:Of course, if I'm going to share these with the rest of the world, the next problem would be finding a place to host them, as the full-size versions are a few megabytes each...

Imageshack allows up to 1.5MB per file. Megaupload or rapidshare might be a good option.

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:36 pm

SelMod wrote:I was trying to figure out how I'd put my cover over the FUNimation one anyway. Maybe I'll make a "wide-spine" version for anybody who wants to be adventurous, and keep the "regular spine" version for anyone who wants to spend a few extra dollars on one of those cases...

That would be great. I'm kinda cheap and don't want to buy a case for something that already has a case. That and I've got a box-full of slim and two disc cases that I don't have anything to do with.

email2003 · Post by **email2003** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:52 pm

Can someone direct me to that Saiyan/Vegeta saga cover this guy made cause I've seen to have lost it.

Also, great work man! I hope you can make these big enough to print out so that I can customize my DBZ DVD's, if FUNi ever puts them in full screen, the way it should be.

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:21 pm

Here's SelMod's season 1 custom.

Also, for the handful of people who like digipacks like me, and are just gonna paste the custom art over FUNi's box, I suggest putting clear packaging tape over the customed box after pasting the art on. It may sound crude, but it looks pretty good with the other boxes I've layered

.

(And it's not like we're gonna change the cover art and re-sell it. The less than desirable box art is more of a personal preference thing.)

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:24 pm

Shouldn't "6 Disc" be "6-Disc" ?

The Prince · Post by **The Prince** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:36 pm

JAPPO wrote:Shouldn't "6 Disc" be "6-Disc" ?

What!? You can't be serious! ROFL...good job raising your post count. You really do post too much.

Ya, I can't wait to paste that over the season set. It looks so much better and more profesional.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:38 pm

Ya, I can't wait to paste that over the season set. It looks so much better and more profesional.

The great Sarcasmo strikes again!

SelMod · Post by **SelMod** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:40 pm

JAPPO wrote:Shouldn't "6 Disc" be "6-Disc" ?

I agree that it should be, but it wasn't that way on any of FUNimation's previous Dragonball sets, so I decided to keep things uniform.

email2003 · Post by **email2003** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:54 pm

SelMod you need to make these bigger so that we the fans can print these out to put them in DVD cases dude.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:45 pm

He already said he's going to host bigger ones; he just needs to find where.

nathantheguitarist · Post by **nathantheguitarist** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:47 pm

He can put 'em in a .rar file or a .zip file and load 'em onto www.megaupload.com

nwoo_2002 · Post by **nwoo_2002** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:50 pm

Would it not be possible to simply upload them to somewhere like yousendit.com, or is it better to find someone to actually host them?

You can see how excited I am about these!

nekobi · Post by **nekobi** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:54 pm

I'd be willing to host them for you if you need, just send me a PM. ^_^

nathantheguitarist · Post by **nathantheguitarist** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:57 pm

Yousendit has limits, like only hosting a file for a week, or it's only allowed so many downloads.

Megaupload is unlimited, and only expires after 30 days of no downloads.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:42 pm

nathantheguitarist wrote:Megaupload is unlimited, and only expires after 30 days of no downloads.

Megaupload has far too many annoying ads and popups for my taste. I'd recommend FileFront.

klokwerk · Post by **klokwerk** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:20 pm

SelMod, I have an old half-done PSD template (for a single-width 6-disc case: 3240x2175) that is basically what you're doing now. However there were a few differences on mine; I used a dragonball instead of the kanji symbol and I had yet to create something like your "Dragonball Z" logo that mimics the "Dragonball" one from the official Funimation releases.

Anyway, I was just wondering if you'd be willing to send me your PSD template (I assume you're using Photoshop)? I'd like to take a look at it and compare it with my old one. Perhaps you'd even let me use it as a base to create a template for the upcoming R4 release by Madman? I'd like it to feature the minor changes that occurred in the transition from R1 Funimation covers to R4 Madman covers.

Thanks in advance. Please PM me here on the board if you're okay with this idea.

P.S. I'd recommend MegaUpload, Rapidshare and YouSendIt as possible candidates for hosting the full-resolution covers.