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Steelbook design? - mariah701 - 09-21-2024
can anyone make this into 1 steelbook, I have been trying but I just can't do it.
front cover steelbook
I don't know if anyone here has any experience with steelbook design but obviously the deadpool on the left should should lok like the back art.
And the spine ...I cannot for the time of me make it face forward
and the inside art to be like this
inside art steelbook
Inside of steelbook wolverine on the left, and deadpool on right side of innersteelbook
inside art
Outside of steelbook
outside steelbook (without the black background)
anyone here have any experience doing this?
RE: Steelbook design? - denzjos - 09-21-2024
Some help :
https://www.instructables.com/Making-a-DVD-Cover-using-GIMP/
https://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-user/20676-dvd-cover-template
http://www.youtu e.com/watch?v=1LDSRQkoT0M
RE: Steelbook design? - rich2005 - 09-21-2024
(09-21-2024, 12:50 PM)mariah701 Wrote: ....big snip.... anyone here have any experience doing this?
Not me, at least for preparing artwork for a steelbook.
The specs are here: https://files.bbystatic.com/2Xim0e50S%2F%2FJn7ymFq%2BLbQ%3D%3D/03c80516-4dea-4009-8207-1ac33baf3750.pdf and all geared around Adobe. The things that make it difficult for Gimp are
• FONTS – Convert all fonts to outlines. Text should be created in a vector or layout program – not Photoshop.
Supply all fonts in a SIT-file or ZIP-file.
• IMAGES – All image files must be linked, not embedded. Supply all linked images.
• Convert all images to CMYK
Gimp is not a vector application and creates in RGB not CMYK although there is a conversion plugin.
If you were printing at home, it would be a simple template like this, separate layers for the parts and layer masks for rounded corners etc. Not the same size as a DVD box. Each face 135 mm x 170 mm, the spine is 15 mm
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and that one exports as a 32 MB psd file.
Vertical Text. It is in the text tool help but not too obvious. Right click in the text box and choose from the menu.
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...or is it something else you want ?
RE: Steelbook design? - mariah701 - 09-21-2024
(09-21-2024, 04:31 PM)denzjos Wrote: Some help :
https://www.instructables.com/Making-a-DVD-Cover-using-GIMP/
https://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-user/20676-dvd-cover-template
http://www.youtu e.com/watch?v=1LDSRQkoT0M
(09-21-2024, 05:08 PM)rich2005 Wrote:(09-21-2024, 12:50 PM)mariah701 Wrote: ....big snip.... anyone here have any experience doing this?
Not me, at least for preparing artwork for a steelbook.
The specs are here: https://files.bbystatic.com/2Xim0e50S%2F%2FJn7ymFq%2BLbQ%3D%3D/03c80516-4dea-4009-8207-1ac33baf3750.pdf and all geared around Adobe. The things that make it difficult for Gimp are
• FONTS – Convert all fonts to outlines. Text should be created in a vector or layout program – not Photoshop.
Supply all fonts in a SIT-file or ZIP-file.
• IMAGES – All image files must be linked, not embedded. Supply all linked images.
• Convert all images to CMYK
Gimp is not a vector application and creates in RGB not CMYK although there is a conversion plugin.
If you were printing at home, it would be a simple template like this, separate layers for the parts and layer masks for rounded corners etc. Not the same size as a DVD box. Each face 135 mm x 170 mm, the spine is 15 mm
and that one exports as a 32 MB psd file.
Vertical Text. It is in the text tool help but not too obvious. Right click in the text box and choose from the menu.
...or is it something else you want ?
thank you both, looks like I need a lot more learning to get it right.
I have a steelbook design program but haven't been able to figure it out for the life of me, it's overtly complicated, gnna follow the instructions and videos you linked me, I appreciate it