Would anyone be interested in having a discussion on D-VHS coverart? I always make custom covers for my collection, and wanted to know if there were many others interested in this as well.

I would be interested.
Thanks!

Glad to see someone else is excited about this movie coming to HDNet next month. I too have been working on some coverart for this flick. Here is my work... Had to recreate the logo for the spine and did some other photoshop work to get it done.

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/Leon.jpg

Do you guys also make custom stick on labels for the tape spine and face?

Chris

Yes, I make custom stick labels for the top of the tape, but not the spine.

I have never tried to make them the silver metalic look. I do recall on dvdcoverart.com (now defunct) that there is a silver paper that is available. I never bought any though.

Here's my D-VHS template.

Brajesh...very nice job. I love it!

I just completed my cover for "The Rainmaker", and am pleased that it is being played in the OAR. Woo Woo! This cover was a bit of a booger because again, I had to locate the fonts for the the spine. The font is very very close.

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/rainmaker.jpg

Brajesh...check your PM.

I agree, that a tracer program might be quicker, but I have just always tried locating the fonts.

"Blow Out"? When is this on in HD?

hell, when was Rainmaker on in HD???!!!!????!!!!

When I make my covers for my recordings from Starz HD and Sho HD ect, I simply download a VHS cover form any online store, cut and paste, edit on paint and wellah a cover!

Nice work!

You Guys are so lucky to be able to get this stuff, living in the UK I can only get the D-Theater stuff imported.
would love to get my hands on some off this off air stuff.
The cover arts are great

hell, when was Rainmaker on in HD???!!!!????!!!!

Yesterday on HBO. It is on again this Wednesday!

Thanks for the feedback so far. It is really fun!

djdrock, check your PM.

Here is my attempt at a cover for "Dutch." I had to use my VHS envelope...

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/Dutch.jpg

Love it!

All these covers look great, but isn't it quite time consuming to do them ?
It would be nice to be able to look up every movie somewhere and just print out the correct envelope - wishful thinking I guess :-)

It's definitely time-consuming, but making covers is as much a hobby & collecting movies (to me anyway).

Some of the covers can be done in a short amount of time. It just depends on source material availability. Some can take several hours. Either way, it is fun. Like Brajesh said, it is part of the hobby!

BUMP......

Thanks to all for providing samples, I'm using them for wallpaper, and loving it! Actually I was wondering if you guys do this sort of thing for a living? I never thought about making covers for my (D-VHS) HD movies (GRIN), where do you get the case's with plastic outer covers, (ie; DVD keepcase's er; D-Theater)? OTOH; I guess a web search for this type of product will provide some vendors. None the less keep posting samples, it's all too neat! And finally, a very positive part to this hobby! ;-)

Take care...... watch, record, and mainly enjoy some HDTV of your choice tonight.

Brajesh,
I'd have to draw the line at about 20 minutes per cover, more than that and it takes away too much from my precious movie watching time ;)
Oliver

Mikey...thanks for the feedback. No, I do not do this sort of thing for a living. It would be fun though...

Anyhoo, yes, just shop around for VHS cases with sleeve. I picked mine up at ebay. I used to go to the video store and ask for some. I would get them free, but most were beat up.

I'll be happy to host ALL the covers made by you folks on my website, so that anyone can dl them and use them.

Just email me at mattstevens@deceptions.net

Matt,
that's great - and they might be of some use for you, too :)
Oliver

Originally posted by Matt_Stevens
I'll be happy to host ALL the covers made by you folks on my website, so that anyone can dl them and use them.

Just email me at mattstevens@deceptions.net

I was hoping someone would say that :D

I love the work that has been shown here!!
Thanks Matt

Matt, check your email!

For those of you that make your own covers, how large are the files?

Around 2 to 3 megabytes each.

Here is one of my latest covers..."Boogie Nights". This was really a project of love, as I had a decent scan to work with, but the smaller text for the back of the cover needed to be redone, so, I FINALLY located the original font and decided to redo the entire back...removing some elements and adding a few others.

Soon, I hope to have some appropriate webspace to upload my work for others to enjoy and contribute as well.

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/boogienights.jpg

That is one slick cover! Looks great!

that's slick

Very nice layout! I wish I would have put more thought into mine when I made my template, but because I want all of the spines to match, I doubt I will change mine!

Some coverart will soon be available to you for download. :D

As I am so excited to finally be able to record Shawshank, I am posting my custom artwork for it. The spine is faithfully recreated using the original font. The back is totally custom.

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/ShawshankRedemption.jpg

anybody have covers for any of the Pixar movies... Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, or Monsters, Inc since all have aired on ABC?

Did anyone ever get a site up for people to post the covers in full size? I thought that was a good idea.

I was working with one member here to host custom covers, but it may have fallen apart. If someone else has some webspace and a fair amount of HTML coding skills, I would be glad to send my covers.

Nice work, on the Shawshank Redemption.

I switched away from using "silver" in the borders at the top and the bottom, becasue when printed out it just looked a drap gray.

I switched to using gold borders instead.

I normally customize a basic DVD cover scan, but only one or two qucik changes, nothing like the effort you went through.

Kurt

"Nice work, on the Shawshank Redemption."

For sure, using it as wallpaper on this box (had RAINMAKER before this), all neat stuff. Too bad the web site did not work out, maybe someone else can pitch in?

Have a great Holiday............

It hasn't fallen apart. I'm still working on the site. But family illnesses and business obligations keep delaying my finishing it. I apologize for the delay and promise you it will be up and running by New Year's day.

Originally posted by Matt_Stevens
It hasn't fallen apart. I'm still working on the site. But family illnesses and business obligations keep delaying my finishing it. I apologize for the delay and promise you it will be up and running by New Year's day.

That darn work always gets in the way of our hobby doesn't it ;)

Matt...glad to know you can still host the covers. I will be sending you more to host soon.

BUMP.....

Work sucks. :) But seriously, it's almost finished. It is VERY drudgereport looking. It's all I have time for. But that's the way it works. I have had time to make a link here and a link there on the HTML file and it's nearly complete. Just so darn busy this last month.

Bump.... Bump????

Mike...I think Matt will have the site up within the week. I am anxious to see it, as I can not remember what I have sent him so far, and I have many more covers to share.

http://bupadhyay.home.comcast.net/ht/image_11.jpg

Very nice! Wish someone offered a 'service' to do these so I can just order!

Brajesh, this is so impressive - wow !
Brian is right - you should sell those :)

And here is my collection so far. All artwork faithfully recreated by me... :D

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/dvhscollection.jpg

bwiklem...I might be willing to help you with custom requests for D-VHS coverart. Private Message me...

Many more covers going up this weekend.

Originally posted by Matt_Stevens
Many more covers going up this weekend.

Matt

Are any covers up yet?

Sorry if I missed the link.

Originally posted by randosel
http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/dvhs.html

Thanks!

I've got a couple questions for everyone regarding their DVHS covers.

1. What type of paper are you printing your covers onto? I've been using some HP glossy card stock, but not sure if that's the preferrred material.

2. What type of cases do you store your tapes in? From the pics, it looks like you've got some nice clear cases.

Thanks for all info!

1. Generally just ultra-white paper.
2. Just regular VHS cases. Mine have a slight texture to the window. I get mine from "99biz" on ebay.

I love doing D-VHS covers, but all that work may be for just another year...when BluRay or HD-DVD replaces my D-VHS collection.

Re: paper, I've started using medium weight/matte finish photo paper. It's cheaper than real glossy paper & more importantly wastes less ink. The quality is close to glossy, but not quite as good.

Re: cases, I bought my D-VHS cases here (http://www.tapeandmedia.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=AT3-CLEAR). They're a tad bigger than the cases D-Theater tapes come in.

I'll send Matt my D-VHS covers as well--the ones he doesn't already have.

Matt, here are the covers I have. Which ones should I send you? I think my covers are of different size than djdrock's since the VHS cases I use are of different size...

austin_powers_dvhs.jpg
bend_it_like_beckham_dvhs.jpg
black_rain_dvhs.jpg
blade2_dvhs.jpg
crimson_tide_dvhs.jpg
daredevil_dvhs.jpg
die_another_day_dvhs.jpg
die_hard3_dvhs.psd
dumb_and_dumber_dvhs.jpg
english_patient_dvhs.jpg
executive_decision_dvhs.jpg
face_off_dvhs.jpg
frantic_dvhs.jpg
goldeneye_dvhs.jpg
groundhog_day_dvhs.jpg
hunt_for_red_october_dvhs.jpg
in_america_dvhs.jpg
italian_job_dvhs.jpg
love_actually_dvhs.jpg
matrix_dvhs.jpg
matrix_revolutions_dvhs.jpg
minority_report_dvhs.jpg
naked_gun_dvhs.jpg
old_school_dvhs.jpg
professional_leon_dvhs.jpg
pulp_fiction_dvhs.jpg
raising_arizona_dvhs.jpg
red_dragon_dvhs.jpg
road_to_perdition_dvhs.jpg
runaway_jury_dvhs.jpg
rundown_dvhs.jpg
school_of_rock_dvhs.jpg
silence_of_the_lambs_dvhs.jpg
somethings_gotta_give_dvhs.jpg
startrek_firstcontact_dvhs.jpg
terminator3_dvhs.jpg
the_terminator_dvhs.jpg
tombstone_dvhs.jpg
true_romance_dvhs.jpg
underworld_dvhs.jpg
untouchables_dvhs.jpg
while_you_were_sleeping_dvhs.jpg

Very cool stuff, what is the size paper you use, also what page setup do you use?

Lon

I use regular 8.5x11 glossy stock, print landscape, and do the layouts in CorelDRAW (never got that good at using Illustrator).

Any new covers posted (to the web site) yet? TIA......

Just sent Matt the first six covers. Will send more as I get time.

In the other thread, Matt has posted a few new ones. See that thread (My DVHS covers, or something like that, most likely on page 2 or 3) he lists what is now up as new. FYI and FWIW.

No matter, enjoy, this is really neat stuff, my only question would be has anyone done any of the LOTR's covers yet? They have shown on Starz-HD.

To take the load of Matt's server, I've set up a mirror of the current images here: http://www.georgiahdtv.com/ht/dvhs

Matt, feel free to send me any updated coverart (including any from the preceeding post from Brajesh).

Thanks and best regards,
~~Nathan

Bump.......

Thanks Nathan for your mirror site.

Nathan,

PM me with your email address and I will carbon you with any new coverart I have.

PM sent.

I should have made that public-- sorry. :) If anyone wants to forward artwork to host, my email is nathan_r AT georgiahdtv DOT com.


{edited for speeling}

Again thanks Nathan, as the other site operator seems busy with other matter a lot?

Hey guys. This weekend the waiting updates will be taken care off. Right now I am working on a screenplay and it is taking up a lot of my time. Meanwhile I have an ailing member of family that I am giving care to, so free time is limited.

But again, this weekend the titles remaining to be uploaded will be taken care of.

EDIT: OK, I just decided to cram the time in and now the site is updated with everything that has been sent to me. Anyone else looking to send me covers please email them to: mattstsevens @ deceptions.net

Obviously you need to take out the spaces in the email address.

http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/dvhs.html

I just sent both Matt and Nathan:

One Hour Photo (my completely custom cover)
Out of Time
50 First Dates (a little different version from that of Brajesh)
Eyes Wide Shut
The Cooler

Check both sites, as one may have them up before the other.

Enjoy!

Thanks djdrock.

Great..... Thanks to both sites and the providers, neat stuff.

Have a great evening, and watch some HDTV of your choice.

I hope many of you find these useful. I figured it was better to share than just let them lay dormant on a harddrive.

I am glad that some of you are finding these useful. I figured it was better to share these than let them lay dormant on a harddrive. :D

More covers soon to come...

Fargo
Doc Hollywood (I just hope HBO shows it in HD)
Punch Drunk Love
Devil's Advocate
The Firm

One Hour Photo and 50 First Dates did not come through yesterday.

check your email, I resent them.

Got em. All the covers you sent me are on the server. I just have to update the HTML links.

How about a STAR TREK: First Contact cover?

Ask and ye shall receive. Check your email.

Sweet..... it's on the GA HDTV mirror site.

I have a few spare hours this afternoon, any requests?

The covers are great, I've been recording movies like crazy since I got my JVC 40k, and have used several of your covers.

I am getting ready to try to make some of my own covers for movies I have recorded. Any hints as to good sites to get the photos for the art work?

But if you are so inclined, I could use an "X2: X-Men United" cover.

Hmmm... BLADE-RUNNER (I have the Japanese broadcast. HDNet will have it later this year).

KILL BILL V1 and V2.

The MATRIX

SPIDER-MAN

LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring - 2.35:1 Theatrical
LOTR: Thw Two Towers - 2.35:1 Extended Edition
LOTR: Return of the King - 1.78:1 cropped Theatrical

http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/dvhs.html

Chad...X-Men X2 is done. Check the servers later. You will need to change the aspect ratio logo if it was 1.85:1. Let me know if you need the logo.

Originally posted by djdrock
I have a few spare hours this afternoon, any requests?
Great work!!

I would like to see these
Monsters Inc
Shrek
Underworld
Titanic
Star Trek 2
Star Trek 4


Would an Alias one be possible? I record them and would love to have one that would allow me to "add' into a blank spot the episode names.

Monsters Inc. is completed and I have emailed the file to Matt and Nathan.

This was a fun one to do. Enjoy!

Originally posted by djdrock
Monsters Inc. is completed and I have emailed the file to Matt and Nathan.

This was a fun one to do. Enjoy!

Great. Thank You for your efforts!!

I'll have it up soon.

Originally posted by djdrock
I have a few spare hours this afternoon, any requests?

I looked at my collection and these are the ones I would like. I know, I know, it's a big list, but I figured I would post all of the HD DVHS titles that have not been posted that I have.

The covers are amazing, I really appreciate it!!

Before anyone says anything, No i'm not expecting these to be done, just thought I would post my suggestions for the future.

100 Women
21 Grams
8 Mile
A Bug's Life
About Schmidt
Adaptation
American Pie - American Wedding
Apocalypse Now
Bad Santa
Blade Runner
Body Double
Bond - Die Another Day
Bond - Goldeneye
Bond - The World is Not Enough
Bourne Identity
Butterfly Effect
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle
Contact
Eight Legged Freaks
Fifth Element
Final Destination 2
Finding Nemo
Freaky Friday - 2004
From Earth to The Moon - Tom Hanks
Gladiator
Groundhog Day
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Heavenly Creatures
Hollywood Homicide
House of 1000 Corpses
How to Deal
Jeepers Creepers
Just Married
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider
Lord of the Rings - ROTK (OAR)
Lord of the Rings - TTT (OAR)
Lord of the Rings - TTT EE (OAR)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Lost In Translation
Meet the Parents
Men In Black 2
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible 2
Monsters Ball
Moulin Rouge
Once upon a time in Mexico
Queen of the Damned
Raiders of the Lost Arc
Ransom
Salems Lot (TNT mini series)
Scanners
Shanghai Nights
Showtime
Shrek
Star Trek - The Voyage Home
Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
Stuart Little 2
Terminator 3
Toy Story 2
True Lies
Underworld
Vertical Limit
What About Bob
What Women Want
Wild Side
Wild Things
XXX

Lost in Translation? Wow, when was that on HD and on what channel? I have a custom DVD cover, and will get to work on the D-VHS version for ya.

I have several of your titles Jeff, but they have DVD information on the backs. I will work to correct them, as I did not want to submit covers that were not correct.

Thanks for the feedback.

It was shown in Canada.

Wow...on what channel?

Anyhoo, the Lost in Translation cover is complete. I have sent it to the usual emails.

BEV.

Ground Hog day is complete.

any other sources for vhs cases?

Thanks.

Some Request if possible?

1. Tears of the Sun
2. Master and Commander
3. Ghost Dog
4. Black Hawk Down
5. Platoon
6. Hellboy

Many more going up this week. You guys are busy! I can't keep up!

"Many more going up this week. You guys are busy!"

Does this mean the two guys doing the work have sent you two more covers? Thanks in advance.

What program are you guys using to make these covers? Could you guys provide some details, I, and im sure others would like to try a attempt in making some to help out. Would be nice to know:

1. Program used
2. How you guys go about getting the hi res pics for the front and back
3. How u make the spine
4. Where do u get the info for the back cover ( is it from the dvd)
5. Where do you get the icons you put on the back cover
6. Anything else useful

Thanks.

Over a dozen new covers are going up this week. The jpegs are uploading now. I'll hopefully update the html tomorrow.

"Over a dozen new covers are going up this week."

Thanks, Matt, it's all neat stuff. Have a good one.

Originally posted by Matt_Stevens
Over a dozen new covers are going up this week. The jpegs are uploading now. I'll hopefully update the html tomorrow.

Excellent, Matt!!!

Any chance of spilling the beans as to what new covers we have to look forward to?

What program are you guys using to make these covers? Could you guys provide some details, I, and im sure others would like to try a attempt in making some to help out.

1. Photoshop
2. Lots of searching on the net.
3. Lots of font searching and about 2 years of working with photoshop. ;)
4. Generally yes. I modify the back of most of mine, or, just totally recreate a new back.
5. I have hundreds of them. Back from the old days of dvdcoverart.com. But, brands of the world (http://www.brandsoftheworld.com) is a great source.
6. I just made a template that I drop everything into. Big time saver.

Thanks for the tips. Heres my first crack at a cover. I present: The Last Samurai. Tell me what you think.

Here is version 2.

Paniro, looks pretty good!

My 2cent

Just that the WB logo all look distorted and not in proportion. Same with the Last Samurai logo on the spine.

As for other things I've noticed a lot of covers seem to cram everything on a page. Dont try to use up all the "empty space" on a design. Space is good... it could create a balance with how the elements interact. Over crowded designs are harder to focus on the subject. For example an indent in a paragraph make it easier to lead into the body of a story, etc..

Anyway good work guys!

Thanks. Im gonna work on it some more later today when i have some free time.

Paniro,
Good job!

I liked cover #2 better.

I'm going to be recording "13 going on 30" tomorrow night, it's one of my wife's favorites. If anyone wants to make a cover for that I would appreciate it.

I like them both. I'll be glad to put them both up. All the new covers are up, but not listed on the HTML yet. I'll be doing that tonight.

Originally posted by Brajesh
Matt, here are the covers I have. Which ones should I send you? I think my covers are of different size than djdrock's since the VHS cases I use are of different size...

austin_powers_dvhs.jpg
bend_it_like_beckham_dvhs.jpg
black_rain_dvhs.jpg
blade2_dvhs.jpg
crimson_tide_dvhs.jpg
daredevil_dvhs.jpg
die_another_day_dvhs.jpg
die_hard3_dvhs.psd
dumb_and_dumber_dvhs.jpg
english_patient_dvhs.jpg
executive_decision_dvhs.jpg
face_off_dvhs.jpg
frantic_dvhs.jpg
goldeneye_dvhs.jpg
groundhog_day_dvhs.jpg
hunt_for_red_october_dvhs.jpg
in_america_dvhs.jpg
italian_job_dvhs.jpg
love_actually_dvhs.jpg
matrix_dvhs.jpg
matrix_revolutions_dvhs.jpg
minority_report_dvhs.jpg
naked_gun_dvhs.jpg
old_school_dvhs.jpg
professional_leon_dvhs.jpg
pulp_fiction_dvhs.jpg
raising_arizona_dvhs.jpg
red_dragon_dvhs.jpg
road_to_perdition_dvhs.jpg
runaway_jury_dvhs.jpg
rundown_dvhs.jpg
school_of_rock_dvhs.jpg
silence_of_the_lambs_dvhs.jpg
somethings_gotta_give_dvhs.jpg
startrek_firstcontact_dvhs.jpg
terminator3_dvhs.jpg
the_terminator_dvhs.jpg
tombstone_dvhs.jpg
true_romance_dvhs.jpg
underworld_dvhs.jpg
untouchables_dvhs.jpg
while_you_were_sleeping_dvhs.jpg

Will all your covers be posted? I have many of these and would love to use them. :D

Just anxious, just got my 100 empty cases in. Found a site selling them for .45 each.
Site (http://www.polylinecorp.com/productlist.asp?OPT=035030000100000100)
Cheapest shipping I found too under $9. for me at least.

Paniro...just curious, why do your previews look vertically stretched?

Nice start. I would remove the UPC. That should be fairly easy to do using the "clone" tool in Photoshop.

Regards!

I dont know. I had them resized to 640 x 640. Version 2 has been resized

Here is a preview of my custom Fargo cover. Matt and Nathan will have it on their sites soon.

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/Fargopreview.jpg

Fargo's up. :) Keep 'em coming, folks.

Just sent Doc Hollywood up. Touch one to do, as I really only had low-res material to work with. Turned out pretty good considering. If I am not mistaken, no widescreen is available on DVD, so having a widescreen HD copy is nice.

Anyone know where the hell you can by the Dtheater empty grey/silver cases??

they are called "Bullet VHS Cases", brand I have no idea

I can't find them at all

-Gary

I tried to find them, but gave up and ordered the clear ones shown earlier in the thread :(

Requesting the Matrix trilogy....


Brajesh-- could you please send me your missing covers from www.georgiahdtv.com/ht/dvhs ?

Thanks.
~~Nathan

Nathan R..... Can I assume your cover site has all that have been sent you by the guys making them? Thanks in advance.

I cross-referenced what's on Matt's site with mine, and I'm not missing anything from there. I have a few more currently posted than he does, but I bet that'll change once Matt does the update mentioned a few posts back.

I'm still missing a boatload of covers that Brajesh made (mentioned on page 3 or so).

Originally posted by Nathan_R
Requesting the Matrix trilogy....

Thanks.
~~Nathan

Yes Please :)

Jones

Trying to get to updating the HTML. Just sodamn busy right now. It's a real pain. :(

I have sent Matt the follow covers:

A League of their Own
Anaconda
Bruce Almighty
Clockwork Orange
Crimson Tide
Die Another Day
Dreamcatcher
Flatliners
Goldeneye
Hamburger Hill
Hunt for Red October
Judge Dredd
K19 Widowmaker
Pretty Woman
Mrs. Doubtfire
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Secret Window
Spiderman
Stand By Me
Starman
Starship Troopers
The Fifth Element
The Fugitive
The Mothman Prophecies
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider - Cradle of Life

Will be creating more in the near future.

Steve Smith

Please send them to nathan_r AT georgiahdtv DOT com, as well.

Thanks.

updated with a ton of titles. :D

Thanks, Steve!

requesting: Attack of the Clones (yes, I know it was cropped/p&s'd)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nathan_R
updated with a ton of titles. :D

Thanks, Steve! [/QUOTE


Thank you.

http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/dvhs.html

Now fully updated with everything that has been sent to me, including some titles I received this morning.

All neat stuff, thanks to the guys who make it and to the site ops who share it with the rest of us! THANKS!


Enjoy some HDTV of your choice tonight!

Check out my 2nd try:

http://img224.exs.cx/img224/5929/8mileresized8us.jpg

8 Mile looks great!

Hey! We need HERO! It's 720p, not 1080i, so get that right. ;)

"Hey! We need HERO! It's 720p, not 1080i, so get that right."

You could make your own ;-O

I added a Kill Bill, Vol. 1 cover that I did this evening. It's not the best in the world, nor does it have specs on the back (no DVD here for comparison), but it's a start. This is my first attempt at a cover, so be gentle. :D


[edit] Nuts, the spine is too wide. I'll have to work on that.

[edit part deux] spine corrected.

Originally posted by Nathan_R
I added a Kill Bill, Vol. 1 cover that I did this evening. It's not the best in the world, nor does it have specs on the back (no DVD here for comparison), but it's a start. This is my first attempt at a cover, so be gentle. :D

You're better than me! I don't even have any editing software to attempt one, although I do have a scanner that's collecting dust in my closet.

well, what the hell, I did a spec-less Kill Bill Vol. 2, too.

Anyone have better artwork for Tucker? This is the only one I have,. I dont like to look of the lobby cards.

Originally posted by mikey p
"Hey! We need HERO! It's 720p, not 1080i, so get that right."

You could make your own ;-O I don't make them. I just host them. :cool:

"I don't make them. I just host them. ...."

Not to worry. I just did not see the humor in the comment until I was reading the Kill Bill 2 thread ;-)

So, after the last large batch just uploaded on the 10th (thanks to all, BTW), are there any others pending to be sent up?

There are a ton of Deadwood and Carnivale covers (complete with a template for DIY'ers) up.

Originally posted by Nathan_R
There are a ton of Deadwood and Carnivale covers (complete with a template for DIY'ers) up.

Yeah, I saw those...I just don't have any Deadwood or Carnivale tapes to use them with!:D

BTW, I'm using your Kill Bill covers! Thanks!

I love Carnivale.

Yes, Pat, for that blasphemy you must send me all your D-Theater tapes and $250 penance.

Oh, and updated, by way.

my old dead like me

Originally posted by Nathan_R
Yes, Pat, for that blasphemy you must send me all your D-Theater tapes and $250 penance.

Oh, and updated, by way.

The $250 chosen because that's what you speculate your copy of Bourne to bring???

Just sent Devil's Advocate and Punch-Drunk Love.

http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/dvhs.html

Thumbnails are up on many of these now. More are coming.

Question...

There are a bunch of D-Theater titles that have been shown on the movie channels. Sure some have been cropped, and they're not true D-Theater, but do any of the owners of these titles have the ability to scan and post the original covers? Or is that illegal?

I know that I have over 10 movies recorded that were released on D-Theater that I haven't seen covers for.

Just a thought...

Question...

Most likely there is an issue, as those are "cc" plus I don't have a scanner, just some nice D-Theater titles.

Actually seems the DVD group(s) got into this too with the snapper cases replacements? Not sure how much you could slide around with changes to any of these to NOT have problems? I would consider a scanner if it would not bring the sky down on us.

In the mean time, I notice a few NEW ONES posted by the guys, a big thanks for all their efforts. Neat stuff for sure.

Take care, have a great day...........

I'll get my scanner hooked for the D-Theater covers I have. What covers are most wanted for scanning?

Nice, Matt!!!

The ones that I would need in alphabetical order:

2 Fast 2 Furious
Biker Boyz
The Bourne Identity (and I'm not paying $360 for the cover!!!):D
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Love Actually
Meet Joe Black
Red Dragon
The Ring
The Rundown

Thanks,
Patrick

Well, the only one of those I have is Red Dragon, which I am going to scan now. Sorry, Pat. Maybe some others can step up to the plate and scan them.

I was scanning the cover for "The Ring". I was cleaning up the image redoing all the text, logo's etc and I inadvertently hit command I (invert). The colours look decent enough that I inverted the photos so they were back to normal just to see what it looked like. Not bad!

My site is updated again.

I'd like to play with creating some of the covers I need. But I wondered if those that have been creating the covers have any tips on find really high res images? I've used Google, but have a hard time find images that are big enough.

I just got my 169time setup working a few days back, just in time for just about my all time favorite flick "Goldeneye", I just finished my custom cover if anyone is interested:

http://users.mikrotec.com/gdmurrell1/goldeneye%20cover.jpg

jpeg compression ruined my preview, the original is gorgeous, I'm a big photo shop guy and I think this is one of my best pieces yet

just as a note all my covers I create in the future will perfectly match dtheater tapes

-Gary

Gary, can you email me your regular-sized cover? For some reason, AVS attachments and I don't get along well.

I was thinking of starting a cover service, but the price of each cover would be up there because I would do professional printing, I don't think it would be worth it

Nathan I emailed you my Goldeneye cover

-Gary

Just finished another cover, like I said before I much prefer the Dtheater look and my covers are made to fit the DTheater cases, I promise I will find them before I die :D

here is my Italian Job

http://users.mikrotec.com/gdmurrell1/italiandvhscoversmall.JPG

-Gary

Great stuff, Gary!!!

Now you need to get to work on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy!!!:D

Thanks
Pat or anyone would you like me to work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy???, would you want the EE or Theatrical versions???

I would be more excited about this if I actually had these awesome flicks on tape, have they ever been on Showtime or Hdnetmovies??, I doubt it

were did you guys tape the LOTR trilogy from??

great work Randosel, I have never seen Clerks before so I can't wait for it on Showtime later this month

-Gary

Gary,

Check your PM.

Starz-HD showed and continues to show the Theatrical Releases of The Two Towers and The Return of the King cropped.

Starz-HD also showed The Extended Edition of The Two Towers OAR. I hope that ROTK-EE will be shown soon!

So, to answer your question, the Theatrical Releases of all would be great, and at least The Two Towers EE would be good!!!

Who's better than you!!!???:D

Patrick

Thanks very much for your PM Pat, you ask nice and you shall receive

Pat and other Lord of the Rings freaks here is your Two Towers theatrical:

http://users.mikrotec.com/gdmurrell1/2towers.jpg

-Gary

I also wanted to add that these DTheater case covers easily fit on a 8x10 printout which can be done at your wal-mart and the quality would be unmatched

-Gary

Massive update this morning, folks, with everything thathas been sent tome. I even scanned my RED DRAGGON D-Theater cover, for those of you who recorded the Starz broadcast. :)

I'd love to add LORD OF THE RINGS covers. For TWO TOWERS EXTENDED we need two (ID'd as Tape 1 & Tape 2), since most of us have it on two tapes.

http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/dvhs.html

Originally posted by Matt_Stevens
Massive update this morning, folks, with everything thathas been sent tome. I even scanned my RED DRAGGON D-Theater cover, for those of you who recorded the Starz broadcast. :)

I'd love to add LORD OF THE RINGS covers. For TWO TOWERS EXTENDED we need two (ID'd as Tape 1 & Tape 2), since most of us have it on two tapes.

http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/dvhs.html

I have it on ONE tape. Make a cover for one tape, too!!!:D

I'm in the process of sending Matt & Nathan 42 of my covers. I only managed to send 4 back in January. For the last few days, I've only been sending 5-6 out at a time as my site can't handle more than 25mb. Nathan is trying to find an FTP for me, but if any of you readily have an FTP site where I can upload the remaining 26 covers in a single go, PM me.

Brajesh, check your PM. FTP is ready to go. :)

Okay, terrific ... expect the rest of the covers by 9pm EST tonight.

Lord of the rings covers are coming guys, just give me a little time, the only one I have finished so far is the theatrical Two Towers posted above, Matt and Nathan I will be sending it your way very soon

thanks to Pat for getting me excited about the LOTR covers

I will release the following covers:

Fellowship theatrical 1 cover
Two Towers theatrical 1 cover ALREADY FINISHED ABOVE
Return King theatrical 1 cover
Fellowship EE 1 cover
Fellowship EE 2 covers for tapes 1/2
Two Towers EE 1 cover
Two Towers EE 2 covers for tapes 1/2
Return King EE 1 cover
Return King EE 2 covers for tapes 1/2

I just need some time here, of which I have plenty of :D

covers will first be emailed to Pat, his approval moves them onto Nathan and Matt

-Gary

Hey gang, I am sorry to report that I will not be able to continue hosting the covers for the D-VHS titles due to space limitatons at my site. I have a film project coming up that will be using the domain and as the testing on that site continues, I just don't have the space to hold the titles.

I am looking into getting more space and if that happens, I'll get back into it. In the meantime, the other site seems to be a-OK, so at least we all have a way to get the artwork.

Thanks for your understanding.

Matt

Originally posted by Gary Murrell
Anyone know where the hell you can by the Dtheater empty grey/silver cases??

they are called "Bullet VHS Cases", brand I have no idea

I can't find them at all

-Gary

I have found them in black and in white, but not silver.
http://www.polylinecorp.com/productlist.asp?OPT=035030000300000100

They brand is Dura-Case from what I can tell, but I don't see silver available anywhere. It is possible that it was a special order for silver cases from the manufacturers. Heck, between about 10 of the largest collections here you could probably buy more cases than Artisan ever used!

If you need online storage space, I have 2GB of online storage and 100GB of traffic allowed each month with my hosting account for my work. I don't think that hosting these covers would take more than 1.5GB would it? And I don't think there is a chance of sucking up more than 75GB of traffic each month?

Anything to help...

Poindexter that is not the same case, you are close though, but this case is much larger, the insert size says 8 1/2" tall the D-Theater cases are 7 1/4" this is the same size case as the old disney video clamshells

thanks for helping us look though, we will find them

-Gary

well they do have them, you posted the wrong link sir, holy crap I think Poindexter has finally found these cases, here is the correct link
I think i will change my whole collection to black

http://www.polylinecorp.com/productlist.asp?OPT=035030000200000100

-Gary

Well, it looks like the minimum order for such cases is one carton of 108. I don't even know if there are 108 sets of D-VHS cover art made up yet, are there?

Originally posted by Mr.Poindexter
Well, it looks like the minimum order for such cases is one carton of 108. I don't even know if there are 108 sets of D-VHS cover art made up yet, are there?

Yes,
I ordered 100 VHS cases from them a few months ago. I have used them all and have a lot that don't have an insert (yet) ;)

It might be nice to make a "generic" insert that will allow me to edit the spine movie title letting me easily see what is in the case before a good insert is made.

I think I may edit one of them to create this "generic" insert.

JSjames let me work on that, i'll make a generic white insert with black title, you guys will need some form of program that uses psd's, to slap in your title

i'll have that finished real soon

here is how i currently label my movies:

http://users.mikrotec.com/gdmurrell1/dvhsmovies.jpg
not the most flashy way to do it but it get's the job done and is quick

i wish we could find these in silver, i betcha we could all get together and fill a minimum order, somebody maybe should contact someone about that

these cases are made by alpha and are sometimes called "bullet cases" that title lends nothing online, but i have discovered their copyrighted name

these cases are again made by alpha and are named "video capsule" TM

they are on many many websites, we just didn't know the name for them

-Gary

Randosel:
One of the distributors I deal with carries the Nexpak Alpha Cases, I'll see if they can get the Capsules from your link. No minimum order from them and I had been using the Alphas and getting them for $.40ea. I could probably do even better if I ordered in large quantity. But I haven't got that many tapes yet.

Gary, when are you going to get the LOTR scans up? I'm dying to print them out.

Originally posted by Gary Murrell
Thanks very much for your PM Pat, you ask nice and you shall receive

Pat and other Lord of the Rings freaks here is your Two Towers theatrical:

http://users.mikrotec.com/gdmurrell1/2towers.jpg

-Gary

OK folks, I can no longer host all the covers, as you know, but I do have a little space that I will use to host some covers that I have altered myself.

Here it is (http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/)

On it are masters for the 4 seasons of SOPRANOS, another KILL BILL 2 cover and another PULP FICTION cover. I'll add more as time goes on.

http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/Sopranos_s1thumb.jpg
http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/killbill2_alt2thumb.jpg
http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/pulpfiction_alt2thumb.jpg

I have a few Alias covers I created (from a template djdrock created for me, thanks!! Actually, he created the whole thing, I just change the episodes).

http://home.comcast.net/~jeffsjames/Alias.jpg

I put two episodes on each tape and edit the spine of the cover.
I'll send them to Nathan to host.

Any luck on a generic insert? I am trying to get familiar with Photoshop enough to create one, but it is taking longer than I thought.

It's a major pain to do the covers.

So where be the LOTR covers?! I'm getting impatient and working on my own!!! :eek:

If someone can post a psd of the template i'd greatly appreciate it. I have enough high resolution scans of dvd covers to make some for d-vhs.

I've noticed 2 different versions that you guys are using, I'm liking the one with the black 1080i logo on the spine overlapping a bit.

I can spare some bw to host some of the newer covers, just PM me and I can post a direct link when they are up.

The custom covers at the bottom of this page would be very cool for the DVHS cases. They were done for the DVD's but I think these were also done for the DVD cases that are 1" wide spines. So, it may be easy to convert to DVHS cases.
http://www.rixgrafix.com/index_106.htm

http://www.rixgrafix.com/lotr_mf_3d.jpg

I'll try to make my psd (Photoshop 7) template available tomorrow.

awesome thanks!

Jeff, I am putting up some variations of those same covers on my site tonight.

Originally posted by Matt_Stevens
Jeff, I am putting up some variations of those same covers on my site tonight.

Great.
What I thought was nice was the image that spanned over the three spines.

Mine won't have that. It's too complicated since FELLOWSHIP is on one tape and TTT Extended is on two.

"I am putting up some variations of those same covers on my site tonight."

Any idea when?

Just e-mailed my D-VHS template to xedgex. If Nathan or anyone wants to host it, I'll e-mail it to you. Let me know.

Yes please, email or FTP it my direction. :)

Mikey, I am experimenting with the size of both, so there is a delay. They will be up this weekend. promise. :)

I just did a cover for Funny Farm, I believe its on HBO this week. It may need correcting, how do I find out the Aspect Ratio & Audio info for how it will air on HBO?


Funny Farm Cover is here (http://home.comcast.net/~martinw79/dvhs_funnyfarm.jpg)

Spartan Cover Here (http://home.comcast.net/~martinw79/dvhs_spartan.jpg)

Might need Aspect Ratio fixed, not sure how I can look it up. :confused:

"Mikey, I am experimenting with the size of both,....."

Thanks, I'm looking forward to these for sure, as they are in my D-VHS collection. The others posted or linked are all interesting too, neat stuff.

OK, the covers for FELLOWSHIP and TTT Extended are up. (http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/)

http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/fellowship_thumb.jpg http://www.deceptions.net/highdef/ttt_thumb.jpg

TTT is a Word file. You need to print it using LEGAL sized paper. The cover is designed specifically for a Double sized VHS case, since mine is on two tapes and not one.

Updated the GAHDTV site to reflect everything I've received via FTP, email, and links. Please let me know if I'm missing anything.

Nathan, your D-VHS cover page is looking mighty impressive!

"Nathan, your D-VHS cover page is looking mighty impressive!"

It sure is, so say we all.

A big tip of the cap to all those folks doing the covers, this postitve activity has got me interested again. Thanks to all for their efforts.

Ditto, here, Nathan!

Lots of content and VERY organized! And thanks to all who have provided the content for all collectors to enjoy!!!

Now, if I could only find covers for Gladiator and the Harry Potter's...:D

http://daprogger.mine.nu/ has a terrific cover for GLADIATOR. Do a search, then scroll down to the one marked HDTV. It will have to be altered a bit, but it will work great. VERY high quality.

http://daprogger.mine.nu/ has a terrific cover for GLADIATOR. Do a search, then scroll down to the one marked HDTV. It will have to be altered a bit, but it will work great. VERY high quality.

Here's a unfinished quickie cover Matt. I printed this quickie comp and it does indeed look decent.

Updated site with templates *and* a fantastic coverart tutorial by AVS member xsrsmithx! I can't thank Steve enough for his patience and willingness to create this instruction manual.

Covers, templates, and tutorial are available at www.georgiahdtv.com/ht/dvhs/

Originally posted by Nathan_R
Updated site with templates *and* a fantastic coverart tutorial by AVS member xsrsmithx! I can't thank Steve enough for his patience and willingness to create this instruction manual.

Covers, templates, and tutorial are available at www.georgiahdtv.com/ht/dvhs/

Great tutorial, thanks Steve!!!
That helps me a lot.
I think we'll be seeing a lot more covers now :D

I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in this one. It's pretty basic. Just an image on the back.
This is for the NBC airing of the miniseries.
http://home.comcast.net/~jeffsjames/Battlestar_Galactica_NBC.jpg

Why is the "Identity" link dead?

Who got TITANIC in HD???!!!

Oops, because I forgot to upload it. :) Sorry about that-- it's up now.

Originally posted by Nathan_R
Oops, because I forgot to upload it. :) Sorry about that-- it's up now.

Thanks, my man!!!:D

I have TITANIC. It was on HBO some time back. OAR and 2.0. It's better than the DVD, but not A+ HD.

Originally posted by seldenpat
Thanks, my man!!!:D

No problem-- sorry I missed that one.

Hmmm, on second thought, my fee for uploading this ultra rare, priceless, OOP cover is your copy of American Pie. :D

Why do so many of these say anamorphic widescreen? No D-Theater tapes are anamorphic - in fact, no HDTV is anamorphic.

You're right. They also say "Region 1 NTSC", which is incorrect. I was just mimicking what Universal DTheater tapes had in the back flap. Probably should edit my template.

Originally posted by Matt_Stevens
I have TITANIC. It was on HBO some time back. OAR and 2.0. It's better than the DVD, but not A+ HD.

I have a remuxed one with 5.1

If anyone can supply me with a scan for Terms of Endearment, I would appreciate it. All I can find is low res material. Thanks! email is djdrock at insightbb.com

I am obviously anxious to see Shrek 2 in May on HBO, so, I decided to go ahead and make the artwork for it. The Shrek 2 logo is completely custom, and not a bad replica of the original if I say so myself. :D :D :D

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/Shrek2preview.jpg

Damn, that is a truly beautiful cover!

Very nice work!!

"Very nice work!!"


And to Nathan_R, for putting these up for us all to enjoy........ ;-)

Thanks for the feedback everyone. It was truly fun to do. Nathan has it on his site now.

BAND OF BROTHERS anyone?

Site updated with all emailed covers.

Nathan,

There's a problem on your website with the Last Samurai cover. When you click on it to enlarge to full size in a new screen, it only pops up a fairly small image (maybe 640x480 at most).

The Last Samurai cover (amongst a handful of others) came from here as an attachment, rather than sent to me via email. Unfortunately, I don't have a fullsize version of it. :(

No problem Nathan, I wasn't sure if that was the case or if you accidentally attached the "attachment version" instead of the full size.

If anyone has high rez cover art for Last Samurai (like a scan of the DVD cover) I'd appreciate it so I could make my own cover. Or better yet, if the person who created the cover could email Nathan the full rez version that would be great too.

I had a little spare time today, and decided to make a custom cover for it. I have sent it to Nathan to put on his site. Here is a preview. Enjoy!

http://home.insightbb.com/~djdrock/TheLastSamuraipreview.jpg

Well you guys have got my interest here. I have some questions so that I can get started doing some movies.

I have an HDTV DVR cable box and around 14 HD stations. The box has a firewire output, dvi & component. So which VCR do I need to buy to record on ? Must it be a JVC ? I heard if I bought the Mits I could not buy store bought D-VHS movies but I could record my own and create covers for much less cash.

Last thing. Is the firewire outs on these cable boxes copy protected or what ? Fill me in guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GB

P.S. Would a Mits deck record on blank JVC "D-VHS" tapes?

I use a JVC. It has been basically flawless with around 120 recordings. I think the Mitsu will work. Firewire is the only way to record to D-VHS, but is usually is coded with 5C protection with a "write once" code, so it can not be duplicated more than once.

djdrock,

Thanks for the Last Samurai cover. Much appreciated!

Greenbud,
This is a bit off-topic but:

I'd say, and I think most people would agree, that the JVC HM-DH5U is the very best D-vhs player/recorder today. Even if you don't have any interest in D-theater tapes today, you never know what the future holds..
Also the latter JVC's have DTS sound capability, the 5U has even got a HDMI output:)

Back on topic.

Em

Now that http://daprogger.mine.nu is dead, what good hi-res cover/artwork sites remain besides http://dagonsden.com?

Found these two via DVDTalk--any others?
- http://www.generetic.org
- http://covers.to

Fricken studios are really killing us. :( The only places left require you to pay them.

This site popped up after daprogger shut down.

http://www.customcovers.org

I think they have most of the covers that were on daprogger's site.

Steve Smith

Someone sent me a cover this morning via email, but I accidentally deleted it at some point during the day.

Could whoever sent the cover please re-send it?

Thanks.

Originally posted by xsrsmithx
This site popped up after daprogger shut down.

http://www.customcovers.org

I think they have most of the covers that were on daprogger's site.

Steve Smith

Site is down.
I love the error message.

Found an error on the board so sorry to say,we have had to shut the board till we get round to fixing it.We tried tonight but the error was still there and we need our Zzzz so will be fixed sometime today.

Hmmm, I was just able to register & use their forums. Found some good covers already. Hope the site stays alive.

Nathan, it might have been mine. Goodfellas. I sent it to you originally on the 8th.

Bingo-- you're absolutely correct, djdrock! Thanks!

I didn't see a cover for The Chronicles of Riddick yet since it just aired on HBO HD, so I made one. I'll be emailing the full version to Nathan to upload to his site. Enjoy!

Anyone have a cover for JFK?

Thanks!

Tom

Well, looks like customcovers.org died a quick death & took my money w/it.

Well, looks like customcovers.org died a quick death & took my money w/it.

Man, that sucks. I'm glad I was able to snag some covers I needed from there before the shutdown.

Is anyone making a "Finding Nemo" cover?

I would, but is it being shown in true HD anywhere? Starz has been showing an upconvert.