Top stuff. Thanks!

Pre-empting the very likely release of Ultima IX, if not tomorrow, then certainly in the near future, here's my Ultima Anthology pack design as a first attempt, not including Worlds of Ultima and Ultima Underworld.

Here we go: http://i.cubeupload.com/SLf83J.png

Feedback gladly received!

That's pretty good for a first attempt.

For simplicity I would suggest you consider maintaining the standard template size (6.3 " x 4.2 ") for your covers (see attached "compare.jpg"). That would make it easier for someone to print following the original printing instructions found here. Some folks might find the larger size of your image difficult to print if they were not used to printing images.

Some of us who used to make covers decided to increase the cover ppi to 300 for better printing but keep the original size in order to maintain consistency from the first covers produced to the last covers produced. We did that to hopefully not cause less knowledgeable community members unnecessary confusion about the printing procedure.

The 72 ppi you are using will not print as clearly as a 300 ppi cover image but use it if you prefer that dpi, no real rules concerning the covers AFAIK. . . =)

Although way out-dated I will attach the old Word 2K printing instructions here as well. I never got around to making them for Word 2007 / 2010.

Edit: Couple of years ago we re-made all of Red_153D's original covers at the 6.3 " x 4.2 " @ 300 ppi so almost all of the existing covers are consistent. Covers made in the past six months or so may not be at the standard size as a few may have been made at sizes / ppi other than the standard we were using. Since our guidelines sorta came about over time and without anyone posting them . . new submissions would vary. The templates we posted were always at the standard sizes though.


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Thanks for the feedback!

I've put a new one up now at 175dpi:

http://i.cubeupload.com/slWGI9.png

I did try a 300dpi Lanszos upscaled image, which allowed printing dimensions of 273x183mm, but unfortunately the pic size always ends up over 5MB, which Cubeupload won't allow.

You're welcome, it looks great. You might try saving it to a jpg file. Most photo editing programs give you some control over the compression. The attached is showing the PS jpg save dialog with slider. I usually try to get the size to be between 800K and 1.2K.

I use both png and jpg but find jpeg more convenient for sizing with little or no difference in image quality . . at least for this use. I can upload the jpg of your cover if you would like to compare it to the png.

True, I've just tried it with 90% quality in GIMP and there don't seem to be any horrid compression artifacts that you usually associate with excessive JPEG compression. Came out as 1MB as well.

http://i.cubeupload.com/b5c9Uu.jpg

Looks great, you should be able to design directly in the template (above) at 300 ppi. Much less jaggies . . =)

Why is Revenge of the Enchantress listed twice? And why is Serpent Isle listed as part 2 and Silver Seed is listed as part 2 as well?

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - http://u.cubeupload.com/CowboyBebop01/TNQnjR.png
Return to Mysterious Island - http://u.cubeupload.com/CowboyBebop01/hgyF6Z.png
Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate - http://u.cubeupload.com/CowboyBebop01/6zQh3z.png
Symphony - http://u.cubeupload.com/CowboyBebop01/SFmB8z.png
The Book of Unwritten Tales - http://u.cubeupload.com/CowboyBebop01/WpcztI.png
The Ball - http://u.cubeupload.com/CowboyBebop01/oKODcW.png
Unmechanical - http://u.cubeupload.com/CowboyBebop01/wtDUg5.png

I'll try doing an Ultima 9 cover.

Here it is: http://i.cubeupload.com/SgxCL1.png

Just did a huge back up.

Here are some cases I made

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/9311/1010008d.jpg

Nice

Thanks for the feedback!