A.J. Franzman Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Looks like you need to change the blue to cyan (a very common problem when going from a scan to an inkjet print, in my experience). It will look way too light on your monitor, but should come out much closer when printed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 This is a great idea. I wonder if this could be used by homebrewists when they release carts. Not so much to sell the games boxed but to instead supply a box template for the game online so that anyone who buys the homebrew cart (and hopefully, instructions) and has a working printer can print up his own box at home to store the homebrew game. Keeps the homebrew costs down, keeps the homebrewist's sanity and allows only those who want boxes to have boxes for their new homebrew carts. Sort of like how some Vectrex homebrew games have downloadable overlays for those who want to make their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Looks like you need to change the blue to cyan (a very common problem when going from a scan to an inkjet print, in my experience). It will look way too light on your monitor, but should come out much closer when printed. I have since corrected the issue. That pic is quite old. It was actually my print settings combine with a cheap printer that caused that issue. I'm now using Epson Photo printers and changed my print settings and no longer have that issue. The images I use to make repro labels are not just plain scans. Scans are used to make the image but once the image is updated it is no longer just a scan. Have a look for yourself: I think just scanning a label or in the case of this thread, the box and then reprinting it wouldn't look that great. Most of these boxes/labels have a lot of age on them and can easily be corrected before it is printed out. Plus it adds to that new look. I agree with ledzep that having a home brew box download would be kind of cool but it is important that the home brewer make some slight changes to the download image so it can be identified (at least to the home brewer) as the download box and not an original release box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devbinks Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Wow, thanks! I know I'll definitely be making some boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gHan2000 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 What if someone finds a picture of an expensive game's box like Air Raid, puts a rock or something in it, covers it in shrink wrap, sells it on eBay and then makes XX,XXX$ from it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 If someone found a picture of Air Raid, they could use that picture on Ebay without the hassle of making a box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenski Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Just want to say your tutorial and the sample boxes are awesome! Big for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogoandrei Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Awesome material! I think homebrews can take a lot from that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leach Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I still love these boxes, but could it be done this same way with one piece boxes where the flaps are at top and at bottom..could someone show the layout for those? Mark???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 So was the market flooded with fake boxes like Ivan and GI Joe predicted 3 years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I still love these boxes, but could it be done this same way with one piece boxes where the flaps are at top and at bottom..could someone show the layout for those? Mark???? There is no reason why it couldn't be done that way. You would need a large format printer however to print out the one piece box. I use an Epson Stylus Photo 1400 and it could easily do the one piece box. I might have to try this sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Nice! I`ll have to try and make some boxes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMurdock Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I was looking for a Atari 2600 template for some time now. I create my own SNES, NES and N64 boxes for some time but never did a atari box. To show my thanks to Paul Sernine template I created the Keystone Kapers box I've used Paul Sernine template thecoverproject keystone kapers box for the Universal Game Case and the bar code from Paul Sernine Combat. Got the game code from AtariAge. megaupload link with pictures in quality 12. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SP2POIN9 PS: I do not use GIMP, I've used Photoshop. Used gimp only to convert files for photoshop file. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Why do you need to print on paper and then use adhesive? Can't you just get an inkjet printer that feeds straight through and can take some type of card stock? Will someone ever make a gatefold box template? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMurdock Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Because if you print into the gross paper it will be opaque and ugly, that's why you use photographic paper with gross paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 What if someone finds a picture of an expensive game's box like Air Raid, puts a rock or something in it, covers it in shrink wrap, sells it on eBay and then makes XX,XXX$ from it! Has happened numerous times and still does from what I've heard over the years.Those who never open their mint sealed games will never know %100 if the sealed mega rare games they have are games, and not a block of wood or a dirt common Combat cartridge instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 They make photographic gloss card stock, though, is what I am referring to. Because if you print into the gross paper it will be opaque and ugly, that's why you use photographic paper with gross paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RichG1972 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I would like the template for the frogger box it says it is here but it doesnt show up and i would like too make replacement llabels for my frogger, qbert and warlords games as well unless someone could do that for me just so i can be sure it is done right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 hmm all the megauploads are dead... does anyone have these to reup? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I'm working on a blank template box. I'm using InDesign from Adobe CS3. I'll try and upload a pdf of my wip tomorrow when I get back to my files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Interested in this also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) Lol. Sorry guys. Forgot about this one. I'll upload my template before bed tonight. I'm on the ipad right now. Pdf or indesign file or don't care? Edited February 1, 2013 by gorfcadet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 PDF is okay, just so I can import that into Photoshop. Never used Indesign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 BOX ART.pdf Simple box template. Working on box art for a few projects, so I wanted to make something I could change for more than one game. Hope this helps. Tried to upload it as a jpeg, but kept getting an error 500. PDF can be exported as a tiff or jpeg or edited in photoshop. If I have time, I can maybe mod it to a 2600 box and change the color for somebody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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