Custom Slipcovers

[enigma]

Originally Posted by toxsic

not sure what you're talking about, every slip i've made has the logo's on the spines and from what i've seen, everything enigma has done (except serenity) has had logos on the spines. i don't make the artwork myself. what i've done is come up with a way to take a pre made custom cover and turn it into a slipcover so the logo's are already there from the custom covers. i don't usually take pictures of the spines, but if you'd like i can line up every custom i've done and take a pic of the spines so you can see.

Yea, I was thinking the same thing when he posted that. Out of the four I've posted, they've all had logos except, as you pointed out, Serenity. And I've actually redone Serenity to include both logos and the blu-ray bar across the top. I'm not sure if I want to keep the bar though. I'm sort of a fan of just clean images as covers. I'll post it in a bit once I get it figured out and printed. I'm running out to Best Buy first though. And I might pick up some matte photo paper while I'm out to try that.

[toxsic]

Originally Posted by enigma

Yea, I was thinking the same thing when he posted that. Out of the four I've posted, they've all had logos except, as you pointed out, Serenity. And I've actually redone Serenity to include both logos and the blu-ray bar across the top. I'm not sure if I want to keep the bar though. I'm sort of a fan of just clean images as covers. I'll post it in a bit once I get it figured out and printed. I'm running out to Best Buy first though. And I might pick up some matte photo paper while I'm out to try that.

just make sure it's a thicker matte paper. i'm kind of taking a break from the slips till i can find a more suitable paper to print them. anything with any kind of gloss to it will produce amazing results, but will also have fingerprints galore. something matte would be the best, but from what i've seen so far, a good bit of the matte stuff is too thin. i just looked at some matte paper at wally world earlier and it was 6.5 mil, which is just a bit thicker than regular paper, so i ruled that out. i'm thinking it'll have to be close to 9.5 mil or higher.

[enigma]

Originally Posted by toxsic

just make sure it's a thicker matte paper. i'm kind of taking a break from the slips till i can find a more suitable paper to print them. anything with any kind of gloss to it will produce amazing results, but will also have fingerprints galore. something matte would be the best, but from what i've seen so far, a good bit of the matte stuff is too thin. i just looked at some matte paper at wally world earlier and it was 6.5 mil, which is just a bit thicker than regular paper, so i ruled that out. i'm thinking it'll have to be close to 9.5 mil or higher.

Agreed. I was thinking of trying something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006B7PY

I'm still researching though. It seems like the hardest part of this is actually "perfecting" the process. Once you get a printer that works and figure out what kind of paper you want to settle on, it should be smooth sailing.

[toxsic]

Originally Posted by enigma

Agreed. I was thinking of trying something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006B7PY

I'm still researching though. It seems like the hardest part of this is actually "perfecting" the process. Once you get a printer that works and figure out what kind of paper you want to settle on, it should be smooth sailing.

that stuff is 179gsm. i have some paper here that's 180gsm and it's a decent thickness. not as thick as the card stock, but not really thin either. the stuff i have here is HP Brochure Paper and is what i actually use to print my custom cover art on.

[enigma]

Originally Posted by toxsic

that stuff is 179gsm. i have some paper here that's 180gsm and it's a decent thickness. not as thick as the card stock, but not really thin either. the stuff i have here is HP Brochure Paper and is what i actually use to print my custom cover art on.

This is a really stupid question, but do we actually know what they use for actual slipcovers?

[toxsic]

Originally Posted by enigma

This is a really stupid question, but do we actually know what they use for actual slipcovers?

the real slips are probably made of some kind of regular thick cardboard. the thing is that the real slips aren't printed the way we print, so the companies don't exactly look at the papers in the same way we do. we can't really try to find the same stuff they use since we don't have the same equipment they do.

the thing is try and find a happy medium. something thick enough to not tear easily and something that's going to field great printing results, especially for super small text. of course what type printer you have will also come into play as the better the printer the better the image will turn out. i've got an Epson Artisan 730 which has a maximum print resolution of 5760 x 1440 dpi.

[enigma]

Originally Posted by toxsic

the real slips are probably made of some kind of regular thick cardboard. the thing is that the real slips aren't printed the way we print, so the companies don't exactly look at the papers in the same way we do. we can't really try to find the same stuff they use since we don't have the same equipment they do.

the thing is try and find a happy medium. something thick enough to not tear easily and something that's going to field great printing results, especially for super small text. of course what type printer you have will also come into play as the better the printer the better the image will turn out. i've got an Epson Artisan 730 which has a maximum print resolution of 5760 x 1440 dpi.

Yea, I understand. I'm not too far behind you (or ahead of you, depending on how you read it - I'm not really sure of the technical details of dpi). I'm using a Brother J435W (6000 x 1200 dpi), mainly because it was only $49.99 at Best Buy last week and the ink is stupid cheap. Seriously - I got a box of 20 high-yield cartridges (8xBK, 4xC, 4xM, 4xY) from Amazon for $13.45, and they're surprisingly not shit. Here's the review roundup:



So the ultra low-cost printing allots me a certain degree of screwing around I can get away with to try to perfect my methods. It's actually kind of funny because paper is going to cost me more than the ink will, most likely.

[toxsic]

Originally Posted by enigma

Yea, I understand. I'm not too far behind you (or ahead of you, depending on how you read it - I'm not really sure of the technical details of dpi). I'm using a Brother J435W (6000 x 1200 dpi), mainly because it was only $49.99 at Best Buy last week and the ink is stupid cheap. Seriously - I got a box of 20 high-yield cartridges (8xBK, 4xC, 4xM, 4xY) from Amazon for $13.45, and they're surprisingly not shit. Here's the review roundup:



So the ultra low-cost printing allots me a certain degree of screwing around I can get away with to try to perfect my methods. It's actually kind of funny because paper is going to cost me more than the ink will, most likely.

yep, i can print all i want to as well. i'm using what they call a Continuous Ink System. the system itself was about $45 shipped, but the refills are stupid cheap (about $15 for 600ml of ink). i literally only buy ink about twice a year. i had an Epson Stylus R280 for several years before i bought this Artisan 730 and had a CIS on it as well until the printer just crapped out on me.

[The_Donster]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

I definitely think you guys need to take a que from the cover art folks and add the logos on the spines, but I'm still impressed with the amount of work you've put into each of your slips. Thank you for sharing and I'll second the love for the Serenity slip. Very nice, can't wait to see what else you've got up your sleeves.

Originally Posted by toxsic

not sure what you're talking about, every slip i've made has the logo's on the spines and from what i've seen, everything enigma has done (except serenity) has had logos on the spines. i don't make the artwork myself. what i've done is come up with a way to take a pre made custom cover and turn it into a slipcover so the logo's are already there from the custom covers. i don't usually take pictures of the spines, but if you'd like i can line up every custom i've done and take a pic of the spines so you can see.

Ummm...yeah, I wasn't the first one that mentioned it. I was the last and agreeing with what had been said judging by the last slip I saw. I'm not busting anyone's balls here and I don't think anyone else is either. Clearly you guys have the mad skills and I'm loving it. Hell, I've thought about contacting you guys to make a couple of customs for the one's missing slips in my collection. Keep up with hard work and thanks for sharing

[toxsic]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

Ummm...yeah, I wasn't the first one that mentioned it. I was the last and agreeing with what had been said judging by the last slip I saw. I'm not busting anyone's balls here and I don't think anyone else is either. Clearly you guys have the mad skills and I'm loving it. Hell, I've thought about contacting you guys to make a couple of customs for the one's missing slips in my collection. Keep up with hard work and thanks for sharing

lol, it's all good man, wasn't trying to start anything, was just saying. if someone else commented on the spines not having logo's, it would have had to be about will's slips because all of mine and all of enigma's except Serenity had the logo's on them.

[The_Donster]

Has anyone done a Flash Gordon slip? I'm considering picking this up finally on BD and might need to commission someone to make one for me.

[Dubliner1]

Check out this website I found and some incredible custom digipacks....

http://hazidigi.blogspot.com

[The_Donster]

I've done a little back and forth with toxsic and was wondering if I posted a list of my BD's in need of slips would anyone be interested in coming up with some composites for me?

[enigma]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

I've done a little back and forth with toxsic and was wondering if I posted a list of my BD's in need of slips would anyone be interested in coming up with some composites for me?

I could see what I could whip together. I take it toxsic isn't interested (based on the fact that you were already in contact with him and are still asking here)?

[neoz]

So what kind of printers is everyone using?

I'm looking into getting a new printer and any suggestions would be great.

[enigma]

Originally Posted by neoz

So what kind of printers is everyone using?

I'm looking into getting a new printer and any suggestions would be great.

I'm going to just quote my post from a half-dozen posts up so I don't have to retype it.

I'm using a Brother J435W (6000 x 1200 dpi), mainly because it was only $49.99 at Best Buy last week and the ink is stupid cheap. Seriously - I got a box of 20 high-yield cartridges (8xBK, 4xC, 4xM, 4xY) from Amazon for $13.45, and they're surprisingly not shit. Here's the review roundup:



So the ultra low-cost printing allots me a certain degree of screwing around I can get away with to try to perfect my methods. It's actually kind of funny because paper is going to cost me more than the ink will, most likely.

[toxsic]

Originally Posted by enigma

I could see what I could whip together. I take it toxsic isn't interested (based on the fact that you were already in contact with him and are still asking here)?

he's just trying to see what everybody can come up with. i'm working on it as well.

[toxsic]

Originally Posted by neoz

So what kind of printers is everyone using?

I'm looking into getting a new printer and any suggestions would be great.

Epson Artisan 730 here.

[enigma]

Originally Posted by toxsic

he's just trying to see what everybody can come up with. i'm working on it as well.

Ahh. Well yours are going to end up nicer than mine, so I'm not quite as motivated anymore.

[The_Donster]

Originally Posted by enigma

Ahh. Well yours are going to end up nicer than mine, so I'm not quite as motivated anymore.

Thanks toxsic for replying and c'mon enigma, take the challenge While my illustration and design skills are good, my computer skills suck. Here's a list of my movies. If you are interested, cool. If not, no foul.

City Slickers
Wal Mart Exclusives 2 movie sets:
HP & the Sorcerers Stone/HP & The Chamber of Secrets
HP & The Prisoner of Azkaban/HP & The Goblet of Fire
HP & The Order of the Phoenix/HP & The Half Blood Prince
Highlander UK(See above)
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kill Bill Vol. 2
The Searchers
Sin City
Tombstone
The Venture Bros. Season 4
Wall-E 2 Disc