Hit the Road DVD Cover

[TheWooz28]

Now that I'm eagerly awaiting my Season 1 disc I was wondering if there are any fan-made or official DVD covers for download for Hit the Road. I would love to put my Hit the Road disc into a DVD case to put on my shelf next to Season 1.

[marsan]

This is the image that was the cover on my cd-rom version, which came in a modern dvd case:

http://static.cdon.com/000/567/567024.jpg


I couldn't find a picture of the back, though.

[xChri5x]

I think there needs to be one thats exactly like the original box art. With the road map edging it all around.

I'm not digging the blue

[Candle]

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7825/samandmaxcoveroy8.jpg
try now

[xChri5x]

Permission Denied

[Laserschwert]

When my Season 1 DVD ships, I'll create a "Hit the Road"-cover that matches the design of the S1-DVD... if you have the patience, that is.

[xChri5x]

Make sure you use the original art!

[Kaldire]

Marsan ever want to know how many sam & max hit the roads were made? lol
http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org/index.php?do=game&gameid=10#Sam%20and%20Max

and thats not including 2005+ new versions.. since sadly he sold most of his collection.. luckily I got loads of the S&M stuff. :P

man I loved that guys collection XD He never did tell me why he stopped.. just said it was time lol.

[Harald B]

Here's a picture of the ultra-rare dutch cd cover (scroll down).
http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php?url=http%3A//computer-software.marktplaats.nl/... (http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php?url=http%3A//computer-software.marktplaats.nl/games-pc/102348620-sam-max-hit-the-road.html%3Freturn%3DeJwdzNEKgyAUgOF3CequTJ2yjBj1J gfnVqQpatQ29u7T3cj3c84RBBafRbR9ELjjoggKvJz7OUYnEFq tU1tjwK%252FRaYAYmk0jaY3bo%252FJ1sI94gFfoCUaF2kkkK WfNHI2%252BnXrA1T0MGpd0pIyXdNIkk7PMmPheXOaZiAmnl2u uVyrW0o7nC5MWxm03yi8y5XqkDGBKwkibH%252F6XgfTFZMOSp qRyAy767w8I9UDT%26df%3D1%26fta%3DeNo9j91qwzAMhd%25 2FF0F1b8s9smT5LMHXozJw0xEmbrfTdJ4d0N4LzcaRzFMnRs%2 52FIQ61y6eyxVBJaaxFbO8JHquQApY0NBUtaEstBvnkLZCNAq7 UL5ISOVtzYME43r0M%252F5Er4fVONwQnlCy3OIW7jVTNhu8%2 52BkpXnsRMgFLRSInDo1k6JlJMvIkQCIftyjftp1JYz%252FBY WMY9tLeAmrndps6kHHaWPAN6QNpp8AjL74qAScutymm2pV%252 BvC5fzdhiQZK4rPPc5TH125tyMNfvWmVumfYySCI%252B2i%25 2B8IQ59%252F9evP%252FxSXuE%253D%26fta_ind%3D1)
Mm, maybe I should bid on that thing...

edit: wow, I had no idea marktplaats used such absurdly long links; had to snip that

[Laserschwert]

Here's a picture of the ultra-rare dutch cd cover (scroll down).
Uhm... what's so "ultra-rare" about it? Don't all versions look like that? At least my German version does...

Make sure you use the original art!
Yeah yeah... is there a reason you don't trust me? ;)

[Harald B]

Uhm... what's so "ultra-rare" about it? I have no idea, actually. It just sounded nice :p

[Zeek]

Here's a picture of the ultra-rare dutch cd cover (scroll down).
http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php?url=http%3A//computer-software.marktplaats.nl/... (http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php?url=http%3A//computer-software.marktplaats.nl/games-pc/102348620-sam-max-hit-the-road.html%3Freturn%3DeJwdzNEKgyAUgOF3CequTJ2yjBj1J gfnVqQpatQ29u7T3cj3c84RBBafRbR9ELjjoggKvJz7OUYnEFq tU1tjwK%252FRaYAYmk0jaY3bo%252FJ1sI94gFfoCUaF2kkkK WfNHI2%252BnXrA1T0MGpd0pIyXdNIkk7PMmPheXOaZiAmnl2u uVyrW0o7nC5MWxm03yi8y5XqkDGBKwkibH%252F6XgfTFZMOSp qRyAy767w8I9UDT%26df%3D1%26fta%3DeNo9j91qwzAMhd%25 2FF0F1b8s9smT5LMHXozJw0xEmbrfTdJ4d0N4LzcaRzFMnRs%2 52FIQ61y6eyxVBJaaxFbO8JHquQApY0NBUtaEstBvnkLZCNAq7 UL5ISOVtzYME43r0M%252F5Er4fVONwQnlCy3OIW7jVTNhu8%2 52BkpXnsRMgFLRSInDo1k6JlJMvIkQCIftyjftp1JYz%252FBY WMY9tLeAmrndps6kHHaWPAN6QNpp8AjL74qAScutymm2pV%252 BvC5fzdhiQZK4rPPc5TH125tyMNfvWmVumfYySCI%252B2i%25 2B8IQ59%252F9evP%252FxSXuE%253D%26fta_ind%3D1)
Mm, maybe I should bid on that thing...

edit: wow, I had no idea marktplaats used such absurdly long links; had to snip that
Hmmm, so that's where the "This property is protected by Sam & Max" cursed window sticker came from..... Interesting...

[xChri5x]

When my Season 1 DVD ships, I'll create a "Hit the Road"-cover that matches the design of the S1-DVD... if you have the patience, that is.

If I had the resources to do one I'd put the HTR art where the Season One art is and where the ripped black parts on the top and bottom are, instead of it being just black it would be cool if it were the road map from the original box. On the bottom part is where "Hit The Road" in it's original font would go and as for the top, the Police Badge with "Sam & Max" would fit right in the middle kind of overlaping the rip where the map and art meet.
That's my idea!

I'm not sure if it would end up looking good though...

[meelWORM]

:D

http://www.spaceruckus.com/storage/meelworm/samnmax_dvds3.JPG

[Silly Bob]

:D

http://www.spaceruckus.com/storage/meelworm/samnmax_dvds3.JPG

that is supercool, could you post the full image file please? or alink to it.

[-=[The_Razgriz_Ace]=-]

meelWORM that looks awesome...

[pali]

Pretty nice :D

[Harald B]

Amazing!

[xChri5x]

:D

http://www.spaceruckus.com/storage/meelworm/samnmax_dvds3.JPG

Amazing!
I still think it needs the original Logos though. Having everything the same as the season one cover makes it seem like it's part of that series when it's really a seperate game.
I still think having the road map on the top and bottom would look really awesome.

[IronCladChicken]

meelWORM that rocks man!

[Zeek]

Amazing!
I still think it needs the original Logos though. Having everything the same as the season one cover makes it seem like it's part of that series when it's really a seperate game.
I still think having the road map on the top and bottom would look really awesome.

The original logos are there. *points to the base of the spine* See? The little LucasArts L is there!

[Guybrush Threepwood]

:D

http://www.spaceruckus.com/storage/meelworm/samnmax_dvds3.JPG

Oh. My. God. Please post that here so I can print it off. :D Pleeeaaase?

[-=[The_Razgriz_Ace]=-]

Man, I think alot of people would like that too...its quite spectacular...I know I would!

[crazler]

@meelWORM can you please upload both covers?? that would be soooo nice :)

[tabacco]

@meelWORM can you please upload both covers?? that would be soooo nice :)

The first one you can get professionally printed and wrapped around a disc containing the games for free if you get the downloadable season :)

[OMA]

@meelWORM can you please upload both covers?? that would be soooo nice :)

Both? Why would you also want the Season 1 cover? You can get the original for just the cost of shipping (cos you already paid for Season 1, did you? ;) )

Edit: Wow, we posted at the same minute :)

[crazler]

yeah, both where great.. i am from germany and i will get my copy on the date it will be released here (i have pre-order it on amazon). but i dont like the german cover, this one has much more style... :( i want to put this version of the cover in my rack...
in the attachment you can see the cover that i mean

[xChri5x]

Why didn't you order the one from this site then?

[Badwolf]

It's actually cheaper to buy it from Telltale themselves (the whole Season + Disc), or it is in the UK anyway.

EDIT: Just checked Amazon.de. You actually get the game cheaper than it is on the UK site, but it's only by £3 / €4.50(?).
If you really want the Telltale cover, you might as well cancel your Amazon preorder and order the series and disc from Telltale (or if you've already bought the series online, you might as well cancel the preorder and get the disc from them for the cost of shipping (€7.40) anyway)

[Guybrush Threepwood]

It's actually cheaper to buy it from Telltale themselves (the whole Season + Disc), or it is in the UK anyway.

EDIT: Just checked Amazon.de. You actually get the game cheaper than it is on the UK site, but it's only by £3 / €4.50(?).
If you really want the Telltale cover, you might as well cancel your Amazon preorder and order the series and disc from Telltale (or if you've already bought the series online, you might as well cancel the preorder and get the disc from them for the cost of shipping (€7.40) anyway)

Or get them both! :D

[crazler]

i ordered from amazon and not from telltale because the one from amazon has a complete german translation, with the original voice actors from hit the road.. (max in example has the german voice of bart simpson) the one from telltale didnt has a german version on it. can anyone please upload the cover(s)? or can send me a scan per email??
you would make me very happy ;)
d_schleenbecker@hotmail.com

[xChri5x]

i ordered from amazon and not from telltale because the one from amazon has a complete german translation, with the original voice actors from hit the road.. (max in example has the german voice of bart simpson) the one from telltale didnt has a german version on it. can anyone please upload the cover(s)? or can send me a scan per email??
you would make me very happy ;)
d_schleenbecker@hotmail.com

But the cover wouldn't match the disc. Both versions have different features.
It's blasphemy! It would be a shell of an truly great item.

Plus people who downloaded the game would be able to make bootlegs and I really don't want to see that.

[meelWORM]

Amazing!
I still think it needs the original Logos though. Having everything the same as the season one cover makes it seem like it's part of that series when it's really a seperate game.
I still think having the road map on the top and bottom would look really awesome.Original logos are on the back. I consider both games part of the 'Sam & Max' series ;)
I tried it briefly with the map in place of the black areas, but I didn't like how it was looking.

@meelWORM can you please upload both covers?? that would be soooo nice :)I understand your situation, but I don't feel its appropriate for me to share the original scan.


Thanks to everyone for your comments! Here is the 300dpi image, just print it off at 100%
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/snmhtrdvdcase005.zip

http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/snmhtrdvdcase005s.jpg

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Original logos are on the back. I consider both games part of the 'Sam & Max' series ;)
I tried it briefly with the map in place of the black areas, but I didn't like how it was looking.

I understand your situation, but I don't feel its appropriate for me to share the original scan.


Thanks to everyone for your comments! Here is the 300dpi image, just print it off at 100%
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/snmhtrdvdcase005.zip

http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/snmhtrdvdcase005s.jpg

*high fives* Thanks so much. :)

[Silly Bob]

That's awesome dude, just printed it out, and it looks great, though I'mm trying to figure out how to print it larger. My printer defaults to photomode when I try to print it without borders.

[Guybrush_Threepwood]

E X C E L L E N T stuff!!!!! Thank you!

[xChri5x]

*dies* I'm a dvd cover nut, so I'm in heaven.

I'm still looking foreward to what laserschwert has instore for his cover

[Silly Bob]

Yeah, I'd love to see it, I'm a cover fan too.

[xChri5x]

I couldn't resist.
http://x4c.xanga.com/4a1d800277333142332597/b105089701.bmp

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Shame I don't have that to make use of it. :(

[tobar]

Gah, AWESOME! *high fives meelWORM*

[Silly Bob]

Shame I don't have that to make use of it. :(

That's perfect, I have A DVD that I made for myself, SWEET!

[ReverendTed]

The screenshots on the back were really throwing me off until I realized they were all mirrored.

[Zeek]

Well, I'll be shang-highed in Bancock and thrown to the FCC for inappropriate induendo use! They are mirrored images!

[-=[The_Razgriz_Ace]=-]

Thats really cool...because I have 2 CD's of Hit the Road, so now I can put one in the original box, and one in the special new box...

[HappyBob]

MeelWORM, I just had to add my voice to the choir singing your praises. You, sir / ma'am, rock astonishingly hard. Thank you.

[tobar]

What kind of paper is best to print this out on?

[meelWORM]

Thanks again to everyone for your comments!

I printed it out on Matte Photo paper, but Glossy Photo might look nice also. Also, I used Letter sized paper with the Borderless Printing option enabled. If your printer doesn't have Borderless, or if it requires somewhat large borders, you may have to locate some Legal sized Photo paper.

[tobar]

Matte paper, got it! Oh and I was wondering as ReverendTed pointed out, all of the screenshots are backwards. Was that done intentionally or was it an accident? I think it helps to make it a little bit more quirky for lack of a better term.

[xChri5x]

Anyone wanna print out a nice copy for me and send it my way? :(

[meelWORM]

Matte paper, got it! Oh and I was wondering as ReverendTed pointed out, all of the screenshots are backwards. Was that done intentionally or was it an accident? I think it helps to make it a little bit more quirky for lack of a better term.
If you compare it to the original back, you'll see that there is some other rearrangement, as well as the horizontal flip. This was done for the best alignment with the other DVD case elements.

[Stoney]

I too would enjoy this original disc cover, as i´ve ordered from Amazon (German Version) aswell. I think your are a bit over the top here by not providing it. ;)

[xChri5x]

http://x96.xanga.com/a02820f762158146230134/s108432690.jpg
http://x6f.xanga.com/d97821f562158146230125/s108432681.jpg

Printed one off! I flipped the pictures on the back cover around first though. My printer squished the image a bit so it didn't fill the whole case, but I put it in a clear one and you can't notice it as much. I guess it couldn't print close enough to the edge of the paper

[AllenB]

I'd do this with my copy of HtR.

But, well...
It's signed by Steve Purcell and Dave Grossman.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I'd do this with my copy of HtR.

But, well...
It's signed by Steve Purcell and Dave Grossman.

*screams like Bosco*
Lucky!

[Laserschwert]

Well, I couldn't resist doing one myself (thanks to meelWORM for some inspiration!). I've rebuild everything from scratch, and only used the scan of the S1-cover as a guide. Furthermore I've tried to create a matching back-cover as well.

http://img2.imagebanana.com/img/eg5yej4/htr_cover_prev.jpg

Here's the full-size DOWNLOAD (http://img2.imagebanana.com/img/6olq1dd/htr_cover.jpg)

[Silly Bob]

I'm not sure which one I like better, actually, I think I may take the back from yours and combine it with Meelworm's, I like the back, but Meelworm's spine has the Season one type font on it.

PS. you mispelled gratuitous, and I'm pretty sure I did too.

gratitious antisocial behavior

[Laserschwert]

I knew I forgot something... and the error is fixed.

[meelWORM]

Nicely done, Laserschwert. I am glad my cover served as some inspiration for you. With the matching rear style, I like your version much better. I will be replacing my cover with yours now (with a couple minor changes). Thanks!

[Laserschwert]

You're welcome :) Glad you like it.

I know that yours was meant to be a quick replace, but I'm always a little too tenacious with stuff like this.

[xChri5x]

Aughhh! I should have waited...

laserschwerts has done it once again! I was planning on re-printing the cover anyways. I have to figure out how to get it not to squish the cover up and I'm also going to try photo paper so it'll be clearer and brighter

[Silly Bob]

You're welcome :) Glad you like it.

I know that yours was meant to be a quick replace, but I'm always a little too tenacious with stuff like this.

Is there any chance you might make a new one for the TV series, as I've mentioned before, I've got a homemade DVD of that that I'd really like to make match, and the one I made just seems a little too homemade for my taste.

[xChri5x]

But shout factory is making a set...:(

[Laserschwert]

Yeah, no cover for the TV-show, sorry.

[wisp]

Yeah, but as far as I know they don't have a cover yet. Maybe you could sell your stuff..

[Laserschwert]

Yeah, right :D

But first I need to convince Steve to paint a front artwork for ME and not for THEM. ;)

[Zeek]

But first I need to convince Steve to paint a front artwork for ME and not for THEM. ;)

*screams like a girl*

[Laserschwert]

*screams like a girl*

:D.

[Jake]

These are awesome, and extremely flattering if that's okay to say? Geez. Time to print one out.

Good use of coffee stain as well.

[Laserschwert]

Actually the coffee stain doesn't show very much when printed (at least on my printer)... it's more visible on screen.

And why are you flattered? Because I stole your design? I could steal more of your stuff, if it does it for you...

[Jake]

It's cool to see stuff I made burgled and used to retheme the old game... People could have easily done it the other way around and done a box for Season One that was "more true" to the old LEC boxes or something like that, but it went the other way instead, and that's cool :)


Also, as some here know, I have a history of making fake (http://mojoart.mixnmojo.com/fan-art/_art_jake-rodkin_emi-box.html) game boxes (http://mojoart.mixnmojo.com/fan-art/_art_jake-rodkin_sam-and-max-action.html)... it was a mysterious hobby of mine 6-7 years ago, for some reason, so it's cool to see some well-done fake boxes derived from my now-amazingly-real real box art.

[Mel]

I think Meelworm's and Laserschwert's are both incredibly lovely. If I had a DVD box of HTR, I'd print them out.

I would also like to commend Jake on using the word burgled. That's awesome!

Robble, robble, robble

[Laserschwert]

I'm still into my cover-design hobby which started years ago... it looks like I somehow have to get some 2D (http://img2.imagebanana.com/img/nve8xw4/history_covers.jpg)-design (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7435/24prev15dm4.jpg)-work (http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2319/prev2hr9.jpg)-stuff (http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3923/frprevnew2ni0.jpg) into my life, since job-wise I only deal with 3D- and video-stuff.

[Jake]

Are those all cover sets you did?

[Laserschwert]

Yeah, somehow German labels tend to make each season-release of a TV-series look different, so I had to take on the task myself. The history-covers on the other hand started with "Kingdom of Heaven", since the German release didn't have the cover-design of the US-one... so I did that one (again, from scratch), and somehow I ended up doing three more.

[xChri5x]

Those are awesome! Definatly http://r1db.com material

[Laserschwert]

Those are awesome! Definatly http://r1db.com material

Thanks... but don't get me started with those pay-per-download sites... I HATE those. That's why I offer all my stuff free of charge, which isn't to difficult with today's free image-hosting-services... still those sites try to make money off of it...

See? I hate those.

[xChri5x]

I know, I've never paid any money to the site, but I'm very tempted. $8 for 50 downloads is pretty good. Alot of their stuff is top notch too.

[Jake]

You should set up a site for that stuff, Laserschwert, if you haven't already.

[Laserschwert]

Although they're all available at the German crazycovers.net (which gives download-credits depending on forum-activity) I've put some of the stuff on several other forums as well... since "LucasArts Soundtracks" is already in a long-time sleep, I don't think it would be too good starting yet another site...

[Jake]

True enough. I meant more of just a personal site for your stuff, not themed to anything and without any implied community participation, but yeah.

[Seg]

I don't think it would be too good starting yet another site...

How about setting up something on Flicker? Should be enough to identify yourself as the creator, but good sharing tech to distribute the work.

That way I can subscribe to your RSS feed and get notified when you do new covers. :D

[Laserschwert]

Well, since I do my covers mostly in German, the international audience wouldn't be that big anyway....

[Jake]

Fair enough. Stupid foreign languages.

[LuigiHann]

You should make the covers in Esperanto.

[Laserschwert]

Or in Smurfian...

[Molokov]

Or in Smurfian...

SMURF! Grab your smurfstick, smurf like a siren, and Smurf the Road with Sam & Max, Freesmurf Police, as they attempt to smurf their smurfiest case. Sam (a smurfus canine) and Max (a hypersmurfetic rabbity smurf) are smurf on the trail of a runaway carnival bigsmurf across Smurferica's smurfy underbelly in this smurfy animated smurfventure!

Smurfy our smurfening, smurfy smurffoots smurf the fugitive smurf! Smurf it now!

[Zeek]

That's almost as wrong as the Smurf bit on Robot Chicken.

[-=[The_Razgriz_Ace]=-]

SMURF! Grab your smurfstick, smurf like a siren, and Smurf the Road with Sam & Max, Freesmurf Police, as they attempt to smurf their smurfiest case. Sam (a smurfus canine) and Max (a hypersmurfetic rabbity smurf) are smurf on the trail of a runaway carnival bigsmurf across Smurferica's smurfy underbelly in this smurfy animated smurfventure!

Smurfy our smurfening, smurfy smurffoots smurf the fugitive smurf! Smurf it now!

LOL

Seriously though...These cover designs are great...Jake, I saw your Max Payne and Serious Sam ones ages ago...I thought they were awesome then and I still do...the Monkey Island one looks cool too...

The only thing is, now I have to debate which HTR one I like best...luckily I havent gotten around to printing it off yet...XD

Also, Laserschwert, if you were really keen on this stuff you could maybe even do requests...

>_>

[Laserschwert]

I wouldn't call myself keen... and since these things really take a lot of time to create, I would never take requests, since the minimal amount of free-time I have can't be spent on things I don't have a use for. It's as easy as that :)

[taumel]

@Laserschwert
Great! Nice layout of the backside and the colours look good on the print.

[Laserschwert]

... and the colours look good on the print.

Do the colors match the S1-cover? They do on my printer, and I was really surprised by that. Obviously a simple monitor/printer-calibration by eye helped a big deal here.

[-=[The_Razgriz_Ace]=-]

I wouldn't call myself keen... and since these things really take a lot of time to create, I would never take requests, since the minimal amount of free-time I have can't be spent on things I don't have a use for. It's as easy as that :)

Yeah I can understand that...but hey, doesnt hurt to ask eh?

[Keelhaul]

Great stuff! Someone should upload those covers to cdcovers.cc, if the authors don't mind.

[Laserschwert]

Well, I kinda mind, since cdcovers.cc is just a bad-quality scan sites for your pirated copy-needs... nothing I want to be involved in. But maybe I'm just being too idealistic here.

[Keelhaul]

It also has lots of custom covers though, e.g. for people who want all their games in DVD cases or jewel cases.

[Laserschwert]

Yeah, but there are other sites that deal with custom covers in a much more appealing way, like RixGrafix.com.

And since cdcovers.cc is offering CD-labels as well, it's pretty obvious it's made for people who prefer not to buy DVDs or games, but get them some other way.

[xChri5x]

cdcovers has alot of crap, but at least they fixed their website so it's easier to use.

[taumel]

@Laserschwert
Looks good here, so thumb rules rule?! ;O)

[diego_pmc]

What software do you guys use to make the covers the right size?

[meelWORM]

What software do you guys use to make the covers the right size?

Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc, but the software is irrelevant in regards to getting the right size. Just create a new image with the following settings: 3240 x 2175 pixels, 300 dpi. When you print that out at 100%, it will be exactly the size you need.

[xChri5x]

When you print that out at 100%, it will be exactly the size you need.


Regardless of the program? I know that the whole image fits onto a normal size of paper but do most printers print that close to the edge?

[Zeek]

Regardless of the program? I know that the whole image fits onto a normal size of paper but do most printers print that close to the edge?

Mine doesn't, but the Cannon at my design school does. Hell, it can print magazines on industry-grade glossy paper too!:D

[Laserschwert]

Regardless of the program? I know that the whole image fits onto a normal size of paper but do most printers print that close to the edge?

The size at which an image is to be printed is stored in the file itself (as the dpi - dots per inch - value).

And DVD-covers aren't that big... I guess there's no printer that has a problem with printing at that size, since after all there's about half an inch space towards the edges of the paper on each side.

[diego_pmc]

But where did you people get the SNM-S1 font, the one with which it's written "Hit The Road", on the edge?

[xChri5x]

I don't think that's the same font. But if it is I believe I was told that the Sam & Max font is already a pre-existing font

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I don't think that's the same font. But if it is I believe I was told that the Sam & Max font is already a pre-existing font

I think it was an existing font that was edited to Steve's requirements.

[Silly Bob]

but it's also not a free font, or at least, I have yet to find anywhere free.

It's called Square Meal.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

but it's also not a free font, or at least, I have yet to find anywhere free.

It's called Square Meal.

Jake posted the link to the site you could buy it somewhere.

[Badwolf]

It was part of a "Country Picnic" pack of fonts, IIRC.

[Jake]

Fontdiner.com

The font for episode titles, etc in Season One was "Square Meal." The font for "Sam & Max" is based on "Motel King," but for the official Sam & Max game logo itself, Steve Purcell did some tweaks to the lettering by hand to make it a bit more stylish.

[tobar]

Huh, well I'm having problems printing out the covers. When I right click and print and the photo printing wizard comes up the two best options are Full Page Fax print or Full Page Photo print. One rotates and centers it while the other crops and rotates. Neither of those look right. When I go into Photoshop and try to print I get an error saying the image is two big for the paper and there will be some clipping. When I click on print preview the area it wants to print is a blown up blurry portion of the cover spine.

So uh.....any tips? :confused:

[xChri5x]

I'd use a dvd cover printing program. Nero has one, and there are some free ones online

[Laserschwert]

When in doubt use UnderCoverXP (http://undercoverxp.tk/).

[tobar]

Thanks Laserschwert, I was looking for something like that. =D

[tobar]

Drat it all! Even with UnderCoverXP stuff is getting cut off. :( I guess I'm going to have to go look for some bigger sized paper.

8.5x11 thou hast failed me.....time for you to die. *holds up lighter and flicks it on*

[Laserschwert]

Better look for a new printer...

[Zeek]

Or you could take it to Kinkos when you are desparate enough to spend money on the prints.

[xChri5x]

But wouldn't they think it's copyright infringement? I can't see a business letting people print off DVD covers of games

[Silly Bob]

Drat it all! Even with UnderCoverXP stuff is getting cut off. :( I guess I'm going to have to go look for some bigger sized paper.

8.5x11 thou hast failed me.....time for you to die. *holds up lighter and flicks it on*

One thing I've been doing is, I brighten the image by about 20% then print it with the paper set type the borderless 8.5x11, I brighten it because most printers will think that setting is photo paper and it will use more ink making the image darker. Just set the papers borders to all 0s, and I've been getting the best results printing at 99% size instead of 100.

[Jake]

Kinkos will let you sign into a computer and print off a color 11"x17" page and leave without making eye contact with an employee :) I every morning at PAX in the Kinkos next to the convention center, printing off a zillion signs, and only bugged a guy the first day.

[tabacco]

(Jake is able to bug people without even talking to them!)

[Molokov]

(Jake is able to bug people without even talking to them!)

I thought that was Brendan? Or only when he's in character?

[Laserschwert]

So, whoever needs covers for the German releases, get them here:

http://img3.imagebanana.com/img/k7oord4/s1_cover_deutsch_prev.jpg

http://img3.imagebanana.com/img/0kg5009i/htr_cover_deutsch_prev.jpg

Sam & Max: Season One (German) (http://img3.imagebanana.com/img/eodny0b/s1_cover_deutsch.jpg)
Sam & Max Hit the Road (German) (http://img3.imagebanana.com/img/2ltbsrus/htr_cover_deutsch.jpg)

[Zeek]

Telltale. Hire this guy as a product designer, please. He's got the goods.

[yugge]

Laserschwert : Those historical movies boxarts are extremely good, would you mind uploading the psd for one of those? So I can have a big collection myself :D

[xChri5x]

I'm having a hell of a time trying to print this cover off. I bought photo-paper and I'm all ready to go but each program warns me about the picture being squished or cutoff. I know my printer prints boarder-less too (It was in the booklet!).
I tried splitting the cover into two peices but undercoverxp won't have it.
Nero is useless also since the cover is too big for it's templates.
Dvdit's program is a joke.
Trying to print it through "paint" is useless because the print preview shows 10% of the cover with the rest cut off.
I guess I'll go hunt for more programs and such. I'm determined!

[Laserschwert]

I'm having a hell of a time trying to print this cover off. I bought photo-paper and I'm all ready to go but each program warns me about the picture being squished or cutoff. I know my printer prints boarder-less too (It was in the booklet!).
I tried splitting the cover into two peices but undercoverxp won't have it.
Nero is useless also since the cover is too big for it's templates.
Dvdit's program is a joke.
Trying to print it through "paint" is useless because the print preview shows 10% of the cover with the rest cut off.
I guess I'll go hunt for more programs and such. I'm determined!

Well, at least I might have an idea what the problem might be. It looks like somehow the images lose their dpi-info when being uploaded, since the downloaded images kinda seem to get a dpi-value of 72, which of course makes it way to big when printed. But still, UnderCoverXP should be the solution there, because it allows to determine the exact printing size...

[tobar]

So after a lot of digging I've found that the problem lies in my HP printer. It won't print that close to the edge of 8.5x11 paper because it loses it's grip of the paper toward the end. There is a way around it though. Instead of trying to re-explain it I'll just quote it:

"I was having the exact same problem as you. The problem is because the printer doesn't have anything to hold onto to continue feeding the paper through. So you have two options:

1) Use legal size paper 8.5 x 14

2) Cut a rectangular piece of paper out to attach to the bottom of
your 8.5 x 11 paper, then specify it as 'legal' under your print
options

I have some nice thick photo HP paper that is 8.5 x 11, so I've been using option #2. It's kind of a cheesy fix but it works and won't cut off any of your cover."
Source (http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-34092.html)

I'm out of paper and I don't have any tape, so once I resupply myself I'll give it a go and let you know if it worked!

[tobar]

Oh and Laserschwert, on your German Season 1 cover you have the 1994 Lucasarts copyright. ;)

[Laserschwert]

Oh and Laserschwert, on your German Season 1 cover you have the 1994 Lucasarts copyright. ;)

Fixed. :)

[pheeph]

wow... meelWorm made that Hit the Road cover? That's impressive... Several months ago, he asked for the Motel King font for which I gave him.

[xChri5x]

I got it to print on the photo paper! I'm impressed with the quality but I have to say... for some reason it printed a little bright

[Jake]

Everyone's printer will print it differently.... because every printer uses different ink, uses different colormatching settings, etc, etc.

When we printed the real covers to the Season One discs, the printers sent us back proofs to see if the colors were too bright, too dark, etc, etc, and for all the poster prints and stuff that we do, we always go to the printer and do color checks as the first few come off the press, to make sure that they don't look off for some reason. For the Season One cover print (the "Street" print), Steve spent about 40 minutes working with the pressmen running different ink levels, until he got the press printing colors he was pleased with.

When you print at home, if you want something to be exact, you probably have to be willing to go through the same process, but with your home inkjet :)

[xChri5x]

Well, it's still really nice looking though, so I don't think I'll redo it anytime soon.

[wisp]

isn't photopaper to thick to be used inside a dvd-case?

@laserschwert: say, you do stuff like this professionally as well, right? i mean, even the pictures you took of the finished case look like they were shot in a studio...:confused:

[xChri5x]

Those aren't pictures he took. It's a program that you load DVD covers into and it renders them into a 3D image. I have one, but it has a stupid watermark :(

The photopaper is pretty thick, but it still works.

[wisp]

neat...

[Laserschwert]

It's a program that you load DVD covers into and it renders them into a 3D image.

I think you're talking about IMANDIX, but I've done it a little more "hands on" with 3dsmax, a professional 3D-application. And 3D-graphics is actually what I DO professionally... unfortunately the need for DVD-covers is quite minimal, so that's just a hobby.

[tobar]

Woo!!!!!
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7662/htrfrontdu5.jpg
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7002/htrbackhk5.jpg

[Laserschwert]

At last!! Wooohooo!!

[glenfx]

Hey, i know this is WAY old, but I'm kind of nostalgic right now and wanted to make the manual's and dvd cover's for my old lucas cd games.

I have the original cds alone and wanted to put them in DVD cases with some of the original box art and manuals so they kind of feel "complete"and look great on the shelf next to my other games and movies.

The dvd cover for hit the road made by "meelWORM" is really, really great.

But i also want to re-create the manual, I took the one from replacementdocs.com, but it's not complete, it doesn't have some of the mini-comics, so i have been kind of re-creating the manual (also in full color) but i'm missing at least one page, i found it in the french manual, but besides being in french, it's a really terrible scan.

So i was wondering if anyone has the original manual and is willing to scan that page for me? (it's the breakfast at the dinner page, and maybe a better scan of max's paper bag page).