Volunteer CD Covers! Working Thread

Post by **annise** » August 28th, 2018, 4:42 am

I'm sorry - but only BC's of group projects and soloists can preclaim , everyone else has to claim when it's on the claim list.

Anne

Post by **annise** » August 28th, 2018, 6:00 am

amitsharma wrote: ↑August 27th, 2018, 10:36 pm Thanks for your help Anne, here is another version: https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/pollyanna_v4_porter_1808.zip

Its under 1 MB now. But I may have compressed it too much at the cost of quality. If that is so, please let me know and I'll reduce the level of compression but with a proportional increase in file size.

That looks fine to me on both my screens -and it displays quite quickly . Are you happy with it ? I was afraid it might have lost some of its brilliance of colour but if it has I can't see it.

https://ia601500.us.archive.org/24/items/pollyanna_version_4_1808_librivox/pollyanna_v4_porter_1808.pdf

Anne

amitsharma · Post by **amitsharma** » August 28th, 2018, 7:02 am

Okay great, then we will leave it as it is. As long as no major distortion is noticeable I am happy.

Thanks again for your help. I will try to keep the covers around 1 MB in size from now on.

Amit

msfry · Post by **msfry** » August 28th, 2018, 11:06 am

Most of the PD images I download from the internet come in 120 ppi (pixels per inch), a few in 72. When I crop and size my backgound image to 5" x 5" in Photoshop, it is 600 x 600 pixels. That's what I work with and use on the pdf cover case. Then of course I downsize it to 300 x 300 for the LV imageitem, and 150 x 150 for the thumbnail. I agree that's all the quality we need for online images (and they print out beautifully on glossy photo paper too at 5" x 5"), though it vexes me mightily that iTunes will not display our beautiful covers when you download a book to their platform or on their Podcast ap. . . . . . except once in a great while, it does!

Post by **annise** » August 28th, 2018, 2:45 pm

That's more or less what I do too, except I use 800X800 .
Then I don't need to shrink it much which I feel it gives me more idea of the appearance of the finished product. Sometimes the really high resolution images don't shrink well

Anne
edited to make it more understandable I think

thestorygirl · Post by **thestorygirl** » August 28th, 2018, 7:32 pm

The Pollyanna v4 cover looks so beautiful!

Thanks to everyone who worked to create it!

amitsharma · Post by **amitsharma** » August 28th, 2018, 10:02 pm

msfry wrote: ↑August 28th, 2018, 11:06 am Most of the PD images I download from the internet come in 120 ppi (pixels per inch), a few in 72. When I crop and size my backgound image to 5" x 5" in Photoshop, it is 600 x 600 pixels. That's what I work with and use on the pdf cover case. Then of course I downsize it to 300 x 300 for the LV imageitem, and 150 x 150 for the thumbnail. I agree that's all the quality we need for online images (and they print out beautifully on glossy photo paper too at 5" x 5"), though it vexes me mightily that iTunes will not display our beautiful covers when you download a book to their platform or on their Podcast ap. . . . . . except once in a great while, it does!

Okay. Thanks msfry, that sounds workable. I will try that the next time I get around to doing a cover. I saw the file sizes of some of your covers to get an idea of what to aim for and they are pretty small and easy to transfer.

thestorygirl wrote: ↑August 28th, 2018, 7:32 pm The Pollyanna v4 cover looks so beautiful! Thanks to everyone who worked to create it!

Many volunteers helped with this and you are welcome from my side thestorygirl.

Amit

Post by **annise** » August 29th, 2018, 5:27 am

Don't leave it too long before you make a cover , they are great and it's always nice to get a variety of covers , sort of like a book shop I feel

Anne

amitsharma · Post by **amitsharma** » August 29th, 2018, 10:42 am

Thanks Anne, I'm grateful for your encouragement, I'll keep that in mind.

Amit

msfry · Post by **msfry** » August 30th, 2018, 10:44 am

Cover for Compassion

https://librivox.org/compassion-by-ella-wheeler-wilcox/
https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/compassion_1808.zip

msfry · Post by **msfry** » August 30th, 2018, 12:36 pm

annise wrote: ↑August 28th, 2018, 2:45 pm That's more or less what I do too, except I use 800X800 . I feel it gives me more idea of the appearance of the finished product.

Anne

The zoom feature works great in Photoshop to see the fine detail, so 5 x 5 presents no problem.

Post by **annise** » August 30th, 2018, 2:42 pm

I've edited my post above to make it clearer .
Cover caught ......... and linked. Thank you

Anne

mahne · Post by **mahne** » August 31st, 2018, 1:19 am

Hi,
this: https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/storiesofstarland_1808.zip
is the cover for: https://librivox.org/stories-of-starland-by-mary-proctor/

Cheers
mahne
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used a combination of https://pixabay.com/en/starry-sky-milky-way-galaxy-2051448/ and https://pixabay.com/en/black-and-white-dark-night-sky-2563715/ , font is called daddy longlegs, i of stories got a supernova effect.

Post by **annise** » August 31st, 2018, 3:59 am

Caught ... and linked. Thank you

Anne

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » August 31st, 2018, 1:01 pm

https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/oldfashionedgirl_v3_1808.zip

Cover for: https://librivox.org/an-old-fashioned-girl-dramatic-reading-by-louisa-may-alcott/