/vr/ - Retro Games

Hello there /vg/. I'm from a site called the cover project, and we're currently trying to document and scan box art for every game ever released so people can make their own cases for their loose cartridges and discs.

Would any of you be willing to scan some of your boxes to contribute to our project and fill in the holes in our box scan lists?

"Raw" scans are how most covers on the site are made. Thus, you should scan covers at a high quality. The minimum quality you should scan a cover is at 300 dots (or more correctly pixels) per inch. (abbreviated to dpi) This is so cover designers (or you) can make high quality covers.

However, if a cover is for an older game (like an NES or N64 game) or has significant rips or tears or other imperfections, most cover designers recommend scanning a cover at 600dpi so proper editing can be done.

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?board=5.0