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shortylong 20-02-2017 00:39

whats the best software to print these out on, especially the 12 disk cover ??

rickssg 21-02-2017 23:05

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Originally Posted by shortylong (Post 735504)
whats the best software to print these out on, especially the 12 disk cover ??

I open them in Photoshop and then save them as PDF. Then I use Adobe Acrobat reader to print them. All of these covers except the Paul McGann one (which is volume 27) will need to be printed on legal (US) sized paper (11" x 14"). Make sure that in the pdf print options, scaling is set to "none" (acrobat by default will scale the image to fit the paper, and then it will be too big to fit in the case). If you are printing at home on an inkjet printer, use the highest-quality glossy paper that is available for your printer (although finding it in legal size will be a challenge).

I prefer to take it to an office supply store and have them print it on their giant, expensive laser printers on plain legal paper. They come out amazing. If you have access to a relatively new color laser printer other than at an office supply store, that works too, of course.

rickssg 21-02-2017 23:06

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Originally Posted by shortylong (Post 735503)
Thank you for a fantasic cover set :-)

You're welcome! It was a lot of work, but it was fun!

rickssg 08-05-2017 06:19

Updated to now include Peter Capaldi's final season.

In the past, the BBC has created a new Doctor Who logo roughly with each new Doctor. This fact has played heavily into the spine design for this set. The fact that the BBC did not change the logo significantly between Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi led me to use a fan-created logo that is different enough from Smith's and close enough to Capaldi's that it works for the set. Now that we have a new Doctor and new creative team after this year, I would be incredibly happy if they also come up with a new logo. I don't think they realize the problems they cause for me when they break their patterns!

rickssg 15-10-2017 17:36

Well, here is some news that will impact this cover set. The background is that in 1980, the BBC never finished filming the final story of season 17 due to labor strikes. Because of this, that story is not included in the listings in the back of this cover set. The news is that the BBC has announced that they will be completing this episode with animation, voiced by the original actors. It will be a simple thing to add one story title to the back of one cover. Less simple is the fact that I have numbered the stories, and now all of the numbering after this story will be off by one. *sigh*

fsurfer 15-10-2017 20:01

We are talking about Shada so you could add as an extra to the cover as it was never aired

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It is not included in the episode or story counts as it was not broadcast

rickssg 16-10-2017 18:47

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Originally Posted by fsurfer (Post 748693)
We are talking about Shada so you could add as an extra to the cover as it was never aired

Good point! Thanks for the idea; that's probably what I'll do!

fsurfer 16-10-2017 20:39

Appears it will be released as a digital download on 24 November 2017, and on DVD / Blu-Ray on 4 December 2017. The animated sequences were by the same team that undertook the animated version of the 1966 serial The Power of the Daleks.

So wait and see.

hitchhiker 29-12-2017 17:37

this is by far the best set ive ever seen, i have one question and i know its a huge one, but is it possible to make the set in standard sizes for at least the sets that dont have more than 6 discs?

rickssg 05-01-2018 00:59

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Originally Posted by hitchhiker (Post 751642)
this is by far the best set ive ever seen, i have one question and i know its a huge one, but is it possible to make the set in standard sizes for at least the sets that dont have more than 6 discs?

Thanks for the compliment! I'm glad you like the set.

I actually considered doing what you are asking way back when I started this set. But to me, spanning-spine designs look weird if they are made of varying case widths, so there is already more variation in this set than I would have preferred. That's why I went with the current case sizes, even though in a couple of instances you will only have four discs in a 1"-wide case.


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