Quote Originally Posted by BCEagles View Post
This is the first time i've tried to do this can somebody give me some tips/ what program do you guys use
There is a template that they use, I'm sure someone knows where to D/L it. As far as covers, to anyone on here looking at making covers, my suggestion is to PM BigDMo... I know he's busy now, so he may or may not be able to respond immediately, but if you look through this thread at his covers, his look top notch. There's some effects he uses, that all the top cover makers use, that gives each cover a very distinct look. I don't know how to put it into words, but they look sick, and I mean that in the best way possible.

Most of them, I'm guessing, use Photoshop. Photoshop can be very expensive, but you can always find older versions that are still great on eBay. I have Photoshop CS 2, my favorite version of PS and I use it to make my own desktop backgrounds, sigs for sites like this, etc... And I paid $65.00 bucks for it. The covers are just a little out of my league, because I don't have the patience.

As for the cuts... look at BigDMo's cuts, each one is perfect. Absolutely precise. No jagged edges around the football or an arm. They are perfect. If you want to learn about this, ask him. Hopefully I haven't put him in a bad situation, but he's the best that I know of and whenever I want to learn something, I seek out the best I can find to learn from.