[quote name='SaurianOverlord']This project is about resizing the images, and scanning them if we need to (Mookyjooky has a large collection of original covers and a good scanner). Many of the downloaded images need to be scaled up, in fact, since our template is high-res. But i was thinking about trying to organize some people to do scans, especially anyone who has a large number of imports; there are so many JAP games, and i doubt it will be easy to find good scans for all of them. Anyone who has access to hard-to-find covers is welcome to upload scans somewhere and post links here.
As for the title bar, Mookyjooky would have the final say on that. But i think i speak for him as well as myself when i say this: the template must not be modified. Probably the most particular goal of this project is to keep the covers standardized, and the logo is a huge part of that, not just the case size. If he was thinking what i think he was thinking when he thought up the template (other than the fact that the JAP logo looks much better), it would be that the Japanese games are in the majority, and it would make more sense to convert (the concept; obviously the layout is changing either way) the very few covers of games not available in Japan.
I'll let Mookyjooky comment on this too, though. Perhaps something could be arranged in the future where we can offer a separate collection of US covers for those who wish it. Personally, i never did care for the US/EUR logo, but i suppose some people might be attached to it. But at least for now, i'd say we should stick to using the template as-is.[/quote]
I think this is right on, but I'll tell you what... stick with this for a bit... and if there is a huge following for the US and Euro titlebars... I'll create some, and create a photoshop action to automatically convert and make copies of all of the covers into other formats... otherwise, I selected Jpn covers for the reasons SaurianOverlord said, theres more Jpn Saturn games, it looks better, and it really sets them apart from the rest. Let me tell you, I hate gold.. but I really wanted these to really look and feel like saturn covers and in all honesty Sega's US cover design was horrid and Euro's looked a little generic. But Japan's were original looking, and they fit... and so far, I think at least, they look great. I mean, were not reselling these to different regions or anything, so I assumed that I could redesign and incorperate the feel of the covers from the Saturn's motherland. =)
We'll cross these roads when we get there, but so far, the only covers we have are mine, and this project is still in its infancy.