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Random CD cover #2

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Swap Coordinator:masito (contact)
Swap categories: Music  Newbie  Email 
Number of people in swap:7
Location:International
Type:Type 1: Electronic
Last day to signup/drop:April 11, 2010
Date items must be sent by:April 18, 2010
Number of swap partners:7
Description:

Hello! Several months ago I hosted this swap and it was not really succesfull (13 participants), anyway I decided to try again...

This swap requires basic photoshop (or similar software) notions.

The idea is to create a random CD cover

To do this, you have to follow these steps:

1) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title on the page is the name of the band

2) www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last 3 to 5 words (to your choice) of the very last quote is the album title

3) www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ The third picture (licence permitting) is the album cover

4) Merge all with Photoshop (or similar software). You can choose fonts, layouts, ... (remember that CD covers are usually square shaped).

5) Save as a jpg file and send via e-mail to 3 partners.

Here you can see some examples http://www.flickr.com/groups/987550@N25/

To join you need an average of 4.8 or higher and no recent unexplained 1 ratings. Newbies with a well filled profile are welcome.

Please avoid joining if you think you will not be able to create your cover (you can try to create it before joining deadline).

When sending e-mail please remember to write the swap name and your username, and please use BCC field for the addresses.

Discussion

mermaidery 03/29/2010 #

LOVED the first one!! def. joining this one. It's perfect. My BF is going on vacation with his family and I'll have way too much time on my hands. This falls right into the time frame of when I'll need something to do! can't wait. :D

Paulauy 03/29/2010 #

i did it on facebook once, you can do it even whit MS-Paint, and that time came out really good, im join it!

twobluecrows 04/ 1/2010 #

I joined! This is my first time doing a swap like this--I waited until I got permission from the photographer on Flickr to use her image:

"...On 1 Apr 10, 8.34AM PDT annfrau said:

Hi, I can give you the permission as long as you don't use the picture for commercial purposes or you don't earn money from it..."

IMHO it was the polite thing to do (not to mention legally and morally correct thing to do)

masito 04/12/2010 #

As we're not many in the swap, I edited the number of partner so that everyone send to all users...

twobluecrows 04/23/2010 #

These were all great faux CD covers!! Good job everyone!

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