4chan /gtag/ cover art

How to make your own GTA cover.

What you will need:

Logo

Here's a page with the logos I made. Rockstarintel has great quality logos for you to use.

Outline Image

Here's a page with the outline images I use.

Image editor

I made them using Paint.net Personally I find ridiculous to use production level software for tiny projects so I don't have Photoshop. I imagine the process is the same for any image editor that supports layering and a magic selection tool.

Step-by-Step guide

1. Open the outline image.
   
2. Open the logo you want to use and hit ctrl+C.
3. Go back to the outline image and make a new top layer.
4. Paste the logo ctrl+V and position it wherever you prefer.
   
5. Save the image as a template.
   • In case you want to make another cover later on.
   
6. Open the picture you want to use and hit ctrl+C.
7. Go back to your template.
8. Make a new bottom layer and press ctrl+V.
   • If you're asked to expand the canvas click the "Keep Canvas Size" option.
   
9. Frame picture however you prefer.
   • If you need to resize the image, I prefer resizing the original and then re-pasting back into to the cover.
     This avoids ugly artifacts from resizing too much or unevenly.
     
   • You can hold shift while grabbing one of the corners of the image.
     This will resize it proportionally.
   
10. Select the layer with the outline image.
11. Set the magic selection tool to 81%.
12. Select all CTRL+A and ALT+CLICK the spot you want the picture to show up.
    
13. Go back to the layer with your framed image and hit delete.
14. Kablamo! Now the image sits neatly inside its framed spot.
    
15. Repeat steps 6 thru 13 for each spot until you are done.
    • If you feel like you have too many layers, You can use the "merge layer" button to combine all images you're already happy with.
16. Congratulations! You now have your own fancy GTA Cover.