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How to Make a Wii CD Cover

You may have purchased a Wii game used from a reseller, or received it as a hand-me-down from a friend. While the game disc works, you may be lacking a proper case. Whether you received the game in a CD jewel case or an old DVD case, you can create your own cover for the Wii game so it matches the rest of the games on your shelf. This is done through the creation of box art for an old DVD case.

Things You'll Need

DVD case
Printer
Printer paper
Scissors

Instructions

- 1
  Download images of your Wii game from a gaming website such as IGN, 1up, GameSpot or GameSpy. Download the logo of the game well. Save all of the images onto your computer's desktop.
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  Launch a drawing program, such as Paintbrush for Mac and Paint on computers that run Windows. These programs are free to download and use.
- 3
  Open a new document and set the dimensions for the image at 7 and ¼ inch wide and 10 and ¾ inch long. Create a vertical line down from the 5 and 1/8 mark on the screen. Draw another vertical line at a half-inch to the right of the original line. This splits the work space into three boxes. From right to left, the boxes represent the back of the cover, the spine of the cover and the front of the cover.
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  Paste the game logo into the work space. Rotate the logo clockwise 90 degrees so that the top faces the right of the work space. Resize the logo so that it fits into the spine box of the work space and place it there.
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  Paste the gathered images into the work space. Rearrange and resize them so they fit into both the left and right boxes on your work space. Use multiple images to create a collage for the cover art.
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  Add in another logo of the game. Position the logo on the top of the right box in the work space. This will be seen on the front of the cover, making it easy to identify your game box.
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  Set your printer settings for "Landscape" and print out the box art image. Cut around the image so that any excess printer paper is removed.
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  Remove any cover art currently in your DVD case. Open the case and place it face down in front of you. Slide the printed cover art into clear plastic on the outside of the case. The vertical lines will line up with the creases on each side of the spine. Close the DVD case to secure the cover art in place, and then place your Wii game into the DVD case and add it to your game library.

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