Don't balk at using stock images. I use them and most everyone I know who does DVD covers uses them. But we don't use them as originally found. For example, this one is based on a stock image that was cropped, combined with photos from the film, processed, etc. Yews I know technically the light on the guy is shining in a different direction than the window, but for a cover that doesn't really matter. I'm limited in the stock photos I can use, since I can't afford to pay for them, but if you read industry trade magazines, one of the biggest advertisers in them are stock photo and film companies.

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