I can finally share this project after her birthday.

This was commissioned by her boyfriend as a birthday gift. Had a huge fun to create the individual embossing layers and bring this idea to life.

Title and scribbles on front are embossed. The note on the back is embossed and the tape has raised gloss treatment on top.

[MK-M122] Obsession (2026) by Curry Barker
outside: original artwork by Amendine Paquis (paam.gph)
inside: vintage fanart by Christian Clegg

PAAM gave me the permission to craft this for others.
There will be a tip on top for the artist.

FYI: title will be adjusted to face downwards in future productions. This simply the original it was sent to me.

[MK-A38] Shrek Collection (2001–)

front & back: official artwork
inside: movie still

UV direct print, sides spray painted

specials:
- custom-made embossing mask (flat raised + multi level)
- green speckled sides to match the front pattern
- holds up to 6 discs

I am once again asking for your Manta Lab Fullslips:

[ME#5] The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Steelbook (Full Slip)

[ME#7] La La Land Steelbook (Full Slip)

[ME#10] Alien Covenant Steelbook (Full Slip)

[ME#13] War For The Planet of The Apes Steelbook (Full Slip) (2D+4KUHD)

[ME#25] A STAR IS BORN Steelbook Full Slip (Extended Cut) (2D+4KUHD)

[ME#30] Birds of Prey Steelbook (Full Slip)

[ME#78] The Fifth Element Steelbook (PET Full Slip)

I'd greatly appreciate your help to complete my Manta Lab FS Collection!

I got a few premium editions for trade like Manta Lab Spider-Man 1 both DL, Greatest Showman DL / Quarterslip, Weet Interstellar OC, Weet Across Spiderverse OC, and a few more.

Thank you!

[MK-A29] Tarzan (1999)

Front: fan art by Thobias Daneluz
Back: official artwork (MK edit / grading)
Inside: movie still (MK edit / grading)

UV direct print, laterals spray painted
specials: relief texture / embossings on front (title) and back (complete artwork)

>*For now only for my personal collection - waiting for response of the artist who made the front artwork regarding permission to craft more units*

Edit// it's all about the HDR - the 60hz is just my limit in case of the M1. You might be able to use higher hz with HDR on newer chipsets.

I made a post before with problems about text fringing / halos when using the LG39 GX9 on Mac OS and using HiDPI 3840x1620 scaled resolution.

Native 5k2k on the 39" was fine (but everything tiny) and 2560x1080 was fine (but everything huge). Best resolution in terms of natural UI size for the 39" is 3840x1620 but it's leading to text fringing problems.

the problem was that you cant (or at least i couldnt on my M1 Macbook Pro) enable HDR when using it on the highest refresh rate (which was 100hz for me via USB-C / Thunberbolt cable on said M1 Mac).

Many people were complaining about Mac OS not being able to scale properly etc. when the resolution is not native or decided by 2 and hoping this will be fixed with an upcoming Mac OS 27 update.

Turns out:

If you set your hz down to 60hz you can enable HDR and it's another world..
Text clarity is perfect in dark mode and also much better for color editing now.. i see shades of black that i havent been able to differentiate before in photoshop file that was still opened..

Somehow also i realise the 60hz feel smoother now than the 100hz, i knew something was off..

So this is just a heads up, if you use an external monitor with HDR capability on your Macbook, try the 60hz HDR function.

Edit//
i fixed it by enabling HDR.. which is only available in 60hz tho. No more of these halos. fine text in HiDPI dark scnearios.

Situation:

I got the 39GX950B yesterday.
I want to use it 70% for design work with my Macbook Pro M1 and 30% for gaming on windows (BF6 mainly rn). I mainly wanted to switch to 5k2k to get closer to a retina feeling and raise my ppi.

I am using the USB C / Thunderbolt cable that came with since the HDMI of the Macbook M1 is limited to HDMI 2.0 protocol so it cant do the 5k2k.

BetterDisplay tells me its running in 10bit SDR RGB Full Range

Problem:

While Windows looks very good, in both resolution and UI Element sizes / font size in explorer, browser, games etc i am bit underwhelmed when using it on MacOS.

I get these weird text clarity seen in the screenshot, halos on top and bottom.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but right now:

When using it in Mac OS you basically have 2-3 options:

1. native 5120 x 2160 resolution

Everything becomes very tiny (unlike windows where the general scaling and size of text and elements seems similar to my 3440x1440p Alienware).

In some Apps like Adobe Suite i can try to counter that by setting the UI size but that also leads to a huge UI when only using my Macbook Pro on the go. You just cant set anything only for use on this monitor.

Text clarity is mostly fine while everything is tiny.

2. 3840x1620 in HiDPI Mode

Perfect scaling - Finder, top taskbar and font sizes are similar to my 3440x1440p / my internal Macbook Display. This would be perfect. But i get weird text halos on top and bottom in dark mode situations (see image attached)

3. 2560x1080 in HiDPI Mode

No Halos, but everything is huge now of course.

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The sharpness setting of the monitor itself is basically useless. You can turn it down and it gets smudgy af or you turn it up and just increase any halos and it looks artificially over sharpened very fast. Also it doesnt change anything about the halos in 3840x2160 which still gives me the best scaling to what i was always used to (retina display + 3440x1440p native, both having similar sizes in text and UI elements)

Why is windows able to get everything right out of the box with the native 5k2k resolution (sizing of text font in explorer and browser) while Mac OS is being a diva here again...

So all of this might not be the fault of the monitor, but MacOS - however, i am not sure if 5k2k is for me in this case..

edit//

right now i am realising - it's the dark mode that causes these halos..

light UIs with dark text on bright background are fine, but bright text on dark background is leading to these halos..

but again windows explorer in dark mode doesnt have this problem.

How are you guys using a 5k2k display with Mac OS ?

Im not sure the 39" Alienware with RGB Stripe will fix this ?

Thanks for some feedback on experiences especially on using 5k2k in Mac OS.

[MK-A36] Dinosaur (2000)

Front: official artwork (MK Edit)
Back: official artwork (MK Edit)
Inside: movie still

UV direct print with relief texture / embossings, laterals spray painted

DM for infos :)

[MK-M119] Dodgeball (2004)

Front: official asset (MK edit)
Back: Jess Villiavicencio (MK edit)
Inside: official assets

UV direct print with relief texture / embossings, glossy flat parts, laterals spray painted

DM for infos

Also for KimchiDVD / Filmarena and their credit card format. Even more fun because they have double sided prints.

Both sides with custom relief texture UV print. Even the spine has an embossed UV print. Inside on holographic photo paper.

Couldn’t be happier with the outcome.

Front: Rory Kurtz
Back: Kilian Eng
Inside: movie still (on holo paper)

[MK-A17] The Iron Giant (1999) by Brad Bird

Front: Kilian Eng
Back: Taylor Rose
Inside: official asset

high quality / professional car wrapping vinyl (silky matte) for a smooth wrap around the corners / laterals

UV direct print with texture and embossings also possible now :)