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Artwork for CD's

by Nightengale
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Hi all,

I'd like to produce a physical CD and need to have artwork done for it. I know the specs for artwork for a physical product are different than for a digital product. Does anyone here know of someone who does this? I'm on a limited budget, but my biggest concern is that it looks professional.

Thanks for your help!

Michelle
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  • Profile picture of the author KarlWarren
    Most eCover designers will also offer this service - I'm not taking on any work for the next couple of days, but if you don't mind waiting til the weekend, I'm sure I can help out depending on your budget. Let me know your requirements and I'll help you out with a Warrior Discount.
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  • Profile picture of the author santosm
    Originally Posted by Nightengale View Post

    Hi all,

    I know the specs for artwork for a physical product are different than for a digital product. Michelle

    Hey Michelle,

    It most definitely is. I ran a graphic design business offline for many years and dealt with printing companies regularly, before getting into IM.

    You can go to any Graphic Designer, in the WF is a good start.

    Basically, you would have them design the artwork to fit the cd cover size you want to use. e.g. 1 artwork complete with(back and front) for the covers that open up like your standard dvd covers or two separate artworks (1 for front and 1 for back) for your standard cd cover type.

    Depending on what they are charging you and according to your budget, you could have them provide you the artwork on cd, as either camera ready/print ready or just as a complete image usually in jpg.format.

    You should also contact a printer beforehand and get a quote from them about how much it would cost for them (printer) to do the camera ready aspect for you and what format they prefer. (e.g. jpg etc.) Then compare the quote with the graphic designers.

    Also as a general rule, the more copies you get printed, the less the cost becomes per copy. The reason for this being, the setup process for the printer is usually the most expensive process. So for example if it costs $200 (extremely rough figure) all up, the setup costs is probably $150 (again extremely rough figure) of that. Are you still with me? lol.

    Okay so if you only wanted ten copies, you would be paying $20 a copy right? Ouch.

    But say you wanted 1000 copies. then the price may go up to $400 but the cost per copy would only be 40c each.

    Also, photographic type artworks are usually more expensive to produce than say a two or three colour artwork. Both can look just as professional as the other really.

    PS. Camera ready/ print ready basically means having the artwork separated in the four basic print colours (CMYK), so the printer can then make print plates for them straight away.

    Anyway hope that helps and that I didn't confuse the question.

    Cheers Marianne
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