Setting Up CD/DVD Artwork | The Little Bazaar

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Don't know how to set up your artwork? Try one of these tutorials...

Duplication Disc Setup Tutorial

Duplication Paper Parts Setup Tutorial

Replication (500 units+) Disc Setup Tutorial

Replication (500 units+) Paper Parts Setup Tutorial

Ensure you create a bleed area! If any element on your document layout makes contact with the document border you will have to use bleed. The trick is to place the element so that it goes over border where the document will be cropped after printing.
The term bleed is used for all objects overlapping the border of your document. Let's say your working on a brochure with images against the sides of your pages. You'll supply the printer with a document somewhat larger then the final document will be.
After the artwork is printed it will be trimmed to it's correct size. The bleed in your document gives the cropping some room for error. The paper itself can expand or contract, the trimming machine could setup wrong or the person working on the printed parts could make a mistake. There are a lot of factors that could go wrong with the cropping, if you wouldn't be using bleed the images wouldn't be neatly aligned with the side of your printed document.

Stretch your design to the edge of canvas to bleed over the coloured area. Do not cut a hole in the middle of your CD design, or put any circles in to indicate the edge or hub of the CD. The resolution should be at least 300dpi.

Make sure you turn off the mask and any guides that are present if you are flattening the image to a TIFF, JPEG etc.

If you are unsure that you have done everything correctly, whether for the CD on-body design or any of the paper parts (booklets, inserts etc), send us a Photoshop file or a PDF with all the layers intact; we can then tweak it easily if needs be (if the artwork is flattened into a JPEG, TIFF, BMP etc, it makes it very difficult for us to alter anything).

Duplication Templates (Orders up to 499 units)

	PDF	Photoshop
Full Face CD/DVD Disc (Full Colour or Greyscale Print)
Limited Print/Custom CD/DVD Disc (Limited Print Offer)
Jewel Case Booklet
Jewel Case Rear Inlay (For Single Sided And Double Sided)
Jewel Case Rear Inlay Inside (For Double Sided Inlays Only)
DVD Library Case Inlay/Jacket
DVD Slimline Case Inlay/Jacket
2 Page DVD Library Case Booklet
4 Page DVD Library Case Booklet

Replication Templates (Orders of 500 units +)

	PDF	Photoshop
CD/DVD Disc Onbody - OFFSET (Photographic/Complex Print)
CD/DVD Disc Onbody - SILKSCREEN (Block/Spot Colours Print)
Mini CD/DVD Onbody
CD Business Card Onbody
Jewel Case Booklet
Jewel Case Rear Inlay (For Single And Double Sided Inlays)
Jewel Case Rear Inlay Inside (For Double Sided Inlays Only)
Card Wallet
CD Single Front Insert
Digipac
DVD Library Case Booklet
DVD Library Case Inlay/Jacket
DVD Slimline Case Insert
Single Sided J-Card
Double Sided J-Card