| DESIGNER'S
GUIDE
Read on if you plan
to supply your artwork or preprinted inserts.
YOU
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING AND ADHERING TO SPECIFICATIONS. ANY
ERRORS ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUDING REPRINTING AND REPACKAGING
CHARGES IF THE PROJECT MUST BE REDONE.
You have one chance
to make a first impression. In today's highly competitive market,
an indifferent or bad impression might cost you a precious opportunity.
Time and again, we
see projects come through our doors that actually cost as much
to fix as they would have to design ourselves from scratch. And
it always seems to be projects that need to happen fast, and they
end up being delayed while we sort out the files (that's why we
base our turn time "from point of finished graphics.")
We have years of experience
in graphic design and, more importantly, we specialize
in CD and DVD design. We know the ins and outs,
the tricks and the special things that only disc designers know.
Here’s a quick
quiz to help you determine whether you should consider letting
us or a professional designer do your graphics. These are not
trick questions, just some basic terminology and concepts you
MUST understand if you are going to provide production-ready files
that will look good.
1. What is
Bleed?
a. the liquid
stuff that comes out of your finger when you cut yourself
b. the excess image area that is cut off the printed piece
c. the inside margin you should not cross on your insert
2. What is
a Registration Mark?
a. The marks showing where to cut.
b. The cross hairs placed outside the image that help the printer
line up the plates.
c. The © copyright symbol on your disc.
3. What is
CMYK?
a. Stands for “Certified Media Yellowbook Kernel”
b. The Asian version of RGB.
c. Process color.
4. What is
the optimum resolution at which I should scan a 3x5 photo for
my cover?
a. 300 dpi
b. 700 dpi
c. 72 dpi
5. What is
a Spot Color?
a. The color used for registration marks
b. A color using predetermined numbered colors
c. A color used for proofing.
Click
here for the answers
We do not provide a
free barcode on projects we do not design.
Choose one:
YOU
WANT US TO LAYOUT/DESIGN YOUR GRAPHICS
You
are providing PRODUCTION READY FILES
You are providing
FILM We do not accept film anymore
You
are providing PREPRINTED INSERTS AND TRAYCARDS
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