Macrovision Ripguard protects most burning and decrypting made from a computer, it prevents the ripping of content from the original DVD. Setting up the DVD master is a little bit tricky. First, your authoring software need to support a DLT drive, because the content will be written and submitted in a DLT format. The DLT [...]
Entries from March 29th, 2008
Macrovision RipGuard copy protection
March 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content, Replication process
What is Macrovision ACP copy protection?
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content, Replication process
Macrovision ACP copy protection prevents and distorts copies made with an analog device such as VCR, DVD recorder or other analog recording devices. The protection needs to be enabled, or “flagged” during the authoring stage and the authoring software should support Macrovision ACP Type II. The content can either be written to a DLT, or [...]
Why do I need a replication check disc?
March 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Replication process
A replication check disc is “pressed” with the actual replication press, and it is created with the same glass master that will be use to press the rest of the project. It is the only safe way to proof a replicated CD/DVD, because all the CD-R or DVD-R that we can create from computer & [...]
Color proofing is a beast
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Printing/Design
One of the biggest challenge in a replication/duplication project is making sure the artwork looks as good as it can be. It sounds straight forward but color proofing is a beast. A few reasons to complicate matters: our monitors, most monitors are non-calibrated so colors will vary from one to the other. Therefore our pdf [...]
Tags:color proofing·colors·monitor
Silver CD with matte varnish
March 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Printing/Design
We recently did a job where the client requested 2 different finishes of silver. It is very simple but gives a very interesting effect. The job was done in 2 color silkscreen with matte varnish. To give the silkscreen colors a bit of a pop, we added a special white mask underneath them, the result [...]
What is thermal printing?
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Printing/Design
Thermal print is the technology we used on short-run CDs or DVDs (< 500 discs). It utilizes dye-sublimation method to print directly onto the disc face, thus no labels, to achieve highest photolistic print quality for short run discs today. The print is UV stable, and the printable area goes all the way into the [...]
Duplication Vs Replication
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Replication process
This question come up all the time from customers, and I usually ask them 2 questions. What is the quantity needed? How soon do you need them? Duplication is a “burn” disc from either a CD-R or DVD-R, the turnaround time is faster than replication, and on an extreme case we can push to get [...]
What is region coding, do I need it?
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content
DVDs can be region coded so that a US made DVD cannot be played in Asia, Europe etc. There are currently 6 regions, such codes are established to allow titles to be distributed in different parts of the world at different times. This is a good option if you plan to have a release for [...]
Tags:dvd·region coding
What format of artwork do we accept?
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Printing/Design
We accept a variety of formats: pdf, psd, ai, eps, tiff, indd, jpg. Of course, some file formats are preferred over the others, but our graphics department will look over the file and notify you if there are any significant problems. A good rule of thumb is to go with an uncompressed format, jpg, gif [...]
What is a graphic template?
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Printing/Design
A graphic / artwork template shows the size and folds of a printed piece. It is usually in the form of pdf, eps or psd. If you are just starting out with the design, download the template and use it as a guide. If you have already completed the design with another company’s template, no [...]
