Silver knockout is the silver part that shows through the artwork of the disc, as the example here. When designing artwork for the silver knockout, simply use white and indicate on your artwork the white areas will actually be silver. When the discs are printed we will then skip the normal white base and print [...]
Entries from June 27th, 2008
Saving disc image using Toast
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content
The safest way to send CD audio or CD-Rom content electronically is saving it as a disc image. A disc image is a copy of a CD all wrapped in one file. Instead of sending the individual songs or tracks all you’ll be sending is one file. Once the image file is created, it is [...]
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Does CD-Text show up on iTunes?
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Replication process
This might be a bit confusing, the song and artist names that show up on iTunes, are they the same as the ones that show up on car stereo and certain CD players? There are 2 different methodologies here: CD-Text and ID3 Tag. CD-Text is hardware based with track information embedded on the physical CD. [...]
Video file formats explained
June 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content
MPEG/MPG: a video file format offering excellent quality in a relatively small file, a family of standards used for coding audiovisual information for the internet, DVD and other storage media. It is the compression standard for SD (standard definition) DVD. MOV: MOV is a file extension used by the QuickTime-wrapped files, can be created by [...]
Can I trust my monitor for proofing colors of artwork?
June 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Printing/Design
When you receive pdf proofs via email, what are you really looking for? Our artwork approval checklist has it all, but what about proofing for color? Can we trust the colors from the monitor screen and say that’s how it is going to print? It’s an obvious and big NO-NO. PDF proofs are meant for [...]
What is ISRC code?
June 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Creating content, Replication process
The ISRC is a unique international identifier for sound and/or music video recordings. An ISRC is required to sell music through a digital retailer – iTunes, Napster, eMusic, and the like. The code is encoded at the mastering stage of the recording. In the case of music videos, the ISRC appears in the time clock [...]
