CD Booklet and Cover

There are some online mastering/copying services that provide templates for CD artwork if they are in the business of producing the finished product (professionally copied CDs in fully printed case) so you can use them for nothing (mostly useful for the exact size of the inserts - you'd need to use Photoshop or some such to do your artwork).

You can also buy specific programs for CD artwork which will give you a lot of images ready to place onto templates for inserts, CD labels etc and so make it easy if that's what you want - they cost about £30 or so in GB.

Do you mean a CD label and a booklet which acts the jewel box cover? Or a CD label, separate jewel case cover, and a booklet?

How many are you going to need, and do you plan to print them yourself?

Gotta ask some questions before you can get good answers.

www.neato.com sells various types of CD labels and inserts with downloadable templates for them. Also www.smileonmymac.com makes an application which is also geared towards label and packaging creation.

hey there Dee,
Toast comes w/ a "lite" version of Discus, which has templates for booklet & jewel cases. also has some corny artwork. you can bring in your own artwork/photos, do a montage etc... i use it a lot for my video clients. i usually use white construction paper that i cut to fit in my inkjet printer--9" x12" to 8.5" x 12" & print on that or some sort of card stock/ heavy paper. avoid the sticky on-disc labels as they can become loose when they get warm & get the disc stuck, especially w/ the newer slot-type drives on laptops & in cars.

you may want to look into some of the print on disc inkjet printers for H-P & Epson for a short run say 6-10 discs or check w/ a company that will print your art on blank CD-Rs that you can then dupe yourself if you have a duplicator. i've done this w/ DiscMakers here in the States for a large run 300+ DVDs.

good luck

Toast has switched from Discus to Disc Cover 2 and either is available as a separate purchase. The Print Shop 2 has nice templates. Another one is DiscLabel 5. My Epson printer that can print directly to discs also came with labeling software.

hey there Thomas,
i have Toast 6 & 8. i just re-printed some old booklets, so i used Toast 6, forgot that Toast 8 & probably Toast 9 use Disc Cover. thanks for the reminder.