Cd & DVD Covers

Can anyone tell me if photoshop is good for creating my own custom covers and can I save or export the project to a bmp or jpg file for e-mail

Can anyone tell me if photoshop is good for creating my own custom covers...

Photoshop is not a page layout program. Normally, one would create a CD or DVD cover by creating just the images in Photoshop, creating the logos and such inn Illustrator, then assembling the cove and adding text in a page layout program like QuarkXPress or Indesign.

Yes, you can do it all in Photoshop, but it's more difficult and more frustrating, and the results won't be as good.

...and can I save or export the project to a bmp or jpg file for e-mail

JPEG is not an appropriate format for anything that will be printed; it's "lossy," meaning it degrades the quality of the image. Only use JPEG for situations where file size is important and quality is not important. that's what JPEG was made for.

LZW-compressed TIFF is a more appropriate format dfor something you intend to print.

How will it be printed? Professionally on a printing press? On a home inkjet printer?

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At a guess one of the publisher programs MS do one as do lots of other organisations

Serif may possibly have one for free

dig around

This in no way implies PS ain't anygood all it means is that you are looking for a template that will allow you to do wot you want

Artie

"Tacit" wrote in message

Can anyone tell me if photoshop is good for creating my own custom covers...

Photoshop is not a page layout program. Normally, one would create a CD or DVD
cover by creating just the images in Photoshop, creating the logos and such inn
Illustrator, then assembling the cove and adding text in a page layout program
like QuarkXPress or Indesign.

Yes, you can do it all in Photoshop, but it's more difficult and more frustrating, and the results won't be as good.

...and can I save or export the project to a bmp or jpg file for e-mail

JPEG is not an appropriate format for anything that will be printed; it's "lossy," meaning it degrades the quality of the image. Only use JPEG for situations where file size is important and quality is not important. that's
what JPEG was made for.

LZW-compressed TIFF is a more appropriate format dfor something you intend to
print.

How will it be printed? Professionally on a printing press? On a home inkjet
printer?

--
Art, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more:
http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

In article <OCW5d.169$ says...

At a guess one of the publisher programs MS do one as do lots of other organisations

Serif may possibly have one for free

dig around

This in no way implies PS ain't anygood all it means is that you are looking for a template that will allow you to do wot you want

Artie

"Tacit" wrote in message

Can anyone tell me if photoshop is good for creating my own custom covers...

Photoshop is not a page layout program. Normally, one would create a CD or DVD
cover by creating just the images in Photoshop, creating the logos and such inn
Illustrator, then assembling the cove and adding text in a page layout program
like QuarkXPress or Indesign.

Yes, you can do it all in Photoshop, but it's more difficult and more frustrating, and the results won't be as good.

...and can I save or export the project to a bmp or jpg file for e-mail

JPEG is not an appropriate format for anything that will be printed; it's "lossy," meaning it degrades the quality of the image. Only use JPEG for situations where file size is important and quality is not important. that's
what JPEG was made for.

LZW-compressed TIFF is a more appropriate format dfor something you intend to
print.

How will it be printed? Professionally on a printing press? On a home inkjet
printer?

--
Art, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more:
http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

Avery, the label company, had one, that works nicely in PS. I just put the template on a Layer and use it for layout, then hide it for printing. I don't know if they, or Fellows [SP?] still provide these, but mine works like a champ and includes an outline for the CD's, inserts, etc. One could easily make one with the Shapes Tool(s) in PS, and just tweak the alignment for their printer and the sheets used.

Hunt

I'll tell ya what works great for that. Corel Draw.
Design your cover at the size the cover require, save it as a bmp or jpg, and import it into your cd label maker program as the background. Done. SureThing cd label maker is the program I have found to be the best.

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Can anyone tell me if photoshop is good for creating my own custom covers and can I save or export the project to a bmp or jpg file for e-mail