Which app do you all use for Printing your CD/DVD labels?

[galactica]

Discus RE ive got but its unregistered. Works really well for disk labels, but for cases and such i have to register it.

just wanted to see if there were anyother favorites before i shell out the money for this one (only to find there is a better one)

thanks

[dr9553]

click and design 3d aint bad if you got pictures for disc lables.. but you cant do case inserts.

[tgpo]

I can remember doing all of them in Photoshop with measurements I made myself, but now I just write on the paper insert

[AntnyMD]

I thought you werent supposed to put labels on DVDs (because they spin so fast the slightest instability introduced from a label could harm the player). Of course, that could be a myth.

I write on mine with a Sharpie.

[Tommyknocker]

Surething. Cannot seem to want to use anything else. Doesn't matter if it's copying my commercial covers or designing my original ones.

[tgpo]

I thought you werent supposed to put labels on DVDs (because they spin so fast the slightest instability introduced from a label could harm the player). Of course, that could be a myth.

I've heard that too, but we have 4000 DVDs with labels here at work and they are working just fine.

I write on mine with a Sharpie.

As do I

[Tommyknocker]

I use hub labels.

[galactica]

I thought you werent supposed to put labels on DVDs (because they spin so fast the slightest instability introduced from a label could harm the player). Of course, that could be a myth.

I write on mine with a Sharpie.

I thought the same thing, then i go to a friends house and he swears by them and has them on all his disks. I just like how they look like the real thing... thats all and given my perfectionism I said HOW COME I HAVE NOT DONE THIS!!!!

so I just wanted to see what others use/do

[AntnyMD]

I thought about getting one of those printers where you can silkscreen the writing surface of a DVD ... but I'm no longer feeling energy around that.

[galactica]

yea, i thought about getting a printer that prints directly to the disk. but then you got to get the printer, got to get the special disks seems like more work that whats its worth.

i would think that since these labels are in a round shape, machine cut that their weight would be evenly distruibuted. now if a dvd is sensitive enought to tell .00001mm thickness difference on one side more than another and that can make this thing shoot out of my dvd player like a bat out of hell i would they they would be jus as susceptible to the .00001g of weight you add to the side you wrote with your sharpie (remember, the ink that came out does have a weight, buts its soooo insignificant you dont worry about it)

I totally agree slapping a sticker on one side of the disk is bad, but one that is the shape of the disk I cant see why that would cause problems.

[AntnyMD]

Give it a try ... If it flies out of your player and decapitates a loved one ... sue the labelmaker bastards.

[galactica]

Give it a try ... If it flies out of your player and decapitates a loved one ... sue the labelmaker bastards.

Now i just need to find a label pack that will be on the list for Discus!

[ojedapaco]

What a timely question! I just spent $20 well-spent dollars for a program called CoverStar, made by a company called Autostylus (www.autostylus.com). The OSX program uses a user expandible library of jpeg files to create random covers, CD labels, back jewel box labels, etc. It even produces the official and appropriate "compact disc" label if you are creating covers for a VCD, DVD, SVCD, etc. Once you enter your disc info, tracks, etc., you pick a "style" out of six. The program randomly then creates random art covers using the available jpgs and whatever fonts you have installed on your Mac. You can continue hitting the button until a cover that you like is generated, or you can change some parameters, such as text size, position, etc.

I shamelessly plug the software because it's fun to use, plus I received excellent support from the company when I had some questions.

Cheers,

Paco Ojeda
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

[ZeroSix]

i usually just use Photoshop.

Easy, flexible, and obviously more feature rich than other apps.

[galactica]

i usually just use Photoshop.

Easy, flexible, and obviously more feature rich than other apps.

sure, but how do you line it up exactly with the precut labels?
I tried, it was a NIGHTMARE!

[ZeroSix]

Simple... just use a PSD template for that label. Come print time, print one out (in economy mode -- takes 5 seconds) and make sure it is lined up by holding the label paper against the test printout. You can see if it isnt. This is more of a printer issue than a Photoshop issue.

Make the necessary adjustments (nudging up, down, left, or right) and print on the label.

It's really not complicated.

[The village idiot]

By default, does Mac Photoshop print things in the center of the paper just like the Windows version?

[ZeroSix]

yes, it is centered by default.

[weirsbaski]

Has anybody had issues with the labels peeling off over time?

I've been using the labels that came with CD-Stomper, and some of them
have been slowly peeling up (over the course of a year). It's not just
heat and/or motion causing the issue- some disks I haven't played in a
while show the same problem.

(it's too bad, printed labels look a lot nicer than a sharpie)

[markusb]

disclabel.

works well for dvd covers and disc labels...

bought it in fact...

[willrob]

I use Photoshop. I scan the labels to use as a template; but just to be sure, I make the circular image slightly larger than the template. I prefer the Glossy (CD Stomper Brand), since I have an Epson ink-jet which gives great results on this surface.

I prefer the space saving feature of Slim Cases, so I don't make a back cover, but do create (again in Photoshop) a front cover for ease of identification since slim cases have no spine.
Note: for audio CDs I make a front cover that folds in half, with the song list on the back; but never make CD Labels unless it's a gift for someone else—Sharpie for my own use. I have been told by friends that some CD's I've produced with labels don't spin properly and they've had to remove the labels. I've never labeled a DVD.

And while I've got your attention: does anyone know a source for double slim cases. I've gotten DVD blanks in them, but have never seen the cases for sale. In case you'e never sen them, they have a disk holder on both internal surfaces, but no way to have any sort of insert. I suppose one could print a label for the disks and then face them out as a kind of cover.

william

[jamerican]

Give it a try ... If it flies out of your player and decapitates a loved one ... sue the labelmaker bastards.

Now i just need to find a label pack that will be on the list for Discus!

I use the Mac version of Discus and it has 2 pages of compatible labels. I use Nero Full Face or Surething Full face, and plain paper for the inserts and booklets.

[galactica]

thanks jamerican, i just ordered some Neato / Fellowes labels off ebay, 200 for 4.50 they looks just like one of the Neato templates in the software so im sure they will work, if not, ill just do the photoshop thing.

thanks everyone

[terryj]

You guys.... :P
in the beginning I bought a Stomper Pro system and just used their
templates in Photoshop to print out my Cd labels to their label paper,
and use their stomper to pu tthem on my CDs.
But then I found out you couldn't use them on CDs you played in the car,
as the car player could tell the weight was off, and cause bad things to
happen ( skips, stutters, etc.).

so I went thesharpie route, until I got into making DVDS.
Now, i too wanted to make my stuff look "pro" not amateur,
by having them have labels and not a sharpie look.

I found a great solution. I use the Memorex brand CD/DVD labels
with the memorex template for Photoshop. The Memorex labels are thinner than the Stomper labels, cheaper ( 100 labels at $9.95 vs. 50 labels at $19.95), and work really great, and don't misfeed in my Epson 740. I still use the stomper to align the labels though, as NOTHING
beats the stomper for this.

for covers, I again use the Memorex template for PS, but I use regular paper, and just run my art butt registered up to the border line
and then cut it out using a ruler and an exacto knife. Works great.

[andkiich]

I use a stencil and some CD markers.

[ps2daddy]

I use the neato cd labels and they have a word template and I create pictures and use letter art and print them out with word

[adamthole]

what is a good program that is compatible wit avery afterburner labels? I tried to install Click N'Design, and I did, it just will not run. Perhaps I have an old version?

I went to their website to try to upgrade, with no luck. I lost the UPC Cumber on my box

[galactica]

you could always use the photoshop method talked about above.
im pretty sure MS Word has most avery label templates, if not you can always just measure the distances and create your own template

im not in front of my comptuer at the moment, but im pretty sure discus re has avery templates in it if you are printing dvd/cd labels and jackets

[jamerican]

you could always use the photoshop method talked about above.
im pretty sure MS Word has most avery label templates, if not you can always just measure the distances and create your own template

im not in front of my comptuer at the moment, but im pretty sure discus re has avery templates in it if you are printing dvd/cd labels and jackets

Discus - the full version - has 2 pages of templates for a host of labelmakers, including Avery.

[Macnewbie]

click and design 3d aint bad if you got pictures for disc lables.. but you cant do case inserts.

It does the job good, but it is not compatible with OS 10.3. You get some error when you try to run it. Stomp Inc, the original creators of Click N Design 3d sold the softare to a company called cdstomper.com. They apparently are only maintaining the windows version now.