Epson R200 Print CD Template for Photoshop.

[madvideos]

sorry. wrong template.. lol.


here is the real deal.

http://24.178.76.19/template.zip 441 KB

[stiltman]

Just some feedback

Resolution is 75dpi BAD, Real bad in most cases
Image is not proportioned to an actual DVD size (117 - 118mm) BAD
Image is not setup for print to hub. In my case BAD
Image is not setup to import into Epson software BAD

[Karate Media]

Are the free Neato templates not adaptable for the R200?

Try this link for Neato CD/DVD templates

If that doesn't work, go to Neato.com, mouse over "Software & Downloads" and choose "Mac & PC Templates." Register w/ a name and email address and download away...


(This has probably been posted before, but it's been a while since I've been here)

[chunkT]

Ya I stick to 300dpi for most my label work. Prints nice and not that large good resolution for both worlds

[Karate Media]

By the way, for a template, 75dpi is OK if you just want to make it as small as possible for downloading. Once you open the template in PShop, you can simply upsize the template to whatever dpi/ppi you want -- as long as you do it before you start working within the template, there will be no degradation to your final image. The Neato templates are 150 dpi and greyscale, but you can make them 300 dpi and CMYK with no problem.

[madvideos]

@stiltman , thanks man.. had you not posted I would have looked even dumber later on..lol.
Hope that fix helps. I just drag it into photoshop use some custom fonts and pics and save as a jpg, then drag that onto the print cd app. Those fonts in printcd suck. lmao

[stiltman]

@stiltman , thanks man.. had you not posted I would have looked even dumber later on..lol.
Hope that fix helps. I just drag it into photoshop use some custom fonts and pics and save as a jpg, then drag that onto the print cd app. Those fonts in printcd suck. lmao

You may want to read through this thread (link below). I explain how to create a basic template. I also posted the templates that I use. Again they may not work for you. Just happens to be the ones I use most of the time.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=246893

[chunkT]

upsampling from 75 to 300 is bad very bad.. dont do it

[fscrocco]

Why not just use the software that comes with the R200? It lets you adjust hub size, resize pictures that you import, move pictures to the front and back in layers, add text with effects and shadows, and more. I've used it exclusively with, at first, Maxell printables and then Verbatim hub printables. I've done about 100 dvd's, some full face, and others leaving a lot of white with small amounts of pictures and text. Always works good for me. BTW, I use a light coat of Krylon Satin to protect the printed surface.

[Karate Media]

chunkT:

As I said above, if you upsample to 300 dpi *before* adding your text/images to the template, there will be *no* degradation to the final image. The only things that will suffer from the upsampling will be the guidelines for the template, which you shouldn't be printing anyway. I used to specialize in CD design and duplication and I can testify 100% for this statement. I used the Neato Photoshop templates posted above (although I did not use Neato design applications) regularly and had no problem resizing them to 300dpi or greater before added my designs.

The only time that upsampling to 300dpi will cause a problem will be if you take a final design that was created at a smaller dpi and resize it to 300dpi, which is not what I recommended.

EDIT: just to satisfy my curiosity, I created 6 inch by 6 inch images to test file sizes: a 6 x 6 image consisting of only a transparent layer at 72 dpi is 24 KB; at 300 dpi it is 232 KB. The same square with a circle drawn in the middle is 89 KB at 72 dpi and 656 KB at 300 dpi. That is enough of a difference to warrant creating the template at 72 dpi (or 75 dpi) in order to save disk space/bandwidth and letting the person downloading it resize it to 300 dpi before they add any new content. They can then turn off the guidelines layer before printing/exporting and have no degredation to their final image.