How to Make a Glossy CD Cover on a CD

Making a glossy CD cover creates a nice visual for your CD.

The presentation and design for a CD is an important aspect of CD creation. Whether the CD contains music, software or even a video game, it's the glossy cover that portrays an image of what's inside. Successfully making a glossy CD cover can be done in a few steps and only requires up to 10 minutes to accomplish. Within no time your CD will be finely presented.

Things You'll Need

• Image manipulation program
• Printer
• 4.75" width x 4.75" length paper (for cover)
• CD label (for disc)

Instructions

CD Label (On Disc)

1. Open your image in your image manipulation program.

2. Set and crop the image to 1,425 by 1,425 pixels. Make sure the DPI is set to 300.

3. Create a circle 56 pixels in diameter in the center of the image.

4. Add text to the image relating to your CD, such as the title or artist/creator.

5. Save the completed image and print it to your CD label.

6. Place the label on the CD.

CD Cover

1. Open your image in your image manipulation program.

2. Set and crop the image to 1,425 by 1,425 pixels. Make sure the DPI is set to 300.

3. Add text to the image relating to your CD, such as the title or artist/creator.

4. Save the completed the image and print it to your paper.

5. Insert the CD cover into the CD case.

References

• PSD Learning : CD Cover Design

Resources

• GIMP: The GNU Image Manipulation Program