Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the de facto standard for bitmap image manipulation.
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard for vector graphics format. AI and EPS formats are native to Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator can be used to open PDF files too.
Amaray Case
Amaray case is a case for storing DVD's. The dimensions of an Amaray case is 135mm x 190mm x 14mm. Retail DVD's found in video stores all sold in Amaray cases. A standard Amaray case has a clear plastics that wraps around the outside of the case for holding the inlay (or entrapment), the booklet clip for holding booklet literature, and a tray for the DVD to sit in. Like Coke and Kleenex, Amaray case has become the genericided name for DVD case.
Artwork Template
To guide designers from making mistakes in the size of an artwork, templates are created so graphics artists can focus on design rather than worrying about sizing and resolutions.
Audio CD
Nick name for Compact Disc Digital Audio or CDDA. 2-channel 16-bit PCM clocked at 44100 Hz are encoded digitally on the disc. A standard audio CD can hold 74 minutes of high quality audio. The new 80-minute CDs are popular but does not conform to the Red Book standard.
Bleed
Artwork that extends past the edge of the desired physical size is called a bleed. Bleed is needed only for products that require cutting or trimming to a specific size. By extending your artwork beyond the physical size, the minor shift of the cutting tool will be covered up by the bleed.
Business Card CD
Business card CD is a special case of shaped CD. In every tray load CD or DVD drive there is a smaller inner tray. Business card CD takes advantage of that by molding or cutting a CD to the shape of a business card. There are two commonly used shapes for business card CD, i.e. the rectangular and the hockey rink shapes.
Cardboard Sleeve
Cardboard sleeves are commonly used as a mailer for CD and DVD packaging. With full-color printing and glossy UV coating on the cardboard, cardboard sleeves are also used to replace the bulky and brittle jewel cases.
CD Duplicator
A CD duplicator, or aka CD tower, is the stacking of CD writers for the purpose of copying CD in multiple copies per batch.
CD Duplication
CD duplication is a term used to describe short-run or small quantity copying of CDs. CD (compact disc) duplication came about in the late 1990s as a way to circumvent high production cost and quantity requirements for CD replication. CD duplication is generally done in quantities from 1-500. Any quantity in this range would fall under the short-run classification. CD duplication offers identical sound quality to a replicated CD, though there are other limitations.
CD Replication
CD replication is a term used to describe large quantity copying of CDs. CD replication is the industry standard for making mass quantities of a CD. Replication is done via the process of glass mastering and stamping of CDs. This is in contrast to CD duplication where CD-R technology is used to create smaller quantity runs. CD replication is done for quantities above 500 CDs. Any quantity below this range would fall under the short-run classification.
Clam Shell
Clam shells are soft plastics translucent cases for storing CDs or DVDs. A clam shell opens and closes like a real clam and hence the name. Depending on the shapes, clam shells are also called C-Shell and D-Shell.
Coaster
Coaster is a slang term for an optical disc (CD, DVD, etc) that doesn't work, normally because of bad quality of the optical disc itself, failure during the CD/DVD burning process, etc. So, such disc just creates an excellent, shiny coaster to use with your late night pint
digiPak
A digipak is a style of compact disc or DVD packaging. It consists of one or more plastic trays contained in a cardboard outer binding of various shapes and forms (typically a book cover format). Usually digipak releases of CDs are deluxe versions commonly containing bonus material as opposed to jewel cases that are usually used for the standard editions.
Disc Wallet
Disc wallet is like having two cardboard sleeves combined to form a book. A disc wallet can be designed to hold either one or two discs.
DVD Authoring
DVD authoring describes the process of creating a DVD video that can be played on a DVD player.
DVD Duplicator
A DVD duplicator, or aka DVD tower, is the stacking of DVD writers for the purpose of copying DVD in multiple copies per batch.
DVD-5
A single sided, single layer, 4.7 gigabytes (GB), or 4.38 gigabytes (GiB) DVD.
DVD-9
A single sided, double layer, 8.5 GB (7.92 GiB) DVD.
DVD-10
A double sided, single layer on both sides, 9.4 GB (8.75 GiB) DVD.
DVD Duplication
DVD duplication is a term used to describe short-run or small quantity copying of DVDs. DVD duplication is a way to circumvent high production cost and quantity requirements for DVD replication. DVD duplication is generally done in quantities from 1-500. Any quantity in this range would fall under the short-run classification.
DVD Replication
DVD replication is a term used to describe large quantity copying of DVDs. DVD replication is the industry standard for making mass quantities of a DVD. Replication is done via the process of glass mastering and stamping of DVDs. This is in contrast to DVD duplication where DVD-R technology is used to create smaller quantity runs. DVD replication is done for quantities above 500 DVDs. Any quantity below this range would fall under the short-run classification.
Entrapment
The paper insert that goes into the clear plastics pouch to cover the outside of a DVD or Amaray case. Other names for entrapment are inlay, insert, and wraparound.
Hockey Rink CD
A special form of business card CD with the upper and lower sector of a Mini CD cut off. Hockey rink CD normally has about 50MB capacity.
Jewel Case
A Jewel case is a three-piece plastic case, measuring 142 mm × 125 mm × 10 mm, which usually contains a compact disc along with the liner notes and a back card. Two opposing transparent halves are hinged together to form the casing, the back half holding a media tray that grips the disc by its hole. All three parts are made of injection-molded polystyrene.
Glass Master
Glass mastering refers to the step in CD/DVD replication when a laser is used to copy data onto a light-sensitive glass plate. The plate's photosensitive glaze reacts to the heat of the laser, thus etching digital information onto the plate.
Label Applicator
A device for positioning a label so it can be applied onto a CD or DVD precisely without shifting too much off to the center.
Mini CD
Mini CD is an 80mm disc mainly used for audio CD singles. A Mini CD can hold 21 minutes of music, or 185MB of data.
Mini DVD
Like a Mini CD, mini DVD is a DVD with a smaller form factor. A Mini DVD can hold 30 minutes of video, or 1.47GB of data.
Offset Printing
Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate first to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. Offset printing on disc is preferable for bitmap artwork such as photos and half-tones.
Pantone Number
Pantone numbers, or PMS numbers, are a mapping among numbers to colors so people from all over the world can speak in color without any deviation.
Silkscreen Printing
Screen-printing, also known as silkscreening or serigraphy, is a printmaking technique that traditionally creates a sharp-edged single-color image using a stencil and a porous fabric. A screenprint or serigraph is an image created using this technique. Silkscreen printing on disc is preferable for artworks that are vector format, text, logo, and solid background for example.
Slimline Jewel Case
Slimline jewel cases first gained popularity as cases for European-made CD singles, and have become a common space-saving packaging for burned CD-ROMs. Most are roughly half the thickness of a standard CD jewel case, allowing twice as many CDs to be stored in the same space, but they generally do not have room for a full package insert booklet, only a slip of paper for a track listing or cover art.
Stacking Ring
A stacking ring is the narrow groove on a CD/DVD surface at 33mm ~ 35mm diameter. The presence of a stacking ring reduces the printable area on a disc. Discs without stacking ring are called hub printable discs. Stacking ring are found in most CD-Rs and occasionally in some replicated CDs.
Stamper
Since a glass master is too delicate to be used for heavy-duty disc production, durable metal molds called stampers are usually made for disc stamping or pressing.
Tyvek Sleeve
A special of sleeve made of paper like plastics that is much sturdy.
Video CD
Video CD or VCD, or Compact Disc digital video, is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. Video CDs are are playable in dedicated players, personal computers, and many DVD players.