Dvd Box Sizes

[Silver145]

Does anyone know the size of a dvd cover in pixels??? :confused:

[aenigma]

gah... i'm going to refer to the print tute i wrote.

A: Resolution
Every single piece of visual communication destined for the printer needs to be at 300dpi. (The standard accepted for screen use is 72dpi). Dpi (Dots Per Inch, also referred to as pixels per inch) refers to the number of tiny dots, or pixels, per square inch on the canvas.

A 17.83 x 17.83 cm piece at 72dpi (500 x 500 pixels) will be approximately 4.16 times smaller in pixels than the same size in centimetres/inches piece at 300dpi, which would end up as 2083px x 2083px, yet remain 17.83 x 17.83 centimetres. This may seem strange, but is actually quite logical. As the dpi value increases, the amount of dots per inch increases.

In regard to print work, this value matters because at a lower dpi value, a high quality print will quickly reveal the millions of dots that make up a print sized piece, particularly for the printing of complex images. No artist wants his or her piece to look chunky (except pixel artists, who will never be printed anyway :P ).


i suggest getting a ruler, and measuring a cover of a dvd. type these dimensions into photoshop, then set your dpi. the amount of pixels will vary according to dpi. just use cm/inch dimensioning.

please god, make them all learn...

[saber]

I can give it to ya in cm: 27.2 cm x 18.4 cm

depends what DPI you use how many pixels it will be

[Harp2]

Actually, the 72dpi res standard is from Apple's Macitosh screens which used to be more the standard of yester year. On a PC it' s 96dpi. FYI.


Harp!

[aenigma]

The standard accepted for screen use is 72dpi

96 dpi is what a pc screen will reach, and above that no difference will be noticed on most screens. 72 dpi is still the "standard" and that is what i referred to.

[Cone Graff]

Every single piece of visual communication destined for the printer needs to be at 300dpi
I concur, print resolution variates all the way from 72-600 DPI
Making 300 DPI the most common one :)

[Harp2]

Actually, there is a difference above 96dpi on screen, as the work can/might fit in the working window just fine at 72/96dpi at 100% zoom... at 300 or 600 dpi it looks huge at 100% zoom, even though it's still the same size in dimension, just better rez, but it still throws people off sometimes. So, it is noticable.

Harp!

[aenigma]

yeah, you are right, but if you keep the scale at the same itll be not noticable if you get me ;) like i said, you are right, but 72dpi is still the accepted standard... not my fault :mini:

[saber]

jezus christ stop this... the difference between 72 and 96 is minimum now both shut the fuck up cause the kid allready found his answer.

[Cone Graff]

:stunned:

[aenigma]

:D

[digitalmind]

/me thinks that the last 2 posts above mine are totally useless.




:edit:

Shit, by second thought, mine is too! :mini:

[Cone Graff]

My post was actually to express my feelings towards Sabers post ;)

[aenigma]

my post was to express that i was uberhappy :D

you useless bastard rik..

[RisQ]

how big is the binding part? how much do you allow for the fold?

ThX

[Element]

... :neutral:

Use this template.

300DPI
2.50MB
DVD Cover PSD (http://www.elementstudio.net/temp/dvd-cover.psd)

Good Luck.