First Time - Digipak FINAL Draft

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Update Seven

Digi-pak research and analysis completed, First Time – Digi-pak Second Draft done on Photoshop, Equipment Analysis of First Time Production, First Time Album Cover First Draft.   

First Draft Album Cover

Equipment Analysis

Equipment Used On Set

First Time - Digipak Second Draft

Digi-pak Research & Analysis

Digipak research –

A Digipak/ Digi-pak patented method of CD, DVD or BD packaging and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd, an Atlas Holdings Company.

Patented is when a document given the exclusive right to make or sell an invention.

A registered trademark is when a firm legally uses a name or symbol to distinguish its goods.

There are different types of digi-pak -

(2 panels 1 tray and tube pocket)

4 Panel Digi Pak 1 tray 1 tube pocket

Digipak style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak)  this is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets. Digi-pak style casing grew poplular in the 2000’s among famous record labelling companies. Such packaging is less resistant to getting scraped than jewel cases, it tends to show signs of wear quicker than others. Licensed digipak manufacturers such as domestic U.S. printer and disc replicator Oasis Disc Manufacturing recommended coating it with the raw printed paper with a protective UV coating, ensuring it a longerlife.

Traditional Jewel Cases -

Digipaks  -

Digipaks typically consist of a folded book type paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or a few plastic trays capable of holding a CDs or DVD held on the inside. Digipaks was one of the first differences to jewel cases to be used by major record companies, and because there is no other common name for Digipak type packaging made by any other companies, the term digipak or Digi-Pak is often used generically, even when the media holder is a hub rather than a full plastic tray.

What are the key elements of a digipak?

• Text-name of band, name of album, track listings, price, bonus material, website, blog, credits: name of record company, songwriters, record producer, musicians, musicians thanks, where/when recorded.
• Pictorial-picture of band, band logo, record label logo (back), barcode (back), DVD logo (back), CD logo (back), website banner (back), MPTS logo (back).
• Design-colour and style to fit artists genre, unfolds, cardboard sleeve, adverts, booklet, DVD, shape.

These are just a few examples, not all of them apply to the music industry.

One of the first bands to use digi-paking was Show Of Hands when they release their 1997 Dark Fields album. Back in the day digi-paks were only available for sale in large quantities, However the AGI recently introduced the new product called Digipak i-create for consumer markets. Digipak i-create is a web-supported concept that is aimed at music, photo and creative markets.