DVD Replication for Dummies: 4 Easy Steps to Professional DVD Replication

Every avid independent filmmaker who has dreamed of doing special interest documentary, short film or to show off their creative skills. Many have great ideas and want " wow " film festival scene, or tenants with its large video project. But once you have the movie in the can " " (not easy), how do you move from a couple of DVDs with the teacher " " Sharpie marking handwritten on the inside a title second CD case, a stack of cardboard boxes full Brilliant again, retail ready for DVDs, with the UPC bar codes and polywrap meeting of the hand? You need to create eye-popping artwork and its project have replicated. Using a reputation for full-service company like DVD Replication PacificDisc, Inc. partner with is certainly a helpful option to ensure a professional end result, but to help the DVD playback with your project, here are 4 simple steps for a good DVD playback results: 1. Prepare the DVD master. To ensure the replication company can read your master, whether you need to create a DVD-R master, or output your project to a DLT (Digital Linear Tape). DLT has been around for years, and was often the only way to play. Fortunately DVD-R technology has advanced so much in recent years that a pair of DVD-R masters are normally all that is required when working on a draft standard DVD5. Why a pair? In the case of one of the teachers arrive damaged in transit, not wasting time looking for another good teacher. 2. Create your work will need to design artwork for the DVD side, the outside of the case (commonly called a wrap-up) and, if desired insertion of the inside of the case (postcard, or manual). All CD or DVD replication companies will have templates on their websites to be downloaded and used to aid in the design of their art. Just make sure you download the correct template for your project, as there are many variables and you will not want to waste time with bad design. While on the subject of artwork, it is important to mention that you need to decide if your project requires a barcode (commonly called a UPC, or black and white inside a box of scripts from many products) . If your DVD will be sold through retailers, you should have a UPC issued, as many retailers not an item out of stock. 3. Find a partner Replication DVD Although there are literally dozens of DVD playback existing businesses (DVD replication company wrote " " in your favorite search engine) not all DVD replication companies are created equal. You can see all kinds of pricing models that will make an excellent job of confusing the devils you. Rather than seek a partner that offers good prices and tries to simplify the process. Make sure you are comparing the same thing when shopping around and be aware of hidden extras such as excess (if the company makes a lot of replication extra discs and then expects you to pay for the extras). Be careful with setting rates, glass domain registration fees, additional costs to offset printed discs, extra costs for 3-color vs. 5-color illustrations. A bit of the task ahead will ensure that your DVD look great when they arrive and are not left with the feeling of having been cheated, or have crappy looking discs that nobody wants to buy. 4. Approve check artwork and hard evidence Once you have found the DVD replication company, you will be asked to submit to their masters, artwork and cash. Most replicators want their money in advance, since the burning of materials begin as soon as the land project. Within a few days of the delivery of their masters, you should see the evidence, either e-mail your artwork (simple digital prints (PDFs), which shows how your art elements that are aligned when printed . If you ordered an ordeal, DVD playback company ship Print a test pressing of the printing press to print the job. with a tough test, know exactly what you are getting before you print hundreds of them. If you asks a check disc, you get a small number of the silver discs " " to make sure your project has come through the DVD-R (or DLT) for master glass " & quot ; master process successfully. Assuming that everything is correct, and you resubmit your fitness in a couple of weeks, you should hear the beep-beep-beep of the FedEx truck backups of your driveway. After a quick signing, which should be the proud owner of a pile of cardboard boxes filled with brilliant DVD - your DVDs! Morris Anderson is the co-founder and CEO PacificDisc Inc. - a smaller and replication boutique that specializes in first aid time through a CD or DVD replication process. Morris has over 20 years experience in the field of production, having run three television stations and an independent film company in the production, Before the founding PacificDisc, Inc. For more information on the CD or DVD replication or with a partner as the first level of DVD replication company, visit http://www.pacificdisc.com. jordan ante



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