Again another recommendation for some software that I found recommended online, and this is specifically for when you’ve finished your production, and you want to create something special out of it. Whether it’s a keepsake, or something that you can sell to friends and family… even hand out to the cast and crew as a thank you for all their hard work.
So tonight it’s a small gathering of friends and as well as showing off our new movie Chavular, I wanted to add a little extra something to the evening. So I decided to create some DVDs of the film itself, plus our past work, which I could then present to them at the end of the evening.
In order to create the DVD cases, I bought some cheap slimline 9mm thick cases from PCWorld, then went about designing the label. The problem here is you need to make sure the print out will be sized accurately. Thanks to this software I found, that step was a doddle.
I simply created two A4 cover graphics in GIMP, one for the front cover and one for the back. I then layered these onto one A3 sized graphic, and once that was saved I then installed and loaded up UnderCoverXP.
This free piece of software will automatically re-size your image to fit a whole variety of different cases… whether it’s proper DVDs, Playstation 3 or even VHS cases! You can also burn CD sized labels as well.
You can also include cut/fold lines in your print out which makes cropping the prints for your cases a doddle. You can see the finished results in the pictures provided. You need to make sure you have a half decent photo printer and the right kind of paper (which I didn’t at the time) but I think it delivers a very smart product that you can be proud of.
More soon!
Adam
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