Business Card CD-R question.

craftech wrote on 11/1/2002, 8:24 AM

HI,
An actress asked me to make a bunch of business card cd's for her and I was looking for suggestions. She wants a resume', headshots, and a short video clip on them.
Specifically:
1. Is VV3 the best program for this? I also have Macromedia Director 8.5, but I haven't used it yet. The business card cd-r holds only 50MB.
2. I looked online at suppliers for the blanks and have found many different sizes and shapes, but I can't seem to find labels that exactly match the sizes of the cd-r's. Even from the same vendor. The websites seem vague about whether or not one of their labels matches their business card cd-r's.
3. My cd stomper(generic)seems like it would be awkward for applying the labels....assuming I can match the labels with the blanks in the first place. How are you applying the labels. I don't want to have to trim them with a razor blade.
4. In short....They have to look professional for the actress to benefit from them.

Any ideas on this?
Thanks in advance,
John

Comments

watson wrote on 11/1/2002, 11:32 AM

If she wants pro work she will have to pay pro price.
The only way they will look top shelf is if they are printed and duplicated with direct to CD printing. I use Action Duplication here in The Delaware Valley.
For the next best thing I use Neato. They have media and labels. They also have an applicator. I have had no problem applying labels. They look very nice.
VV works great to encode the video. She has to understand that not all computers will be able to play the CD. Some laptops won't play small CD's.
Mgeg-1 at a reduced size would be my choice. I use Multimedia builder for graphics and menu development. You could also use simple HTML or stick with the autorun in vegas and keep it real simple.
I am new to Vegas so there may be tools I don't know about yet for this.
W