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- Short: CD Jewel Cover Templates for FinalWriter97 & Pagestream
- Author: mpiva@bigfoot.com
- Uploader: mpiva@bigfoot.com
- Version: Version 1.0
- Type: util/misc
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- CD JEWEL COVER TEMPLATES
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- For Final Writer & Pagestream
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- Created by: Michael A. Piva mpiva@bigfoot.com
- ©2002 Amiga Armory
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- Requirements: FinalWriter97 or Pagestream
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- I recently bought myself a CD Writer for my Amiga, but after making
- several CD's, I took a look on the AmiNET for for a program or something
- for printing out covers for CD Jewel case. Unfortunatly I couldn't find
- anything. I don't, currently, have the programming knowledge to write my
- own by I am pretty handy with a DTP. So here's a couple
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- Final Writer Template:
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- The basic graphical layout will probably work with older versions of
- Final Writer but the enhanced text frame features of FW97 are much easier
- to work with and not limited to only 37 characters.
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- This template is good for whipping up quick covers for your CDs. It
- includes a fold-out front cover. Print pages 1&2 back-to-back and when you
- slip the cover out of the CD case, you can open it up like a book to read
- whatever you put on page two. Page 3 has the back cover and side panels
- along with a label for the actual disc. Use this disc label AT YOU OWN
- RISK. Most CD manufactures request that you do not stick any labels on
- discs.
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- The file "CD Cover - PartitionBackup" is an sample of a CD Cover I made
- for a CD containing a backup of some of the patitions on my computer.
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- Tips: * Use text frames wherever you can such as the inside pages of the
- fold-out and the back cover. However, text frames cannot be
- rotated so you'll need to use text blocks for text written upside
- down or sideways.
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- * Final Writer can't rotate imported graphics so if you want to put
- a graphic on the Front Cover or Inside Flap you'll need to flip it
- with an external paint program such a PPaint first.
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- * Final Writer can only print 4096 colors so don't use pictures with
- more coloer as they with look ugly.
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- *** TEST THE LAYOUT. Everything works GREAT with my printer, but
- check it with yours with just the basic template. The sizes
- should not need adjusting but you may need to play with the
- left-to-right and top-to-bottom position of pages 1&2 so they
- print over top of each other properly.
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- Pagestream Template:
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- Since Pagestream is immensely more powerful than Final Writer, this
- template gives you control over virtually every aspect of you Jewel case
- cover. The basic layout is the same as the Final Writer layout but with
- the back cover on the first page and an additional insert at the end. For
- an example of what can be done, take a look at "CD Cover - AminetGames1".
- This is the first of 3 CDs I made including every single file in the Aminet
- "games" directory. The inside of the pull-out and the extra insert
- contain a listing of every single file on the CD (Yes, my printer IS
- capable of printing out 2.6pt text legiably :) When the insert is stapled
- along the fold of the pull-out, the directory listing reads like a book.
- BTW, the AmiNET graphic on the back cover is from the AmiNET website and
- the background on the front cover is taken from the AmigaOS3.5 CD and
- slightly altered.
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- *** Just like the Final Writer template, TEST the printout to see if the
- positions need to be adjusted slightly so things print back-to-back
- properly.
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- Please let me know what you think of these templates and if there's any way
- I can improve them.
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