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Our in-house graphics team can give you and your band a unique and killer design.

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Get your music to sound like Top 10 chart material with our audio mastering services at just a fraction of the cost of other studios.

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Your master

CDs

Your master should sound exactly the way you want it. Ensure songs are ordered correctly. We recommend making a safety copy of your master before you send it anywhere.

With our commitment to delivering the best possible service and products our engineers at the Hit Factor mastering studios will listen to your music for free and recommend weather it can benefit and sound better with post production work.

Click here to find out more about post-production services at the Hit Factor mastering studios.

Along with supplying your master and artwork, there are two forms that need to be completed and submitted. 1. IPR form, and 2. Permission to Duplicate form.

IPR Form
In the IPR form, first place your letterhead on the top of the form. Then take a print out and fill out the rest in hand. Fill out the applicable sections with the correct information. You can download the form from the link below.

Form 1 - Intellectual Property Rights IPR form.doc

Permissions Form
The permission to replicate form gives permission to Disc Wizards to make copies of your master. Again, put your letterhead on the top of the form, then replace the highlighted sections with your own information. After this, take a print out and fill out the bottom sections in hand.

Form 2 - Permission to Replicate.doc

DVDs

Before sending in your master, test it properly to make ensure it performs just as it should. Your finished discs will be an identical copy of your master.

Always use high-quality recordable (DVD-R or DVD+R) non-rewritable discs for your DVD masters.

Again, the above two forms will need to be completed when you send in your master.

Need help with preparing your DVD film? Disc Wizards can take care of your DVD Authoring. Call us to find out more details.

Handling masters

Handle the masters only by the edges. Make sure your master tapes, CDs and boxes are labelled clearly with your contact information. Always keep copies of your master in triplicate. Don't send us your only master copy. Although every care is taken from the time we receive your master till your package is shipped back to you, Disc Wizards cannot be held responsible in the case of any kind of loss or none-readability issues of your master.

Audio Master acceptable formats

We prefer your master delivered as a CD-R Master or PMCD Master (Pre-Mastered CD).

We can accept your master on one of the following formats: VHS, SVHS, DVCAM, MiniDV, DVCPro, Beta SP, digi-Beta, DVD-R, DVD+R.



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Your Design

Design should represent the right image

At Disc Wizards we have a dedicated team, 'Design Squad', to give your project the right image. We'll discuss your ideas and review the material you submit and work from there to create a unique design. We will email you the proofs for your approval. We will only print when you are satisfied.

If you require printed proofs to be sent, each proof will cost £25 plus postage.

You can also prepare your own designs. We will check them and ensure it meets the right specifications for printing. Use our design templates to help with the proper layout of your designs.

We can accept designs in the following formats: CD-R format, DVD-ROMs and by FTP/Email.

Artwork Guidelines

Adobe Illustrator: If you are preparing your artwork using Illustrator, you can directly open the PDF template from within Adobe Illustrator.

Keeping the templates as the topmost layer, place your artwork on a second layer below the guides layer.

When saving your files, make sure the files are saved at the highest PDF quality available, ensuring the resolution is 300dpi, colours are in CMYK format and that all font sets are embedded.

Adobe Photoshop: If you are preparing the artwork using Photoshop, you will need to import the PDF template into photoshop and ensure the conversion settings are at 300dpi resolution and that the colour scheme is CMYK.

Layer 1 will be the template guides, create a new layer to sit underneath Layer 1, and place your artwork contents onto this new layer. save the file as a PSD file at 300 dpi, CMYK format.

Hi-Res JPEG: Alternatively, If you know your artwork is at the right size for the template, and placement, you may remove all the guides entirely and save your file as a hi-resolution JPEG file, again at 300dpi, CMYK format. JPEG save settings should be at the highest quality level.



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