How/where can I make or get a professional quot;metallicquot; CD label? -

I can t find any pics of them, but I ve seen CD labels that are have this sort of quot;metallicquot; look to them, and the CD shines through? I think those AOL junk mail CDs used to look like that. Any help would be appreciated!

1.Here s what Wisegeek.com has to say. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-easi… 2.Here s one place I found just now that sells them. You design it, they make it. Metallic. (Edit: Whoops! http://www.printmything.com/t20/Custom-P… 3.Don t know about a metallic looking label for a CD, but I bought a cheap Lite-On CD/DVD burner, (Dual Layer, SuperMulti, CD amp; DVD burner plus player. Has LightScribe technology. About $45 bucks. Compares to units that cost 3 to 5 times as much), at Walmart. It has LightScribe Technology.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightscribe You have to buy HP disks that are for Lightscribe. Cost more than regular disks. I just wanted a cheap, reliable burner for CD s and DVD s. This was an added bonus. I have been using mine for a year and a half now, and installed one in a clients computer over two years ago. They both still work GREAT!

We ve been able to achieve that look I think you mean by reducing the percentage of the color in question - it had to do with dot density - how many dots within say a square inch. For a pantone color - say a dark red - but instead of having it set up as 100% we reduced the coverage to 40% and it allowed the silver of the nature disc to come through. Other ways are to set it up in CMYK or full color and then NOT have white underneath it - then the metal or silver again comes through. We also tweaked the contrast to reduce the vividness of the color so the silver would show through. Your options increase if you re professionally pressing them. If you re having them duplicated your option is to use the CMYK and have it printed on a silver disc.

You can always buy an external LightScribe DVD/CD writer that plugs into a USB port on your computer that will burn a metallic printed label onto the top of the CD they run from about 100 to 200 dollars at major electronics retailers. Then, you need to buy special LightScribe discs and viola! Printed Discs!