Vintage Look CD / DVD Packaging Albums and Covers
Distressed Paper, Matte Uncoated, Old Fashioned, Antique Retro

 

Vintage, Distressed, Old Fashioned, Antique, Retro—How to Make that Look!

A vintage look in disc packaging is not hard to achieve with a few special effects and the right choice of materials. How old do you want to go?

  • Examples of Vintage Look CD DVD Packaging, Distressed & Retro Album Covers

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    vintage cd LP packaging

     

  • More Examples - Vintage CD Albums using Swinging Sleeves, Very Retro!

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  • And More Examples -Book Binding Construction, CD DVD Books & LPs

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  • Make Use of Color - Parchment, Sepia

    Parchment colors, worn appearance works well for something "aged", perhaps 100 years plus. Thick stock, non glossy, is good for something circa 1940's plus. Sepia tones, black & whites certainly convey an era prior to our World of Color. Retro (1950s-'70s) can be achieved by mimicking old LP album styles.

     

  • Uncoated Stock Paper - Matte & Recycled for that Vintage Feel

    Recycled matte, uncoated paper is one of our favorite looks and feels for starting the "old" appearance. Old things usually aren't shiny.
    Photo of vintage cd album, WW2 look with uncoated stock
    Optionally, we can do a matte aqueous varnish on the packaging. Uncoated stock paper is not for all types of artwork as the colors can blend together. Crisp wording and fine knockouts don't do well with uncoated paper, for instance.

     

  • Distressed Paper Features - Cuts, Wears, Nicks, Tears, Cracks

    Distressed features, such as old, torn pages, wear, breaks, cracks, etc can all be added in with creative artwork.
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    Matte vintage CD Album uncoated paper
    This Vintage scrapbook book used uncoated stock paper, with some special features to create the look. Check out the full spec here: Molly's Vintage Scrapbook Featured Title. Look at the fun photo holder corners....embossed to stand out.

     

  • Texture - Tricks with Embossing and Debossing

    Using embossing or debossing can give an item a definite texture, such as distressed and "dented" look, or wood grain. See more examples and instruction on how to set up embossing or debossing on cd or dvd printed packaging.
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  • Sepia Tones -- 1C Black to 4C Sepia

    Sepia tones are usually simulated in process color and are ideal for WWI or WWII imagery.
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    Photo of old time cd packaging

     

  • Going Retro...LP Style, Vinyl Looking Discs, CD Albums

    If you don't want to go too old, retro can be achieved by features like book binding (chipboard covered with a paper wrap) on the old vinyl LPs. See 1950s and '60s Verve or Blue Note LPs. for some great examples of the art. You could dgo earlier yet, like the 78 style sleeves (swinging sleeves). For retro on a budget, may we suggest some inner sleeves (colors like parchment, or printed 1C or 4C) for the discs, and just using a thick stock with pockets opening to the outside. Here are some examples - and also see our page especially for Retro LP Style CD Albums.




    Featured Title Oria Blue - Swinging style sleeve

    Complete with some authentic old titles.....

     

  • Show us! Uploading your Preliminary Art,
    Going over Photos or Sketches, Looking at Features

    If you have art you'd like to show us, we'd be happy to help you with suggestions on how to achieve the look you are after. Either email it to us (hello@megalodon.com) or use our upload page. Alternately, if you have a photo of something you want to emulate, let us see that too and we can work from that. If there are certain titles on our site that you like, we can tell you about the features that help create that look.

     
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