Red Foil....



Red Foil on FreezePop's Featured Title page

Bronze...(this client did a really fun thing and did a different color foil for every season)



Silver foil....on WIDE SCREEN / LANDSCAPE Digipak Packaging


Check out some of our other landscape or widescreen packaging too! These are always fun designs.

Gold Foil...

Foil on fiberboard makes a beautiful contrast between the natural, fibrous paper and the shiny reflective foil. Here are some great examples:

Award winning packaging, designed by STS9:


Similar concept but with a fun twist added (check out the pocket!):


We have more photos of fiberboard traypaks and fiberboard jackets if you'd like to explore this fun paper stock! Fiberboard is a wonderful, eco-friendly paper stock and has recycled material, pulp material, end of chain material, and is unbleached. It gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling!
If you'd like to learn more about that die cut notch, visit our die cut packaging page!

Full color printing is really hard on fabric types like linen because it is a loose weave. But foil is a good option for your art.

Another variation we have on this is a binding cloth. It is something between paper and cloth in texture.

Hot foil stamping is a special process that results in a raised area of foil. Metallic inks are special pantones colors that one can print and not involve any kind of stamping or raised relief. So texture is one big difference, but the other big difference is that foil is SHINEY and metallic ink is NOT. Metallic inks are quite matte. A few examples…

-- using both types on a package!

Here are some neat side by side comparisons of silver foil versus silver metallic ink printed on fiberboard in various lights. We did these are press proofs for a client to look at both options. The client chose to go with the silver metallic ink instead of the foil.

Proof comparisons:



Finished product with metallic silver ink printing:

Silver metallic ink is flat, matte, definitely not shiny.
Foil is very shiny.

We can also do a run of business cards with foil to match your main disc package!


We also did matching cards and spine printing for the various directors of this film reel.

One other option we can do, is foil paper - like Christmas wrapping paper. This is a complete wrap of foil paper, as opposed to select areas. It is less expensive than hot foil stamping.

Folios expensive. It is one of the coolest looks out there, but be prepared for a bit of sticker shock. Pricing is usually done per panel (such as front of cover, back of cover, spine, slipcase only, etc) and is determined by the amount of coverage. If you can let us know how much foil coverage you'll need, we can give you the costs to add to any package.

Because it is a special process, like embossing, it requires a special press proof if you want to see the outcome on the actual press. A simulation can be done by substituting a cmyk color for it on the regular color matchprint.

Although most professional-level graphics programs allow the use of spot colors, we find that the easier way to create spot effects is to create a new layer (or layers) in the program, then create art in one of the standard process colors. This allows you to work with your CMYK or RGB art without the limitations created with multi-channel files.
The majority of special effects can be easily set up as separate layers in your favorite graphic design or layout program. Whatever color you use for embossing, have everything that needs the effect in a single color, at 100% ink. Call or e-mail to be walked through the process depending on your program of choice, or have a graphics specialists set up the special effects for you (may incur additional cost). Here are some pages that may help you with ideas:
Special Printing Effects
Hot Foil Stamping
Embossing and Debossing
Spot UV Gloss
How to set up Spot Colors
How to set up PIPS or reverse side printing
Custom Die Cuts
Unusual Folds and Shapes
Metallic Ink printing
Spot White Ink on Fiberboard Stock
Special Disc Printing
Uncoated Paper(Matte)
Fiberboard Paper (brown, kraft)

One of our favorite titles for show & tell is the Deva Film Reel as it actually has all of the effects; hot foil stamping, embossing and debossing, spot UV glass & lamination. Be sure to check our the full spec for the special printing effects on Deva's Featured Title page.