Sunday 9 December 2012

Digipak?

It seems that I did not fully understand what a Digipak was, I thought a digipak, was just another word for an album cover, that involved the front cover and the back cover

This is what i found on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digipak), after typing in what is a digipak...
Digipaks typically consist of a gatefold (book-style) paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside.
Since Digipaks were among the first alternatives to jewel cases to be used by major record companies, and because there is no other common name for Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak)  is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets. Such packaging is less resistant to abrasion than jewel cases, so it tends to show signs of wear relatively quickly.
Digipak-style cases grew in popularity among record labels and recording artists in the early 2000s.

After reading this, I then understood that a digipak is more than just the front cover and back cover however it resembles a book-style card, binded with bind.. To gain full understanding I then researched on google images what an album digipak actually looked like
I found this...


Now I understood very well, and now I will be completing my entire digipak.

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