Dream Box Design Instruction
Feb 1, 2009 at 1:19PM We are NOW (as of 2/1/2009) accepting dream box orders again! But HOLD ON~~~~~ there are great tips to get your beautiful boxes on time with no flaw!! (I do recommend to learn this tips NOW than later. Nobody left behind!!!!)
Here is a visual presentation of HOW ALL THE GUIDE LINES in the templates really work when it is made into the product!
The most important section here is between the line "a" and "b". That is where the crease will occur and we do not want any dark color there. I will not explain why here, but it is very important tips from our experience of making hundreds of boxes every month.
So if you need the spine to be dark color like black, dark brown, navy... etc. please make the spine less thick so that the crease area stays lighter. If the front cover is filled with one image that is dark, please use lighter color on the spine and make sure it covers the area between "a" and "b"!
(light color means: anything from upper left quater of photoshop's color picker)
And here are some DO and DONT sample images that you can take a look. Please feel free to ask any quesiton regarding your design. It is a great idea to attach the websized image to email when you refer to certain part of your design.
AND Oh,
NEW TEMPLATE with the correct guides had been updated in our HOW TO page. Please REDOWNLOAD the files to make a perfect design!
Thanks!
Reader Comments (2)
can you explain why the design don'ts are wrong? the first don't looks like the large template farther up?
it may be little confusing due to the size of the images above. But please pay close attention to the width of the spine area. when you want to design the spine with darker color like the examples above(don't #1), you want to make it thinner (like DO's sample) so that the area between the guide line A and B has lighter color. If you have any other question in your design, please send us the websized design jpg file to us and we will advise you if there is anything to change.
This is to make all production more productive/less problem. As long as the instruction is well followed, your box will arrive beautifully on time. Thanks!
And this applies to dream box only. Dream Album has no restriction on design at all.
and of course, we are working on improving the quality of our products including letting all of the designers to have any color anywhere in any design. We will update you when this is complete by newsletter email. And we are hoping to get it done by the summer 09.