06. How to make eyes catching CD labels
CD labels mark discs and to make it look different from many others in your collections. CD labels save time when you need to find a certain media. However using similar style and layout in label CD design you finally face the same problem – all discs look similar and you need something else in CD cover design to turn the media into more distinguishable.
This short check-list provides you fantastic ideas of how to make CD labels with unique design so you will distinguish your discs at a glance.
How to make CD labels
It takes a simple and yet very functional label creator and CD label ideas to develop a new, fresh and really different label CD design. RonyaSoft gives you both. The RonyaSoft CD DVD Label Maker is specific software optimized for label and paper CD cover production.You can download and try it right now. The application comes with free editable templates to customize a label CD design up to your needs. Yet all the labels are standard. Still with RonyaSoft label creator it will take three simple steps to design really unique labels. We have collected 10 best CD label ideas.
Before you start creating a new and distinguishable label CD design, you need to:
- Choose a layout - browse the collection of RonyaSoft templates and choose the one which best suits you needs. Though you want a unique design, still a CD label or cover must contain disc essentials – name, type of data, date of creation or else.
- Analyze the disc content – whether it is a collection of your documents, e-books, concert, video, photos, software – just make a list of what the disc contains.
- Follow up the ideas from this guide to find inspiration and create unique CD label design
1. Personal photo
Personal photo CD label
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If you create a label CD design for a disc with your personal photos or memories, then choose one of the dearest pictures which best describes the event or a period from your life.
RonyaSoft CD DVD Label Maker easily fits any photo into a blank template turning it into an astonishing CD label design. Just upload a picture and place it in the design. Then you can move, rotate and resize the picture. Find the best position for it. Do not forget to add text to the label. When choosing a photo, mind a center hole.
2. Photo collage
Photo collage CD label
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RonyaSoft CD label creator helps you edit and create a collage from uploaded photos. This type of label CD design will be best for you in case you can not choose a single one.
3. Icon design
Icon CD label design
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For discs with education works, books and other studying materials you can create a unique design right from RonyaSoft label creator. Just use a tool 'Insert a Clipart' and visit 'Education' section. Choose the icons you like and scatter them freely in the design space. You can leave them black on white space or choose a certain color for a background, or make the icons of different colors.
4. Ornament design
Ornament CD label design
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This is a one more simple way to produce afresh and eye-catching CD label design from scratch. RonyaSoft 'Clipart' section provides you hundreds of ornaments and decorative elements which you can combine in a single design. Explore the sections of 'Decorations' and 'Ornaments' for hundreds of possible combinations for a simple to do, but really exciting design.
5. Abstract pictures
Abstract CD label
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One of the best ways to make a really fantastic label CD design is to use a hypnotic ornament or a picture. In this case the center of the picture will align with a center hole of a CD label. Explore Google for hypnotic zooming spiral and you will find thousands of possible solutions.
Tip: if you a want a spiral in certain colors, then specify your search query. It can be pink blue hypnotic zooming spiral or black and white or yellow and pink. The search engine will provide you thousands of ideas from which you will choose a perfect one!
To get inspiration for creation abstract designs you can search free sources as Pinterest or Instagram or Google search for CD label ideas. Choose extraordinary patterns in bright acid colors.
Abstract prints easily fit in label CD design as you need not place them accurately. Just upload a picture to the RonyaSoft label creator and resize it in such a way that it takes an entire space of CD label or cover.
6. Vacation design
Vacation CD label design
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Cultural sites, architectural tourists attractions perfectly fit into the label CD design. You can choose one of your photo or upload any picture of a place you have visited or which you dream to visit. RonyaSoft label creator allows you to use a picture as a background for your disc label design or as a central element of the design. The Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty or some less known but still prominent architectural marvels are only few of possible ideas.
Search for circular architecture or round building design on Google, Pintererst or Instagram to discover amazing architectural constructions all over the world.
7. Night cityscapes with light graphics
Cityscapes CD label
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One of the most spectacular urban scapes is a night city with millions of lights and traffic on the roads. Just search for night city lights to catch the best night city CD label ideas. These sights are easily fit in a circle space of disc with minimal corrections and editing. Just upload a picture and resize it in such a way that it takes the entire space of the disk label. Using RonyaSoft label creator you will easily make an eye-catching label CD design.
8. Animalistic prints
Animalistic CD label
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Another astonishing label CD design is animalistic prints. You can use zebra, giraffe, panther, tiger, snake or crocodile prints to make an amazing CD cover design or a label. Use dino eye, crocodile foot or owl eyes to create a marvelous wild nature disc art.
9. Food designs
Food CD label design
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Do you like doughnuts or cookies? What are your first thoughts and feelings when you see a fresh slice of orange, lemon or lime? Apart from exciting your appetite and the sweetest memories these foods are best CD label ideas. Try and choose your best food CD label ideas.
10. Wild nature
Nature CD label design
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If you still think how to make CD labels that will stand out from the pile of standard CD label designs, then get inspiration from nature. Stones, waterfalls, oceans and waves, storms, trees, lush greenery of grass of leaves. The nature provides hundreds of simple yet amazing CD label ideas. For example, take a picture of a drop making waves on water surface. Such a design will look great!
The nature has astonishing circular shapes which perfectly fit onto disc surface!
To create an original label CD design or CD cover design you need label creator from RonyaSoft! The software provides you blank templates which you can fill with amazing pictures.
Mind, that if a picture is downloadable, this does not mean that this artwork not copyrighted (for example, on Pinterest). That is why we recommend using only those pictures which are in public domain. This means that you can use them for CD cover design freely with no risks of copyright infringement.
Interested? Then look at the others articles (Printing CD labels with photos, Ways of printing CD and DVD labels, Methods of signing CD labels, and other) and tutorials (How to make an album cover, How to create a CD DVD case insert, etc.).