Finding the right kind of material was pretty difficult when it came to this. I needed a thick enough weight to make it solid with a good print surface, something which doesnt seem to go hand in hand down in digital print. For the first test I did a 320gsm print which was a nice weight but came with a rough texture which made the ink bleed, creating a loss in detail. As a really quick mock up I lightly cut the edges and folded it together. Later on I would obviously crease the material but for a quick test this did the job. Pictures of that below,
So to try a few other things I printed the net onto Matt, gloss, satin, and matt with a single laminate. What I found with Matt was that with my cover being quite dark, the darker tones become a dark grey which didnt give the right finish I needed as the tones ceased to pop. Gloss was far too light happy and reflected so much it wasn't really working however satin gave a nice inbetween with great colour depth and reflectivity. The single side laminate seemed like a good idea as it makes the material more pliable and the surface is protected. Although the laminate had to be over matt so the tonal issues on blacks was back so it was scrapped as a possibility.
As much as I like the Satin the material was far to fin and in tests showed to be too flimsy to house the CD's. To get around this and thicken the material I used some black card, mounted onto the Satin sheet. This was working far better. If anything it became JUST slightly thicker than I had maybe wanted but it was the closest I'd been able to achieve to existing products so far.
Finshed Photographs will be uplaoded in a seperate post once everything's complete, such as the labels for this item.
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