CD covers easy and on the cheap

April 23, 2007 6:27 AM

I need a simple, free way to make CD covers on both Mac and Windows machines (more inside).

I've found plenty of software available on a trial basis, but no simple and intuitive shareware. Any recommendations will be hugely appreciated.

posted by ryanshepard to computers & internet (8 comments total)

By cover do you mean the paper that slips into the jewel case or do you mean the actual CD itself?
posted by k8t at 6:47 AM on April 23, 2007

iTunes will print jewel case-sized inserts for any playlist (if that's what you need the cover for).
posted by designbot at 7:09 AM on April 23, 2007

iTunes will print jewel case-sized inserts for any playlist (if that's what you need the cover for).

And Clutter will find the cover for you online (usually from Amazon) and allow you to copy it into iTunes.
posted by kisch mokusch at 8:28 AM on April 23, 2007

very very very basic
posted by Hugh Jorgan at 9:18 AM on April 23, 2007

http://www.papercdcase.com/
I don't know what happened to my link
posted by Hugh Jorgan at 9:19 AM on April 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

By cover do you mean the paper that slips into the jewel case or do you mean the actual CD itself?

Ah, yes - sorry if that was unclear.

Hugh Jorgan's link here seems like a champ - I'm off to try it now!
posted by ryanshepard at 9:26 AM on April 23, 2007

Hmmm ... the papercdcase.com idea is a great one, but I'm looking for something that offers a bit more flexibility in terms of the types of cases you can make inserts for. The quest continues.
posted by ryanshepard at 9:31 AM on April 23, 2007

damn where was that when I was doing the cover for my Metafilter Swap mix cd? good one.
posted by ShawnString at 9:50 AM on April 23, 2007