Digital Home Thoughts: Up Your DVD Presentation Game with Jewelboxing Cases and Inserts

The Results Are What Matter
So how did my project turn out? See for yourself:


Figure 1: The front of the DVD, printed on my Epson R1800. I selected Ultra Premium Presentation Matte paper and best photo quality. It sure helped having great pictures to work with - oh, and a gorgeous bride as well. The purple on the far left is the back inside insert.


Figure 2: The front insert, on the left, is folded over and if I'd wanted to I could have added more photos inside. If I'd had a FotoFusioin template, I definitely would have. The DVD itself is a full-faced, white inkjet compatible Ritek DVD.


Figure 3: The back of the DVD - notice there's no purple bleed-through from the other side of the back insert. The paper is very high quality.

I put the DVDs in the mail, so I didn't get to see the expression on the face of the bride when she saw them for the first time, but the extremely enthusiastic email I received from her a couple of weeks later (which began with the line "And the award for fantastic, amazing, stupendous, wonderful, incredible, wow wedding DVD goes to... Jason Dunn!!!") told me all I needed to know: she and her new husband loved the final product. The video content on the DVD is the most important part of course, but presenting precious memories in a professional way gave the project an added flair and set the expectation that if the outside of the DVD looked that good, the inside must be just as good.

Here's another way of looking at it: if you were at a restaurant and were served the most delicious steak in the world, but it came on a cheap paper plate, your negative first impression of the presentation might colour your opinion of the steak. In the same way, if you put a lot of effort into the video editing of a DVD but give it to someone in a paper sleeve, you're doing a disservice to your work. Jewelboxing products are top-notch and will take your projects to the next level.

Jason Dunn owns and operates Thoughts Media Inc., a company dedicated to creating the best in online communities. He enjoys mobile devices, digital media content creation/editing, and pretty much all technology. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his lovely wife, and his sometimes obedient dog. He likes doing wedding videos, but since they nearly kill him every time he does one, he hopes he has a few years off.