Retro DVD Package Design
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I have a TV series ready for its debut on physical media and I want the packaging to feel like it was plucked straight from a dusty record-store bin. Think sun-baked oranges, reds and buttery yellows, with typography and photo treatments that instantly read as vintage—but polished enough to pass a modern press check.
Your core focus is a two-piece set:
• Insert booklet – fully built in Adobe InDesign, with any vector touches handled in Illustrator and photo work finished in Photoshop.
• Matching disc label – same colour palette, fonts and graphic language so the entire package feels seamless.
I’ll supply reference photos, the episode summaries and any copy. You’ll handle layout, type selection, graphic accents and overall art direction that makes the show look like a bona-fide commercial release.
Technical specs I need honoured:
• CMYK throughout, 300 dpi.
• Press-ready PDFs with crops and 3 mm bleeds.
• Layered source files: .INDD, .AI and .PSD.
• All fonts outlined or packaged.
Deliverables will be considered complete when the press PDFs and open files drop into my printer’s workflow without a single preflight flag, and when the on-screen mock-ups convince me I could have found this DVD on a 1970s shelf.
If that sounds like your kind of design playground, let’s make this show feel real.
Your core focus is a two-piece set:
• Insert booklet – fully built in Adobe InDesign, with any vector touches handled in Illustrator and photo work finished in Photoshop.
• Matching disc label – same colour palette, fonts and graphic language so the entire package feels seamless.
I’ll supply reference photos, the episode summaries and any copy. You’ll handle layout, type selection, graphic accents and overall art direction that makes the show look like a bona-fide commercial release.
Technical specs I need honoured:
• CMYK throughout, 300 dpi.
• Press-ready PDFs with crops and 3 mm bleeds.
• Layered source files: .INDD, .AI and .PSD.
• All fonts outlined or packaged.
Deliverables will be considered complete when the press PDFs and open files drop into my printer’s workflow without a single preflight flag, and when the on-screen mock-ups convince me I could have found this DVD on a 1970s shelf.
If that sounds like your kind of design playground, let’s make this show feel real.