I prefer to keep my program CDs in jewel cases, but not every game or utility that I've bought has come with a complete jewel case. Some program CDs just come in paper or Tyvec sleeves. These don't protect the CD as well as a plastic jewel case does.
By "complete jewel case," I mean that it has either the manual or other artwork in the front cover of the jewel case, and it has a liner in the bottom of the jewel case underneath where the CD holder is, so that when it is sitting inside a CD rack, I can read the title of the program from the spine portion of the liner.
Here are the jewel case inserts I've made up for various games and utilities. They are intended to be just "quick and dirty" jewel case inserts as I didn't want to go to the trouble of scanning in anything. I just looked on each CD or the program's website to see what artwork was already present.
Note 1: if only the "front cover" or "back cover" is in a particular file, that means the origial jewel case didn't have one of those. If both the front and back cover are present, that means the CD probably came in a paper or tyvec sleeve.
Note 2: some of these files have a second identical-looking copy of the insert. The first insert uses a black background, where black has been defined as 0% of red, blue and green (100% black, 0% of cyan, magenta and yellow). The second copy has the black background defined as 100% of black, cyan, magenta and yellow, which translates into 5% red, 4% green, 3% blue. Depending on what kind of device you print these files on (inkjet printer, laser printer, color copier, etc.), you may find that the black background in the first insert matches perfectly with the black in the pictures. On other devices, the black background in the second insert may match better with the pictures than the first insert does. Print both and see which one you like better.
Note 3: When printing these files, turn off the "Shink to Fit" or "Fit to Page" option. Otherwise, the crop marks will cause Acrobat to reduce the page by about 5 or 6%, and the inserts won't be the right size.
5-28-2006: New entries are in bold.
Download the blank Publisher 2000 template (use the "Save Target
As" option to start the download)
All images used in these jewel case inserts belong to their respective
companies. They are used under the concept of Fair Use Priviledge, as defined under
Title 17 Section 107 of the United States Code.
Specifically, the "for purposes such as... comment" portion. If the companies that made this would have offered
a nice jewel case in the first place, these inserts wouldn't have been necessary. (I know, it costs money to
make jewel case inserts and to include plastic jewel cases which also adds to the weight of the package which
translates into higher shipping costs, but still....) For further details, refer to these pages at the
Elecronic Frontier Foundation and the
Stanford University Libraries.
These inserts may not be sold in any fashion. Anyone wishing to do so must
create their own inserts and contact the owner(s) of the image(s) they wish to use. However, I am making the
blank Publisher 2000 template is freely distributable. I am not liable for any commercial use of these inserts,
though if the company that makes a program were to contact me and say "These are neat. We want to make
them available on our website.", I'd be happy to let them.
(Isn't legalese fun?)
Last Update: May 28, 2006.
protected programs. Includes standard inserts and inserts that make note of the copy protection. See