MyCoverCD
Fig. 1 - MyCoverCD covers
Application Cocoa for creation of CD jewel case inserts from a selection of songs in iTunes or .mp3 files.
This application works only on Mac, tested with iTunes 7 (or later) and Mac OS X 10.3 (surely compatible with Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)).
Table of contents
- Installation
- What you can do with MyCoverCD
- Disclaimer and licence
- Frequently asked questions
- History
Installation
Download the archive below.
Open the archive by double-clicking.
Put MyCoverCD in Applications folder (or in an other folder).
Now you can use MyCoverCD.
What you can do with MyCoverCD
Some cover examples built with MyCoverCD.
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Fig. 2 - Cover with text written on front and booklet part
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Fig. 3 - Back cover
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Fig. 4 - Cover with booklet
Quick and simply CD insert creation from an iTunes selection
MyCoverCD uses iTunes artworks and informations to create CD insert. AppleScript language is used to get iTunes properties. MyCoverCD do CD insert with a song selection or with a playlist.
Several CD insert templates
5 templates available :
- Front cover alone
- Front cover with booklet
- Back cover
- Album Cover
- Cardboard CD box
CD insert access can be done with popup menu into MyCoverCD toolbar.
You can access to MyCoverCD menus from iTunes application
MyCoverCD menus are available either into Mac OS X system-wide menu bar or the dock.
Quick access to iTunes playlist
Into MyCoverCD toolbar, you'll find a button accessing to iTunes playlist. The iTunes playlists are listed in a table view. Once a playlist is choosen, you'll have just to import his contents to do CD inset.
MyCoverCD handles text into back CD insert thin spines
Back cover can write artist and album name into vertical thin spines. The thin spines are editable by double-click and you could modify font and text color.
Do a mosaic with iTunes artworks
MyCoverCD can do a mosaic with one or several artworks. MyCoverCD handles until 16 illustrations and by default does a mosaic if several artworks are found in iTunes. You could customize mosaic into mosaic panel. In this panel, you could choose manual or automatic mode for mosaic creation.
Settings for illustration opacity
MyCoverCD can set the opacity value and color for drawing personal illustrations.
Songs text can be customized
MyCoverCD can list songs on one or several columns (1 or 6 columns according to current CD insert template), the choice is done with segmented controls. Songs can be written like text block, this block can be divided in several columns.
You could choose what song items should be drawn or hidden (numbering, artist and album name, time, etc...).
You could too set characters framing time, artist and album name. These settings are done in MyCoverCD preferences panel.
CD insert text can be edited like a word-processing
MyCoverCD uses Mac OS X word-processing to display songs text. To edit text, you click on it.
Artist and album names could be written on CD inserts
Artist and album names are now written into independent boxes. These boxes can be selected by simple-click and edited by double-click. Once the box is selected, you could resize or move it with mouse or keyboard, you could too color background box.
Illustration and text styles could be saved for next use
By default, MyCoverCD saves automatically all CD insert changes (text and illustration) and uses then as default values. More, you could save permanently illustration and text styles.
iTunes artworks export
MyCoverCD can export iTunes artworks in several formats (jpeg, png et tiff).
Disclaimer and licence
For the moment, My Cover CD for iTunes is distributed under no licence, so you can do with what you want, there's no restriction with its use.
But this application is not distributed free, it is protected with key code. To get this unlock key, you should participate to development, it is fixed to 11 euros, you participate one time and you will access at all new version of this application. If the key changed, the new will be free transmitted to you.
The participation is done either with PayPal or with Kagi.com, links are above, thanks in advance.
With the key code in registration panel, you could cancel the red and blue strokes that cross out CD inserts.
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Frequently asked questions
Where are MyCoverCD preferences ?
The MyCoverCD file preferences names ~/Bibliothèque/Préférences/com.tradapplescript.MyCoverCD.plist.
If you've problems with MyCoverCD, delete preferences solves often the problem.
What are the dimensions of the CD covers ?
The front cover is squared, 120 x 120 mm. So, if you don't want that Cocoa resizes the illustrations, provide a squared illustration (for example 500 x 500 pixels).
Will My Cover CD support special papers planned to print covers cd ?
The answer is no. Why ? Personally, I don't use special paper, I print on normal paper hard-back, then I cut up the covers with a cutter, like this I'm sure that the covers are good printed . Then no, I won't implement this possibility in My Cover CD, sorry.
History
- 4.0.1 (01/04/2007)
- MyCoverCD can now do inserts from .mp3 files. id3 tag reading is done with Quicktime 7, but it's very slow. For the moment, MyCoverCD can't read artwork's id3 tag.
- 4.0 (18/03/2007)
- Compatible with iTunes 7.
- New user interface with all text and artwork settings.
- One window for all cover templates. You'll choose the active template cover with popup menu into toolbar.
- New iTunes artwork export engine. Export is now artworks unlimited.
- You could put a color or a picture on cover background.
- New template : Cardboard CD box with top or right opening (graphics and text rotate automatically according to opening choice).
- Add contextual menu to Artist and Album labels (left click or Ctrl + click on label zone) allowing :
- label erasing
- background label coloring
- size to fit text label
- You could synchronize graphic settings of cover multi-zone (like cover with booklet or cardboard CD box).
- Song titles can be written either like list or text block.
- 3.0.6 (10/28/2006)
- Modify unlock key. The new unlock key will be free given to users registered that will ask it by mail.
- Add alert panel to prevent loading iTunes Library.
- The number columns setting is now done in Editing panel.
- Add several settings in Editing panel :
- Songs alignment
- Number columns
- Paragraph spacing before and after
- The multiple value used to set the height line
- Add item menu "Quick access to text font and color settings..." in pop-up button of text styles.
- 3.0.5 (04/11/2006)
- Bug to show or hide MyCoverCD icon in status bar fixed.
- 3.0.4 (03/10/2006)
- Add status panel during iTunes playlists loading.
- The automatic iTunes playlists loading can be activated or deactivated.
- The table row height can be adapted (simple or double).
