My friends, the Cool Cavemen band , are on the way to complete the sound recording phase of their next LP. Now come the time to think about the CD artwork, and to package the music they’ve choose the standard Jewel Case format  .

Jewel Cases are made of a part which hold the CD itself. This part is usually black and opaque and it remain visible on the left of the front side when the CD case is closed.

Sometimes this black strip is made of transparent polystyrene, which let you see the reverse of the back cover. You can use this to make some easthetic design. So I’ve created some templates in Inkscape, because all templates I found on the web didn’t taken care of that transparent strip.

You can download those templates as SVG files under the Creative Commons Attribution licence . Here are the direct link to the SVG versions of the templates:

Below are PNG versions for preview:

CD Jewel Case Template - Leaflet

CD Jewel Case Template - Back Cover

CD Template - CD Face

CD Jewel Case Template - Inside Back Cover

CD Jewel Case Template - Front + Back Composition

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  1. Christian

    Hey man these are very nice and came in handy when finishing the layout on a new record. Might I suggest that you include the URL and copyright info on these templates and maybe even expand the legend for the "Ready to Print" templates so its easier to tell what is the difference between the red and black lines. Is there some way these could be added to a template repository for inkscape?

    Great work!

    1. Kevin Deldycke Author

      Hi Christian,

      As you can see in SVG metadatas, these templates are released under a Creative Commons by licence. So you are free do to whatever you want with these documents as long as you attribute the work to me.

      I've updated the "Ready to Print" templates to include a legend and use the v3.0 of the CC-by licence (instead of v2.0).

      I've added direct links to these templates on my "Ready to Print" post. Is it what you suggested ?

      I don't know if there is a template repository for Inkscape. But if you find one, I'll be happy to contribute and share my work.

  2. kalayame

    thanx guys, needed these templates urgently. Life savers

  3. gavjof

    Looks useful. I was after a quick CD size reference/ template and Google pointed me straight here. Thanks!

  4. Ozmumcu

    Thanks my friend,

    Great Work! It has been so much useful.

    Thanks!

  5. Girish

    Was looking for a quick size reference, and bingo! Excellent work. Thx..

  6. bbr

    Excellent, just what I was looking for!

  7. Roland

    Thank you for sharing this. I like the extra detail that you included such as the measurements, in Metric too! Thank you :-)

  8. M.

    Thank you for sharing. Very nice, useful template.

  9. William

    Thankyou very very much for uploading these templates! It's a shame that Inkscape doesn't include these templates, but thanks to people like you all is possible!

  10. Jason

    Yep. Lots of help. I saved the files to my drive and also made templates in Paint Shop so I don't have to mess around each damn time I make a CD cover.
    Thanks alot..

  11. Sickie

    Image number 5 has wrong sizing...

    1. Kevin Deldycke Author

      @Sickie: can you explain me what's wrong with the 5th template ?

  12. Adrian

    Thank you so much!
    That's exactly what I was looking for! =)
    I guess printing a CD-cover has never been that easy!

  13. ali

    tnx a alot

  14. Till

    wow, thanks.

  15. Sam

    thanks!!

  16. Romario

    Brilliant thanks

  17. Leigh

    Wow - thanks very much. You're Awesome!!!!

  18. Muhammad

    Thanks buddy,. :)

  19. Necole

    This is a wonderful site. Thank you!

  20. Patchwork

    Hi.we needed to know the size for artwork...on CD thanks from Cheryl...

  21. Thomas

    thanks man!

  22. DrTebi

    This is great, very useful, thank you.

    The link to the directory with the SVG files however does not open. Here are direct links to all the files:

    https://kevin.deldycke.com/2006/cd-template-jewel-case-front-back-composition.svg
    https://kevin.deldycke.com/2006/cd-template-jewel-case-inside-back-cover.svg
    https://kevin.deldycke.com/2006/cd-template-cd-face.svg
    https://kevin.deldycke.com/2006/cd-template-jewel-case-back.svg

    DrTebi

    1. Kevin Deldycke Author

      I just added the direct links to the article, so finding the source files will be much easier ! :)

  23. Juno

    And here's the leaflet:
    https://kevin.deldycke.com/2006/cd-template-jewel-case-leaflet.svg

    1. Kevin Deldycke Author

      Just added the direct links to the article, so finding the source files will be much easier ! :)

  24. Ipman

    the links are not working
    can u fix it please
    thanks

    1. Kevin Deldycke Author

      All links to SVG templates are now fixed. Sorry for the delay.

  25. Eugenio

    Thanks! Muito obrigado!

  26. alex

    this is awesone work, thank you very much!