How do I submit my master and artwork files?
Once your Master Data and Artwork files have been prepared to our specifications you will need to get them to us, this can be done in one of two ways.
Option 1: Sending Physical copies of Master and Other Files
- This requires you to send Physical copies of Master Data on CD-R or CD-RW, and then a second Disc Containing Artwork and other attachments.
- When submitting Physical Masters please ensure you have submitted your Master Data according to Duplions Master Vinyl Data Preparation requirements and your Artwork according to Duplions Artwork Preparation requirements.
- Send your physical master and artwork files either by post or courier to:
Duplion Ltd FAO:
Studio Ref: “Your Order Number”
2 The Valley Centre
Gordon Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP13 6EQ
- When you are ready to send us your assets, please ensure the following are included:
- Your Order Confirmation Email Printout from shop.duplion.com
- Your Order reference, Catalogue number and part numbers
- Your Physical Master Source Data on CD-R or CD-RW
- Your Tracklist, containing
- Track Number
- Song Name
- File Name
- Time/Size of Track
- Copyright Owner
- Licence Status
- Specifically for Vinyl: which side the track belongs to (e.g. A1 – A Side Song 1, B1 – B Side Song 1).
- Your Artwork files, Zipped on a Disc
- Your completed Copyright Declaration Form (and tracklist as above)
- Any special instructions
Option 2: Upload a ZIP file(s) containing all required files.
- You have created your master and artwork files as per the instructions above so you should have now a minimum of 2 compressed files.
- Please check your order confirmation e-mail. Included in this mail you will find a unique secure link that you can use to upload your files to us directly from your computer, dropbox or any other preferred online storage facility using a html link.
- You can use this same upload section to submit your artwork files to us.
- There is a 2GB limit on the secure upload link. If your file upload is larger than 2GB, we recommend that you send a physical master of your data. However, you can still use the file upload for any file that is smaller than 2GB, or you can send us a download link for any files larger than 2GB using the same form.
- Alternatively, you can send any master larger than 2GB by mail as per Option 1 above.
- If you cannot supply a download link and your order requires a faster turnaround than sending a physical master would allow, use the option on the form to request a one-off FTP account and we will endeavour to reply to you immediately (9am – 5pm weekdays) with FTP login details to upload your master.
- We recommend the following order of events:
- Create Image file– (the image you wish your disc to be created from)
- Compress this into a ZIP
- Create a MD5 Checksum file of the compressed image file
- Upload Zipped Data file using the options set out in your secure upload section
- Create ZIP file of your Print Ready Artwork files
- Upload Print Ready Artwork on the same form
- Upload a PDF of the signed Copyright Declaration Form
- If you have a tight turnaround time, but still need to send your master in physical form we strongly recommend that you follow the order of events above to send us your artwork as soon as possible. This way we can start the proofing process for your artwork, rather than wait for the physical master to arrive.