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Artwork Templates

In this section, you’ll find everything you need to know about your upcoming vinyl project.

View our extensive library of vinyl artwork templates, as well as a selection of guides to walk you through audio submission, artwork prep, and test pressing review.

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Over 1,867 possible Pantone available

There are over 1,867 possible Pantone (PMS) colors that you could include in your artwork. We recommend including no more than two PMS colors per template, to ensure the best print quality possible.

The secret engraving

Upon request, our cutting engineer can engrave a secret message in the space between the grooves and the vinyl label (called the ‘dead wax’). The message can be 25 characters long and must be in all caps.

How to start designing your artwork

Artwork can shift up to a maximum of 1/8th of an inch in any direction during printing and finishing. For this reason, designing with borders is not recommended.

What is an Obi?

An Obi is a strip of paper vertically looped around your record jacket, or wrapped around the spine. They commonly contain information on the specific product or variant and are particularly commonplace in Japan.

About the center label

Center labels are not stickers, they are paper labels which are pressed into the vinyl compound during the manufacturing process. The center labels are first dried in an oven to remove all moisture from the water based inks, as a result, the color of your center labels may shift during the process.

Vinyl Templates

Use our templates to ensure that your vinyl artwork will print professionally with all of the correct sizing and specifications. Our vast library of over 60 templates can be found below.

Formats: Accepted formats include PDF, AI, PSD, and EPS. We prefer that you do not supply InDesign files, although they will be accepted in some circumstances. JPG and PNG formats will not be accepted. 

Borders: Please note that artwork can shift up to a maximum of 1/8th of an inch in any direction during printing and finishing. For this reason, designing with borders is not recommended. 

Custom Inserts: Various sizes can be accepted, designs must be supplied with 1/4″ bleed. 

Custom Stickers: Sizes available up to 9in², stickers larger than 9in² incur an additional application fee. Supply sticker artwork in the desired size with ⅛th of an inch in bleed added.

All artwork should be CMYK.