Mastering

In this part of the project we can assist you with the creation of your master from menus, flash, auto-run to sequence of documents etc. If you’re not mastering your recording, you are leaving out what could be a crucial step in the making of your CD or DVD.

Your master is the template for thousands of your CDs or DVD’s to be produced for commercial release. 
Mastering enables your recording to 100% reproduce you’re your final work.

Solutions are:

Mastering and Conversions

ACTA Media Solutions offers many services around the interactive development and conceptualisation of presentations that include Flash, Animation, video editing and web design. This is done through a host of in-house facilities and skills and up-to-date technology. We also convert all video formats to DVD and CD from which we can make quality duplications and replications.

We also offer wide ranging DVD and CD menu authoring services.  We can make a glass master of your disc for replication purposes. Our service of adding an autorun file to your disc is at no charge. This enables your client to put the disc in and it will automatically start running.

Multimedia and Web Design Solutions

Our website design can be a basic static page or can be interactive with flash, animation, audio, video or e-commerce together with registration forms and newsletters. Our educated and creative staff will be able to accommodate any of your requests.

Video and audio editing is now done at our premises.  This is done with state of the art new technology by our educated and experienced staff. We can assist with new filming of a corporate video with the creation of a script and voice over, or we can edit an existing video.

We can assist from conceptualisation to your completed printed product  Our experienced and dedicated staff will ensure that you are satisfied from start to finish with expert advice and project management.

Finishing

Special finishes

Lamination and varnishing are used extensively in brochure, manual and magazine printing.

Lamination

Often with lamination you might not actually see the laminate which is a thin plastic coating heat sealed onto the paper. You will however feel it as it creates a smooth and impervious finish. This will likely be a matt laminate. Gloss lamination is more readably seen and again adds to the tactile quality of a page.

UV Varnishing

With both gloss and matt finishes available UV varnishing gives a similar effect to lamination although the process is more thin and used as a spot colour.

Foil Blocking

A technique where metallic foil is applied to a page using heat and pressure to create a reflective area. The effect is usually more eye catching than a metallic ink as the foil has greater reflective properties and sits on top of the paper rather than being partially absorbed as is the case with the ink.

Embossing

The technique of raising up a portion of the page to create a shadow. This, like foil blocking, requires a special dye to be made and subsequently can add significantly to the overall cost of a job.

Die cutting

A metal tool which punches is hole or edge into a piece of artwork to create an irregular shape in the card or paper. Like a pie cutter in application, A die cutter is often used to create packaging from a regular sheet, but can also be used in brochure design to create an unusual cover or to knockout a hole for a image or logo. The cutter is a series of blades set in a block to create a single unbroken but irregular edge and can be combined with scoring to create folds in the paper.

 

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Packaging and Finishing Solutions

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After we have completed professional and quality CD duplication and DVD duplication or CD replication and DVD replication, we will ensure that the final product is delivered safely to your premises anywhere in South Africa.

We have up-to-date technology and finishing machines.  In our provision of a complete turnkey service we have a large facility and staff compliment for manual hand compilation, packaging and finishing. You can be assured of professional and quality insertion of your discs and inserts into your chosen packaging, as well as application of barcodes and labels – not forgetting our extensive in-house shrink-wrap service.

We can assist from conceptualisation to your completed printed product.  Acta ‘s experienced and dedicated staff will ensure that you are satisfied from start to finish with expert advice and project management.

Our Goal at ACTA in Packaging and Finishing

Acta Media Solutions has staff with experience that deal with all types of packaging ranging from booklets, manuals and magazines to software boxes.  We can create packaging with die cuts, embossing, foiling and all types of varnishing.

Freight and Delivery Solutions

After we have completed professional and quality CD duplication and DVD duplication or CD replication and DVD replication, we will ensure that the final product is delivered safely to your premises anywhere in South Africa.

We have three full time drivers that deal with all collections and deliveries in and around Gauteng.  Should your premises be in Cape Town, Durban, Free State or anywhere else in South Africa, we will arrange for our Courier company to collect. (This is subject to terms and conditions)

Our delivery promise to you!

All our CD’s, DVD’s, Mini CD’s, Mini DVD’s, Flash discs and Digicards are packed securely and delivered to your doorstep.

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Services

ACTA Media Solutions provides world class CD Duplication, DVD Duplication, CD Replication, DVD Replication, Audio CD Mastering and graphic design to the media, music, film and many other industries. We can cater for the Public sector with our cost-effective, web-based services. We compliment our CD and DVD Duplication and Replication with related, high quality services such as Tape to Disc Conversion, Custom-Printed CD-R and much more.

CD and DVD Duplication and Replication is the backbone of our business and we have a range of options on offer to meet your needs. We can duplicate and replicate CD’s and DVD’s for bands, schools, media agencies, small businesses, blue chip companies, governments or individuals. From the large organisation to the small one man company, we have worked with them all.

Design

If you’re looking to release a CD or DVD, we’ve got you covered. Our educated and experienced design team thrives on the challenge of creating CD covers, inserts, booklets and manuals as well as all your packaging that represents your projects personality.

We are equally at home bringing your personal design vision to reality, or creating something unique to present you. With all you’ve invested in your project, its’ final appearance should not be an afterthought.

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Design and Print

If you’re looking to release a CD or DVD, we’ve got you covered. Our educated and experienced design team thrives on a challenge of creating CD covers, inserts, booklets and manuals as well as all your packaging that represent your projects personality.

We are equally at home bringing your personal design vision to reality, or creating something unique to present you. With all you’ve invested in your project, its’ final appearance should not be an afterthought.

A CD and DVD cover as well as inserts and sleeves will make you stand out. If you’re a band, a solo artist, a company with a presentation, new product, software or images, you will greatly benefit from the image boost.

We offer the lowest price in full colour printing in litho or digital with any finish you are looking for! Our CD printing service provides professional quality and quick turnaround, so you will get great results without waiting long.