Cover art types for digipaks and gatefolds

My note was about artwork naming, not packaging types. It was on my mind as I got my scanner working again.

Thank you for the thread @agatzk - you get my point. When uploading images of double or triple gatefolds there is not any real way of naming the gatefold’s “inside bit” or “the inside bit on the left\centre\right” for a three part gatefold.

This is an issue for both LPs and for Digipak CDs. I like to upload a full set of artwork but get stuck with the limited naming scheme.

Current artwork names are based around standard single CD jewel cases and their booklet. Or a simple LP sleeve and it’s liner.

I don’t know what we’d call it though. Gatefold-Outer and Gatefold-Inner? That still then needs a left\centre\right to be added in the comment.

Release “1 Inch / ½ Mile” by Grasscut - Cover art - MusicBrainz is a simple gatefold example

And then I can throw in a nice headache like The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld

This is a Slipcase with a triple Gatefold inside it.

I probably should change those liners back to other - but the CDs slide into that card directly, so they double as liners due to holding the CD. And they are inside the outer slipcase.

That ORB CD also shows other missing items - slipcases. Once you have a gatefold inside a slipcase we now have multiple fronts and backs.

Also something better for matrix closeups and the backs of CDs as most people only want the pretty image and don’t understand why us geeks want to know about factories.

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