The World's Best Origami CD/DVD Envelope

[tay3145]

it looks like he is only using 1 hand

[rverzola]

To @tay3145 :

Yes, I was only using my left hand. My right hand was in a cast due to a fracture when I made these series of photos alone. I used a cheap webcam (which probably explains the bluish tint). Then I combined the photos into a video, which is why it is jerky. These are photos, not a video stream.

[TheDaysOfLinkinPark]

To @rverzola : Never thought of the To thing on a reply!

[tay3145]

@rverzola ok i hope ur hand is better nw

[rverzola]

@tay3145

Yes, it is healed, thank you. That was a few years ago. By the way, I forgot to say, I was using my right hand, which was in a cast, to click the mouse and take a snapshot, while my left hand did the posing.

Greetings from Manila,

[xsolomon]

@rverzola i hope ur okay and nice work with the photos :) i thought it was a video stream ;-}

[JeaMel9]

hey look a serf

[TVefactory]

thankyou all the way :D

[pivitman101]

Clap clap clap nice.

[andresesmarica]

Blue man group guy ...

[NKVSKI]

Bullshit, so difficult

[shadowout4u]

avatar is a cartoon. the movie was gay and it stole a name of a great animated series . This mofo is a smurf ! =D

[LegoStarWarsKid123]

is he a zombie? lol

[rverzola]

Hi LegoStarWarsKid123,

No, he's not a zombie. He's an avatar...

[LegoStarWarsKid123]

@rverzola cool!

[shadowout4u]

avatar is a cartoon. the movie was gay and it stole a name of a great animated series . This mofo is a smurf ! =D @rverzola

[bugyj]

A na'vi made this?

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[Masteroo11114]

lol 0:54

[SameedAhmed]

wow

[baricus1]

Okay the vid quality isn't that brilliant, but following the steps which are pretty good explained, the result was very amazing for me! thanks for the instructions. Hopefully it will impress some of my friends.

[rverzola]

Thanks for the kind words.

As for the video quality, I used a cheap webcam, and that's the best I could get out of it. The video is actually a series of still photos, which I stitched into a video.

[NetworkSkyler]

why does he have blue hands haha

[rverzola]

Oh, that's my Nav'i avatar which was doing the folding, haha.

[siracha]

@rverzola So actually a laserdisc envelope?

[PainfulForce]

Done! Thanks a lot.

[PainfulForce]

Got it so far... but I might have done something wrong. The sides are opened...

[rverzola]

In the step before 2:30, make sure you tuck in the back sideflap properly between the fold of the front sideflap.This will close the sides securely.

[PainfulForce]

I don't get 2:30... The rest is easy so far.

[rverzola]

Prior to 2:30, you'vealready made two creases in that corner. One is an acute triangle, the other is a larger 45-degree crease across the corner. The 2:30 step simply refolds the acute triangle along the existing crease. The fold should come naturally, once you push in the right direction. Open the envelop somewhat to straighten out the sides, then fold the acute triangle inwards so that it sandwiches the other flap, in effect locking it in place. This is how the envelope gets its strength.

[rverzola]

You know you did 2:30 right if you get afterwards the distinctive zig-zag pattern on the cover flap.

[indemand808]

you made this fold up? good job. very easy and simple. 5/5 :)

[rverzola]

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

[CyberAmazon54]

Origami isnt easy nor for the impatient! I watched a video 3x that only ran for 1:26 and showed a simpler fold in order to get it. This fold is complex; viewing additional times is reasonable. Pause is a helpful tool, plus video can be manually manipulated by dragging slider in activity bar forward or back. I enjoyed this video! (amazed it was created with still frames! sure quality is rough, but its viewable and worth the watch. Love blue hand too; great contrast to green paper!)

[rverzola]

Thanks for the kind words. The blue hand was probably due to the cheap web cam. I tried adjusting for a truer color but it stayed blue. The paper was really green though it doesn't look green enough on the photos. My other hand was in a cast when I took those pictures! I was using it to click the mouse for each snapshot.

[milathewho]

too hard

[rverzola]

If you tell which step is too hard I can explain that step further. You have to actually try it first though.

[santi1984]

naaaa ...i dant believe ya rverzola I've seen some ther shity videos with da worst video quality and I could follow da instructions....but whateva dude ...

thanks.

[rverzola]

Believe it or not, thanks for dropping by.

[nineinchtube]

you've intentionally made it too fast to follow, and then have the nerve to say watch it over and over?? that's extremely arrogant, and far ruder than my comments. it's not humanly possible to watch once and get it! your goal was obviously to make ppl watch it over and over. what would possess you to do something so ridiculous? if you were truly trying to help ppl, there's no way you would make such a video. it's a cool technique. to bad u made it for yourself and not the viewer.

[rverzola]

I only have a webcam, no video camera. The software I have for the webcam can only take photos, not a video. I was my first time to create a video from a series of photos. It should be easy enough to pause the video occasionally if you find it too fast.

Thank you for your kind words.

[nineinchtube]

you've GOT to be kidding! what kind of moron would show an INSTRUCTIONAL video in a skip-frame format?? you've clearly made this video for yourself and to showcase your "artsy" ability in video making, not in cd cover construction. don't be a douche bag and tell ppl to watch it over again because you need the attention. if u want to help ppl, then do just that. be helpful. we get it...u can make a cool looking effect. congratulations! now how abt getting over yourself and doing it right?

[rverzola]

Have you actually tried it? At what point did you have problems? If you can't find the pause/restart button, it's on the lower left corner of the screen. Thank you for dropping by.

[santi1984]

I think that some auxiliary views could help more

[rverzola]

I'm afraid I can't reproduce the setup anymore. The web cam isn't even working that well anymore. So I just added captions to the video. I hope they are helpful.

[anohana]

Where I was confused was to re-fold the big and small triangles. The visible part (as the flap) was clear from the slide, but I was not sure where the folded small triangle part should go.

[rverzola]

Can you suggest some wording that can make things simpler?

[anohana]

I have no idea; it's the kind of thing that, once you figured it seems obvious. I'd imagine that an auxiliary view from the above during folding the "C" part might help.

[anohana]

Tried it. Awesome. I also looked at you slides (12Jan09-final). Slide 26 was the hardest to figure out, but once I figured, it became clear. Did you invented this fold?

[rverzola]

Thank you. Yes, I did "invent" the whole procedure. I'm curious what you found hard in Slide 26 (that's when the zig-zag folds show up, right?). Maybe I can still improve the instructions. Greetings from the Philippines.

[ksidornseif]

wow this video is shitty

[rverzola]

Point taken. A web cam is all I have. But please don't judge a book by its cover.

[ksidornseif]

well i should have been a little nicer about this... sorry about that.

it kinda lags and i can understand what your doing. but no big deal i figured it out by myself.

[melcabral]

Nice envelope...that last fold is a @#$%^ LOL

(not the flap, obviously lol)

[rverzola]

If you had problems with that fold (before the final one), you must be doing something wrong. Most of the creases have been created by earlier folds, and a with simple push in the right direction, everything should fold into place.

[xxkid123]

i had to make adjustments and short cuts, expetially at the flaps becuz this was made for a4 and not letter size. in the end i got a mod of it

though this isnt as sturdy

[rverzola]

Actually, I designed it for a letter-size paper though A4 is also fine. You must be doing something wrong. On the side flaps, note that the wider flap should be roughly twice as wide as the narrower flap. Either letter-size or A4 paper should give you a very sturdy envelope.

[xxkid123]

o, lol, my side flaps wer way bigger

[xxkid123]

kool gonna try dis sometime

[rverzola]

Yes, please do so. Many people look at the video and make conclusions, without actually trying. If the video is too fast for you, just replay it again and again till you get the technique.

[fernandoafonso]

Very useful, thank you.

[rjcm]

I love it but each one takes about a year to make!

[rverzola]

haha! I tried it, it took 4 minutes.

[Satiboredbum]

This really does make the best envelope: sturdy corners, doesn't come apart, and actually protects the whole CD!

I especially love the internal divider bit.

[UFOENGINE]

It's wonderful tutorial dude. :) And it's not hard at all. Only u need to be concentrated and watch carefully. :)

[rverzola]

It looks hard usually when people watch but don't try.

[catycan]

That's very complicated for me... coz I'm lazy, but looks really cool!

[moreno5187]

re brual tu video lastima ke sea dificil

[tse2546]

so complicated

[rverzola]

Hi! Don't you think the result is worth it?

[goooreek]

Looks nice, should keep a disc safe... But quite sophisticated ;P I'd use it if I wanted to send a CD to someone by mail, but for personal use I'll stay with easier envelopes ;) Anyway - 5 stars, good job.

[drago0npower]

lol, kind of looks like your saying negative 5 stars XD