Find your Printer Service
July 6, 2010 at 11:44 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, Print, printing, Tutorials | 2 CommentsTags: Commercial Printer, Digital Prepress, print shops, service bureaus, stochastic screening
To help you in your search there is a list of questions to ask print shops and service providers. Their answers should determine which printer is the best for you.
If you are interested in a Digital Prepress Service Provider then you might want to consider these questions: Continue Reading Find your Printer Service…
Planning Print Projects
June 29, 2010 at 9:25 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, printing, Printing specs, Tutorials | Leave a commentTags: budget planning, planning projects, prepress, printing costs
Every printed project is a combination of budget, time and quality. Working through each one of these items ensures that your printed result meets the best quality/time/money ratio.
When you start planning you have to first determine the job requirements. Remember that EVERYTHING costs something and no one likes to be surprised by the final cost of a project.
Budget is by far the strongest influence on design and production. As much as everyone would like four-color logos, brochures, and catalogs, it is just too expensive for most projects. Therefore, you must keep the project parameters within the limits of what you are able to spend. Continue Reading Planning Print Projects…
Check files for print in Indesign
April 27, 2010 at 4:15 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Print, printing, Printing specs, Tutorials | Leave a commentTags: indesign set up for print, indesign tutorial, set file for print
Working in Indesign can be a pleasure or a huge pain if you are not very organized, especially when you have documents with many pages. I like to work clean and to check items before I place them but at the end I recheck things, just to be sure.
First, you should have a look at you page panel, the pages with a little square near let’s you know what pages contain transparency.
Set up a flyer in Photoshop
March 3, 2010 at 5:15 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Print, printing, Printing specs | Leave a commentTags: flyer print, flyer specs for print, Photoshop Flyer, set up guides
For projects with a maximum of 2 pages I like to use Photoshop. I don’t have to worry too much with the file size and I can design more complicated stuff, edit pictures on the spot, effects and so on. For those who are like me I’ll write how to set the document correctly for print purpose.
Open Photoshop and create a new file (Ctrl+N), name your file if you want. From the Preset tab choose your paper type and then your flyer size. For print is very important to set the Color Mode to CMYK and set the Resolution at a minimum 300 dpi. Click OK and you will have a A4, 300 dpi on CMYK document.
Vector Graphics
December 10, 2009 at 3:27 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Print, printing, Vectors | 1 CommentTags: scalable graphics, svg, vector graphics
Vector graphics are made with the use of geometrical elements and are based on mathematical equations. Points, lines, curves and other geometrical shapes are used to create vector graphics. Vector graphics files store the lines, shapes and colors that make up an image as mathematical formula. A vector graphics program uses these mathematical formulas to construct the screen image, building the best quality image possible, given the screen resolution. These graphics are scalable to any size and detail. Continue Reading Vector Graphics…
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