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Question from graphic design student in lockdown
Hi everyone,
I'm a long time follower of the forums and learned quite allot from you fine people.
I would like to ask a question,....i'm a first year graphic design student and i'm working on my end project (a book)...because of these strange times during lockdown its not easy to talk to my mentors.
Can someone here point out on how to accurately make a ready for print pdf file in Indesign. What i usually do is select the ' high quality print' option from the dropdown menu in Indesign, but i have a feeling that there is far more to pay attention to when saving a pdf. Could someone please help me out a a bit by giving some tips. What to pay attention to, certain settings...etc.
I know this is a typedesign community but i also know that the people here have tons of knowledge about this stuff.
I would really appreciate all the help!
kind regards,
Florian
I'm a long time follower of the forums and learned quite allot from you fine people.
I would like to ask a question,....i'm a first year graphic design student and i'm working on my end project (a book)...because of these strange times during lockdown its not easy to talk to my mentors.
Can someone here point out on how to accurately make a ready for print pdf file in Indesign. What i usually do is select the ' high quality print' option from the dropdown menu in Indesign, but i have a feeling that there is far more to pay attention to when saving a pdf. Could someone please help me out a a bit by giving some tips. What to pay attention to, certain settings...etc.
I know this is a typedesign community but i also know that the people here have tons of knowledge about this stuff.
I would really appreciate all the help!
kind regards,
Florian
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My friend who worked in a design studio on the prepress told me that's fine, and that much more problematic is the actual printing process, where rarely is "what you see on screen is what you get in print". So the communication between client and printer is most important, like asking for test prints etc.
One way to avoid a disappointing difference between screen and paper is to convert (or at least preview) all of your graphics in CMYK. At some point in the process, RGB and spot colors will be converted to CMYK, in ways that you may not anticipate. Certain blues, for example, are impossible to recreate in CMYK. Converting everything to CMYK beforehand helps you anticipate those color shifts and adjust as necessary.