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I am in a community college design program. We have an Art Institute nearby and they usually accept students from my program we usually come in with the correct credits to be a Junior because my program goes very deep into the software, organization, and formatting. I know most of this and I am only beginning my second year. I think the only issue with my program is that they are not harsh enough with some students about their designs which is shameful in my opinion because without a good portfolio, it will be difficult to find a job. Thank you for letting me know about the color for small black text that is either something they haven't gone over or are not going to go over but it seems extremely important.
Help me alot❤❤
Why would you show rich black as 100 percent across the board. Try 60,40,40,100
Does anybody know a good alternative to milanote thats free for new designers that don't have a large income and are in school at the moment? The free version of milanote isn't feasible, it is essentially a trial.
Your Video is more informative…
Printing in 15ppi 😮🥴 6:05
Hello brother !?
Could I know what font you are using in this video ? Thank you.
With our clients, the rich black is generally 40-40-40-100 or 60-60-60-100. I'll make changes based on whether the type is bold, especially if it crosses over light and dark areas. Another thing to keep in mind when working with images is total ink density (TID). Darker areas on images that run 360 tdi plus may have a tendency to get clogged up and look flat
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As someone who has worked in a wideformat printing house for quite a while, it is important to mention, that depending on the type of printing technology most times in wideformat you SHOULD have rich or at best 80/80/80/80 black for a nice black. And yes, we often work at 1/10th of the size with e higher ppi, so we have a better dpi when printing (if the printer allows and if that is needed). If interested you can read more into the icc profiles, what are they and get one from the printing companty for the specific printer and specific media you are printing on, to proof your design.
Cant we use the same size for billboard with lower dpi/ppi?
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Every single thing i've learned the hard way, except the K:100 on text, that was the very first thing i got taught when i started my graphics design career. I can't stress enough, do a test print. Even if the customer or employer doesn't want to pay and whine, just convince them that it's the best thing. Also, order samples of papers, you want to feel, see how the thickness feels of that particular paper, opacity is also a thing. ALso, avoid glossy paper for most.. it's a terrible choice in most cases.
I didn't get your point when scaling down a billboard whose actual width is 600cm and height 300 CM into 60cm and 30 vice versa and export it into 300ppi.
When it print according to required size can it be readable?
Second what will be the resolution of this billboard?
When illustrator is in front of me. I am blank. How can I think about design (i.e. design will be this).
Just wondering why outlining text is necessary if we're sending PDFs of the final design for print?
Preciso, como sempre conteúdo objetivo.
Parabéns.
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Bro I want to ask you a question. What is the name of the design style that Apple, Samsung & Mercedes uses in their Advertising. Is there someone online teaches this style. Thank you 🙏
I'm doing full time job in a printing press for the last two years. I had faced all of those things. I've seen a lot of digital designers aren’t consider when it comes to print. That's a great tips from you. Learning from your experience❤
I have question open to the comments section as well. At what size do we stop using exact measurements and start to scale down? Any help is greatly appreciated. Great video. Much love for your teaching @SatoriGraphics.
Funny that i came to YouTube exactly for this reason and my first video is my fav YouTuber 🤞🏽✨
Hey satori,
I'm having really hard time converting RGB designs to CMYK colour scheme for Book covers that I design. They look so dull and different and clients feel disappointed.
Is there any effective methods professionals use that I'd not be aware of while converting to CMYK?
As a Digital Printing Specialist, I REAAAAALLLY need to emphasizes on designing with proper bleeds before submitting your files to any commerical printer!
As a designer & large format print operator for almost 15 years … I'd like to thank you, this video makes me really happy and I hope lots of designers see this, cause it might just save them a lot of time and money!
The correct color space, the ICC profile… all that you mentioned, all true. Also don't be afraid to consult your printer, most of us are super helpful and we want to deliver the best possible print quality ☺
Sidenote. Depending of the printer's specs; UV based inks, latex etc … in most cases rich black is fine, as long as you don't overdo it and go beyond 240% total ink. For rich black in large format I always recommend c60m40y40k100. For small print (specially with negative text or fine elements) I recommend using k100.
As for "should you convert your text to outlines"… well, communicate with your printer first. I know some print companies are strict about this cause they just love to use old RIP-softwares that have all the problems. But that's still no excuse. If you work in a print company you should know about Adobe Acrobat and be familiar with its preflight tools – you can literally one-click to create outlines yourself.
I like giving my clients the option to keep the fonts embedded. It'll be much easier to recognise the used fonts in case there's a minor issue or a typo in your design – I can fix it for you – and you can sit back & relax or focus on your next project. No more hassle sending over big "v2" files 👍
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Thank you for sharing such an informative video.
Just working on a catalogue for the first time and I´m terrified of printing.🤞I took design lessons but this topic was only superficially talked about (like CMYK and dpi, duh!). So I really appreciate you sharing these key things to watch for. Thank you!
What happens
if I use more ppi 500? More ppi is good or bad?
Working in a sign shop, I can tell you that it's FAR more than half of "designers" that design for digital and completely ignore print, even when they're "designing for print". It's *infuriating*.
This was a great episode Tom,
I would only add, that with 100% black text, make sure it is set to 'overprint' (when you have a background), or just like printing black in CYMK, you could get 'ghosting' (white spaces mimicking the text).
Also, many designers design in RGB, and are shocked when their peojects are printed in CYMK, and the colours are nowhere near as vibrant.