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How To Check Spot Color separations
1. Go to Print
2. Select Output, Mode: Separations. You should see your PMS colors in the list at the bottom
3. Change printer to Adobe PDF
4. Print – you can call the file anything you want since it’s an in house test file
5. Open the PDF file and look at the different plates.
Check if each plate contains the objects (image, text, logo) that should be in that color
Check that the PMS color number is correct for that plate
Check that there are no extra plates with stuff on them.
Stock Photo Sites
What’s the Difference Between Free and Royalty-Free Images?
Royalty-Free means simply that when you purchase the right to use an image, you can use it as many times as you like without any additional payments. A royalty payment is a payment that must be made each time an item is used or sold. So royalty-free images for sale, means you pay a one-time fee for the use of the graphic.
Disc Face Design Instructions
Creating artwork for disc requires different techniques than creating artwork for paper printing.
Furthermore, manufactured and Short Run disc templates are different.
Create your own Template
Do NOT knock out the inside or outside – your artwork should bleed past.
Working with a designer
A good designer is part technician, part artist and part psychic.
Doing your own production files
If you are planning to do your own graphics, make sure you understand the process.
Proofs and Proofing
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Image Resolution – DPI/PPI/SPI
If you are supplying image files or creating your own graphics, you need to know this.
Finishing Services
Already designed in Photoshop or Indesign (PC) but don’t know how to finish it?
CD & DVD Logo usage rules
The compact disc logo is actually owned by Philips Electronics N.V. The DVD logo is controlled by the DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation of Japan.You do not have to include disc logos on your artwork if you do not want to. If you do include the logos, then you must follow the rules regarding size, shape and color. Logos must remain Black and White – do not color the logo
The shape must remain unaltered – scale the logo with constrained proportions (width and height scales + / – equally)
Scanning
Clean your scanner glass and photograph with a soft cloth before placing each item.
Do not scan at a lower resolution and then enlarge it later! This actually lowers the resolution and can turn it into garbage. For example, a 2.5″ x 2.5″ image scanned at 300 PPI that is later doubled 5″ x 5″ becomes 150 PPI. Photoshop cannot invent pixels that were never present in the image to begin with. So you need to scan something that will be used at twice the size of the original picture at twice the resolution (600 PPI at 100%). I’d rather you scan too high.