Comments on: Design guide for print http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/ David is a graphic designer passionate about brand identity. Here's his portfolio and a wonderful community of 15,000+ designers reading his blog. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:04:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-124789 David Airey Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:33:31 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-124789 No need to apologise, Omar. It's good of you to have a look through my archives. No need to apologise, Omar. It’s good of you to have a look through my archives.

]]> By: Omar http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-124788 Omar Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-124788 I don't typically design for print, more for web. But out of all the questions I've had asked the top one is probably.. "What's the difference between CMYK and RGB?" That first picture says it all. When I first started out I had those color shifts and those aren't pretty when that happens, now I even designed a cover for my father's first book. The bleed information is also so vital, I don't think people typically realize the thought process and technical difficulties that might arise when designing for print. Sorry for the late replies, David, I'm catching up to your articles. Thanks for sharing such vital information! I don’t typically design for print, more for web. But out of all the questions I’ve had asked the top one is probably.. “What’s the difference between CMYK and RGB?” That first picture says it all.
When I first started out I had those color shifts and those aren’t pretty when that happens, now I even designed a cover for my father’s first book. The bleed information is also so vital, I don’t think people typically realize the thought process and technical difficulties that might arise when designing for print.
Sorry for the late replies, David, I’m catching up to your articles. Thanks for sharing such vital information!

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-124765 David Airey Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:28:47 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-124765 I'm not sure about that, Molly. When preparing files for print, your best bet is to ask commercial printers how they want to receive files. Many have different preferences, so even if you were to learn from a book, you might find it necessary to change what you've already created. I’m not sure about that, Molly. When preparing files for print, your best bet is to ask commercial printers how they want to receive files. Many have different preferences, so even if you were to learn from a book, you might find it necessary to change what you’ve already created.

]]> By: Molly http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-124734 Molly Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:56:21 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-124734 Hi David, is there a book you recommend on preparing graphics/documents for press and web? Hi David, is there a book you recommend on preparing graphics/documents for press and web?

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-117925 David Airey Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:40:36 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-117925 Hi Edith, you're very welcome. To answer your question, using four colours for body text can lead to registration problems, causing your words to appear blurred. Single colour black will avoid this. Hi Edith, you’re very welcome. To answer your question, using four colours for body text can lead to registration problems, causing your words to appear blurred. Single colour black will avoid this.

]]> By: Edith Chan http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-117393 Edith Chan Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:59:08 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-117393 Hi David, Thank you so much for your valuable advices. I am a graphic design student and working on my first project to design a black and white poster for a charity ball. However the black background turned out to be deep grey when I showed it to my customer. I fixed the background by adjusting the CMYK black build to Rich Black after reading your article. But I still have one question. Why shouldn't we use Rich Black for regular body text? Thanks. Hi David,

Thank you so much for your valuable advices. I am a graphic design student and working on my first project to design a black and white poster for a charity ball. However the black background turned out to be deep grey when I showed it to my customer. I fixed the background by adjusting the CMYK black build to Rich Black after reading your article.

But I still have one question. Why shouldn’t we use Rich Black for regular body text? Thanks.

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-115220 David Airey Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:58 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-115220 That's very kind of you to offer your help, Torstein. Thanks for taking the time to stop by again. That’s very kind of you to offer your help, Torstein. Thanks for taking the time to stop by again.

]]> By: Torstein Opperud http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-115219 Torstein Opperud Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:48:48 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-115219 It's really quite simple Michael, I can a make a template for you if you need it, but I think you'll manage to do it yourself quite fine: Example: If your final document should be 200x280mm, and the printers say they need 3mm bleed (3-4mm is very common), your working document including bleed should be the final document size, plus 2x the bleed; 200+3+3=206mm, and 280+3+3=286mm. The outer 3mm on every border are then cut away after printing, so that your images can go all the way to the edge. Also, there is a zone along the edge, where things MAY get cut away, because of inaccuracy, so you should keep important details, text and such, at least the same distance as the bleed away from the edge, so in this example, you should keep important stuff at least 6mm away from every edge of the working document. It’s really quite simple Michael, I can a make a template for you if you need it, but I think you’ll manage to do it yourself quite fine:

Example:
If your final document should be 200×280mm, and the printers say they need 3mm bleed (3-4mm is very common), your working document including bleed should be the final document size, plus 2x the bleed; 200+3+3=206mm, and 280+3+3=286mm.

The outer 3mm on every border are then cut away after printing, so that your images can go all the way to the edge. Also, there is a zone along the edge, where things MAY get cut away, because of inaccuracy, so you should keep important details, text and such, at least the same distance as the bleed away from the edge, so in this example, you should keep important stuff at least 6mm away from every edge of the working document.

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-115217 David Airey Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:29:13 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-115217 I don't know of any, Michael, but good luck. I don’t know of any, Michael, but good luck.

]]> By: Michael http://www.davidairey.com/design-guide-for-print/comment-page-1/#comment-115190 Michael Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:02:03 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/blog/2006/10/29/design-guide-for-print/#comment-115190 Hi David. Could you recommend any website where I could get som psd templates downloaded which included the bleed and safe areas? Hi David.

Could you recommend any website where I could get som psd templates downloaded which included the bleed and safe areas?

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