GCM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Joint Photographic Experts Group, Cap Height, Prepress

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Graphic Communications
• Course: GCM 110
• Professor: Diana Brown

Document Summary

Prepress operator makes the file ready for a printing device. Ai: adobe illustrator: illustrations (vector based), unlimited colours, file size depends of file complexity, resolution independent vector image (unless images are placed) Psd: adobe photoshop: for photographs, larger file size, bitmap image. Indd: adobe indesign & qxd: quarkxpress: for bringing together illustrations, photos and text, links to all recourses for small file size, quark was once the standard. Pdf portable document format: print-ready pdf, device-independent, global file standard. Tiff tagged image file format: high resolution, only contains pixels, loseless compression data doesn"t get lost or clipped. Eps encapsulated post script: used for exporting an illustrator file, high resolution, both vector and bitmap compatible. Raw: high resolution (dslr, captures photos in the raw, saved as a tiff after being worked on. Jpeg joint photographic experts group: online applications, not good for print, lossy compression data will be lost or clipped.