GRA 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Move, Dont, W. M. Keck Observatory

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Graphic Communications
• Course: GRA 323
• Professor: Christopher Smyth

Document Summary

Mistakes cost money - further down the line you make mistake (or catch mistake), higher cost of mistake! Incomplete/corrupt files: comes from not packaging les correctly, can open old les on new program, but not new les on old program! Incomplete les from customer with missing pages/sections: ensure that le will open correctly in application you"re using, check info panel in indesign! Image colours issue if it"s still in rgb mode when imported into indesign for print: ensure spot colours aren"t used if image will be printed 4-colour process: convert if needed! Ensure b&w images are saved greyscale, not cmyk/rgb! Spot colour = speci c colour not in cmyk (gold, silver, etc)! Spot colours require additional plate & expensive: ensure type isn"t 4-process black, make sure all colours used are saved cmyk swatches, 1 page items = turn off facing pages, trim (black), bleed (red)! Final size of printed piece (live area)!