Using Color & Coatings in the Printing Process
You can use cmyk color and the Pantone Matching System when extra colors are required by setting up extra spots colors as plates in your digital file.
You can also use cmyk color as opposed to RGB to print images but the colors may fluctuate. Cmyk inks can be used for your presentation cover with a protective coating. Utilize it color with the sliders or selectors when working on screen for truest representation of printed product. You can make cmyk printing files and save as either a tiff or an eps for best results when going to a commercial printing press.
A Quick Low-Down on CMYK (Cyan/ Magenta/ Yellow/ Black)
Four-color print colors are shown in RGB so that what gets printed looks the same as what appears on the monitor depending on calibration. Four-color printing can be used with a color wheel that you learned in school to design aesthetically pleasing colors. Four-colour print can be successfully used to print a single color brochure from a digital file that you prepare. It is used to create an unlimited number of colorful printed looking pages but using the inks shown below only.
An Explanation of Aqueous Coating
Aqueous coating is produced in one pass through the press which saves you the cost of an additional press run. A coating that also offers “spot” coating options where specific graphic areas are coated only. The coating is clear but should not yellow over time as varnish does. This coating can be printed on both Color Sides easily. This is a covering that can be applied on two sides for any type of paper, higher gloss materials present a greater challenge. Aqueous coating can have impact on its print performance over time.
Illustrator for Real Easy Vector Art
We use illustrator and Adobe Photoshop to prepare best files for inclusion in HTML files. You can use it for corporate design services where vector artwork may be a requirement. Adobe illustrator is our #1choice as the basic tool used for all print and direct mail requirements. It is easy to learn and implement into the commercial printing process. I use illustrator for sample templates that can often inspire some great ideas. Adobe’s ai remains our favorite due to its ability to make our printed sheet reality; quickly and accurately. Illustrator uses can include automated graphics programming, batch processing, create effective print designs and screen output through computer-based composition and vector Ripping devices. We use it day in and day out because of for designing entire graphic productions from concept to output there is no more stable program.
A Few Effects for Artists in Illustrator
- PDF creation
- Layer And Masking
- Using Guides
- Diffuse Glow
- Filters and effects
- Selection Coloring
- Drawing Straight Paths
Tips for the Company Business Card
When you design business cards consider producing web graphics as a branding phase to your website at the same time. This way your work can be utilized 2 fold and a consistent marketing images begins to form. During the design, planning your business card is your ticket in and out of meetings with new people so it makes sense to spend the necessary time now to make it right. While putting your business card together let the experts help you by providing the best online design tools (free). At the design planning point use templates to help get you on track , pre-made to help you with planning. By taking the time now you can transform a Business Card design into a gold nugget!
January 24th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
[...] It is highly recommended to employ color printing instead of black and white when getting direct mail printed. Ask your printing company if they use CMYK inks printed on an offset printing press. If you don’t ask you may be shocked when you take delivery of your printed mailers. Commercial printing using true 4 color printing inks will always yield the finest appearance and feel. Especially if you finish with a nice protective coating such as Aqueous Coating. [...]
April 6th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
[...] and website deployment. We employ and maintain vector based files for printing and the web. Vector based files are 100% scalable and are the industry standard for the highest quality in editing and output [...]