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►Margins, bleeds and crossovers are set. ►Artwork matches the specified dimensions of your order. ►All linked files, images, and fonts are embedded. ►Colorspace in CMYK mode (not RGB) and your file is saved as a PDF Bleeds and Crossovers.

An 1/8' border must be added to pictures and designs bleeding to/off the edge so that there is no white space or border showing around the artwork. It is also important to keep any important text at least a 1/4' away from the paper edge or the trim line to prevent accidental cropping when being trimmed to final size. When you are designing a booklet with crossovers (an image that runs from one page to the other in the center binding area) it is important that you set the proper bleeds and compensate for the thickness of the binding. This can be tricky to determine exactly how much bleed to use in the center bind area. If you need help with your files please contact us.

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These digital proofs are intended to show you the layout and design elements of your job, but cannot be a guarantee of color accuracy or how the job will look after it is trimmed to final size. If color accuracy and layout is of extreme importance to you, please ask for a hard copy proof.

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Select Upload File and select your file. What If I need to upload a different file? You can upload additional or new files for your job up until you have been sent a proof for your approval.

Please alert your CSR that you have submitted a new file. To change job files, In the header next to My Account, click upload files, sign into your account and you are taken to a list of jobs. Locate the job number your file is associated with and click on it and you will be taken to the upload files page and the file you previously uploaded will be visible. Follow steps one and two above to upload a new file. Can I send you a PDF file? Yes, PDF files is our preferred file type. Be sure the PDF contains bleeds, if necessary, and crop marks.

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If you zoom in on your proof, they will appear as usual. The letters will print normally. Guidelines by Application. The following instructions outline the specific file requirements and the steps neccesary to save your files properly (by application.) If you have any questions, please contact our graphics department. Adobe Illustrator CC 1. From the menu bar, select “File” “Save as,” then select “Adobe PDF” for format and enter the filename.

In the “General” section of the PDF options screen, set “Adobe PDF Preset” (at the top) to one of the “PDF/X” presets, ideally “PDF/X-1a:2001” if it is available. In the “Marks and Bleeds” section, select the “Use Document Bleed Settings” checkbox (to set all bleed amounts to.125”). Save your PDF and verify it looks correct. Adobe InDesign CC 1.

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From the menu bar, select “File” “Export” then select “Adobe PDF” for format and enter the filename. In the “General” section of the PDF options screen, set “Adobe PDF Preset” (at the top) to one of the “PDF/X” presets, ideally “PDF/X-1a:2001” if it is available. In the “Marks and Bleeds” section, select the “Use Document Bleed Settings” checkbox (to set all bleed amounts to.125”). Export your PDF and verify it looks correct. Adobe Photoshop CC 1. Make sure the resolution in “Image Size” (from the menu bar, select “Image” “Image Size”) is set to at least 150 pixels/inch, and the width and height are correct for the print size. From the menu bar, select “File” “Save as,” then select “Adobe PDF” for format and enter the filename.

In the “General” section of the PDF options screen, set “Adobe PDF Preset” (at the top) to one of the “PDF/X” presets, ideally “PDF/X-1a:2001” if it is available. Save your PDF and verify it looks correct. QuarkXpress 1. From the menu bar, select “File” “Export” “Layout as PDF,” then select click on options to get to the next step. In PDF Export Options window, set “PDF Style” (at the top) to one of the “PDF/X” presets, ideally “PDF/X-1a:2001” if it is available.

In the “Bleed” pane, make sure Symmetric is selected for “Bleed Type,” and 0.125” is set for “Amount.” The “Clip at Bleed Edge” box should also be checked. Return the the previous window for Exporting the PDF by selecting “OK,” and save your PDF and verify it looks correct. Microsoft Publisher 1. From the menu bar, select “File” “Export,” then select “Create PDF/XPS Document” and click the “Create PDF/XPS” button. In the next window, select “Options” and set the quality to “Commercial Press.” 3. Select “Publish” to save your PDF and verify it looks correct.

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Microsoft Word 1. From the menu bar, select “File” “Export,” then select “Create PDF/XPS Document” and click the “Create PDF/XPS” button. In the next window, make sure the “Optimize for” setting is on “Standard.” 3. Select “Publish” to save your PDF and verify it looks correct. Microsoft Powerpoint 1. From the menu bar, select “File” “Export,” then select “Create PDF/XPS Document” and click the “Create PDF/XPS” button.

In the next window, make sure the “Optimize for” setting is on “Standard.” 3. Select “Publish” to save your PDF and verify it looks correct.

Design a Typographic Playbill Poster in Illustrator WHAT WE’RE CREATING: Hello designers! Renee here with a new Illustrator tutorial. We’ll be creating a playbill poster advertising a performance of Romeo & Juliet. We’ll use lots of fun fonts and ornaments, plus we’ll get a look at using Illustrator’s text wrap option. You can also enjoy a fantastic sample freebie pack from our current bundle, including some great vectors and font ornaments.

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Now here’s the trick that trips a lot of people up when drawing and combining shapes in Illustrator. Although we’ve united all of the shapes, this shape is still made up of multiple paths.

To have it act as one single, solid piece, we need to create a Compound Path. To make a Compound Path, you first have to ungroup any groups in the selection. My usual routine is to press cmd/ctrl + shift + g several times to ungroup any possible groups in my selection. Then, press cmd/ctrl + 8 (or go to Object Compound Path Make) to create a Compound Path.

After doing this to our currently selected piece, click on the outlined orange copy we created earlier and do the same thing – press cmd/ctrl + shift + g several times, then press cmd/ctrl + 8. Now that both of our pieces are compound paths, we can subtract one from the other. Select both the orange words and the fat words on top, then in your Pathfinder palette, click the second icon under Shape Modes, Minus Front. Lock the Main Content layer and select the Color Fills layer.

Press cmd/ctrl + f to paste in place on the Color Fills layer. Now we’ll outline everything by pressing cmd/ctrl + shift + o. We want the empty spaces of our vectors. To get that, we’ll delete the outside paths, leaving only the inner paths. Select your Group Selection tool by clicking and holding down on the Direct Select tool (white arrow) in your toolbar until the flyout menu appears. Select the white arrow with the plus sign next to it. Zoom in to your top border (use z to access your zoom tool or press cmd/ctrl + the plus sign).

Click once on the outermost path of the diamond sections. Select the next three diamonds and change them to Dark Red. We want to make the middle diamond a brighter red, but we won’t be able to until we separate it from the other two diamonds. To do this, use your Group Select tool to select just the larger, middle diamond. Press cmd/ctrl + c to copy it, then press delete/backspace to delete it. Press cmd/ctrl + f to paste it in place. Now we can change the color of just the middle diamond to the standard bright red in the Swatches palette – 0/100/100/0.

Let’s add names to our flags. Lock your Color Fills layer and select the Main Content layer.

Select your Pen tool (p). Click once at the left bottom of the flag area to create your first point. Then, click again in the middle bottom of the flag and drag to the right as you click to create a curve. Finally, click once to add a point on the bottom right of the flag area. To make adjustments to the curves of the points, hold opt/alt and click on a point and drag out with your mouse. You’ll see your curves change as you move your mouse.

For this path, we just want to mimic the shape of the bottom of the flag section. Step 7: Background Words Lock the Main Content layer. Create a new layer and name it Wrapped Text. Drag this layer just above the Background layer. Use your Type tool to click in the top left corner of the artboard, just below the border and drag down and to the right to create a text box. Stop just above the theatre info line. The left and right sides of the text box should line up with the left and right edges of the title (Romeo & Juliet).

I’ve selected the opening monologue from the play as our background text since it gives the full story in just a few words. I’ve replaced line breaks with ellipses and paragraph breaks with double ellipses since I want my text to flow across the text box without breaks. The text to paste into the text box: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents’ strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

Now this just happens to have lined up my text perfectly so that it ends in the right spot. If that doesn’t happen for you, don’t worry! You can fiddle with font sizes and tracking or move your text wrap shapes around to adjust where the words fall. Alternatively, you could also add a little ornament at the end if you need to fill some space. Have fun with it! I don’t know about you, but I had way more fun creating this playbill than I probably should have for such a tragic love story.