Create and Manipulate Complex Layouts - Part 5

31187a - Progress Challenge 05

By Colleen Sedgwick

Proofing and pre-press

This progress challenge requires you to share the proofing and pre-press processes you observed in finalising your publications. You are required to submit the following:

1. One screen shot of the PDF colour output settings you used in exporting your master PDF for your brochure.

2. One screen shot of the PDF colour output settings you used in exporting your master PDF for your travel guide.

3. A brief written report explaining the steps you took in ensuring that the master PDFs of your publications would be suitable and acceptable to printing facilities.

TIP: Navigate to the student forum to engage in the discussion with your peers.

Answer

Part 1 – PDF Colour Output Settings (brochure)

(These are currently unavailable in JPEG format)

Part 2 – PDF Colour Output Settings (travel guide)

(These are currently unavailable in JPEG format)

Part 3 – Proofing

Proofs[1]

Preparing for print

Pre-press basics

Understand pre-press and the processes involved in preparing designs and documents for professional printing by reading pages 233–235 in your textbook, Graphic Design: Australian Style Manual.

1. I have exported these documents to PDF format and taken the screenshots as shown in Parts 1 and 2.
2. The PDF copies also include colour bars and crop marks so the printer knows what to do when printing it out.
3. (These are currently unavailable in JPEG format)
4. The diagrams below show crop and bleed lines for proofing (c/o Vistaprint).

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[1] Barnum et al: ‘Chapter 6 – Pre-press and Print’ in Graphic Design: Australian Style Manual, pages 233–235;