i am looking to design two decks of playing cards. i have decided on the theme, and i have decided on the general design for four of the court cards and the backs of the cards. the manufacturer requires more than 100 .ai files, .eps files for the tuck boxes and that i supply pantone colors.
View 2 RepliesI'm creating cards for different decks. What the printer gets and what I get are two totally different things. This card (.xar file attached), has been designed with the diamond fill. I got poor results when I exported the .xar file itself to PDF format.
So I exported the .xar file as a 300dpi png, and next exported the PNG file to PDF, using Xara DP6 program. Turned out exactly as I want it. File attached.
So, I send the PNG file to the printer. He exports it to Adobe Illustrator, and it comes back with rectangles instead of the subtle starburst effect. I have four card designs that use this diamond effect, and they all do the same thing. His PDF file is too large to attach here because there are 11 card samples on it and it's 860kb. So I'm attaching a screenshot of how the red card turned out when he exported the PNG file to PDF. I'm also attaching a screenshot of the blue card, where you see the rectangles are quite prominently displayed.
(Blue card image being so large; I was working with Photoshop Elements and must have forgotten to resize.)
I could export the cards to PDF and send them instead of PNGs. Looking for taking a PDF export from Xara and using it in an Adobe Illustrator template?
I need to make some artwork that might be viewed in both RGB and printed with CMYK. I know I can switch the color mode after making the artwork, however, I'm concerned with color shifting when changing from RGB to CMYK or the other way around. How do you design something that you can both print and display on screen without compromising the colors?
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I need to create a flyer as a .pdf that will be sent via email and will likely be printed from an ink jet. The flyer will have images placed from Photoshop. Is there any reason to not layout the whole composition in AI and instead do it in PS? Is it just a matter of preference or are there strong reasons to go one way or the other?
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If it does bleed to the edges, do I only need to make sure that the artwork on my artboard touches the edges of my artboard? OR is there something else that needs to be done?
I created a new print document at 8.5 x 11 that I intend to use to design a calendar with. I would like to flip the canvas/artboard horizonttally so that I can design it horizontally. How can I do this in CS6?
View 3 Replies View Relateddesign a print layout for a thinkboard that would be printed onto a dry erase magentic thinkboard. The board would include six seperate sections with topics such as: purpose, one-year plan, core values, community events, etc... My question for the forum is, would adobe Illustrator be the best program for this purpose? I have been a adobe creative cloud user for almost two years now and I have access to all of the programs on the cloud service. I thought I could just do it through photoshop as well but Illustrator came first to mind. What do you think?
View 3 Replies View RelatedSo I am desinging a business card for a company I work for. The company we are sending them off too obviously needs to have the bleed and trims marks. The only thing I can't figure out is how do I make the bleed marks visible to them? When I print the document it shows me the trim marks but since I have a white background, it looks as if there is no border. Should I add a border to the actual Artboard?
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI was designing some cartoon character, but I've noticed something, I'm working on CMYK and I've got some black lines on the top layer, and some red and violet color shapes in the bottom layer for the background color, but like if the colours weren't mixing allright in the edges, like some kind of jagged white fine edge and I don't know how to get rid of it.
Here are some jpeg of the problem: [URL] ....
Perhaps it's not as strong as I see it on the CMYK Illustrator vector, but it's pretty annoying on the final result. How to get rid of these things?
I've got tons of actions I use F-keys for, and they're playing through twice when invoked that way.
When I select the action and hit play, it works fine.
It works this way regardless of playback option selected.
Is there something I'm doing/not doing that's causing this?
Using AI 6.
I took this picture, what I want to do. I have some poker card vectors I made. I want to be able to bend them like this picture.How to do this?
My printer (digital printer) tells me that they dont recommend having any borders on their cards as during the printing /cutting process the edges may be trimmed 1mm in a random manner and thus offsetting a nice even border.
Is there anyway to combat this or do I need to go to a specific type of printer?
Or do I just setup the file and hope the random edge cut/print/positioning goes my way?
Id love to get a small white 1mm/2mm edge on the left and top of my card if possible, bottom doesnt matter as its allready white and right edge there doesnt need to be one.
I am trying to make business cards in Adobe Illustrator using the Pantone Color System. In my logo, the middle circle is a dark grey: C20 Y20 M20 K80. I can't find a suitable Pantone grey that is this dark. Pantone 425U is too light. Also, which Pantone Black is the darkest?
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View 7 Replies View Relatedfor a web designer for designing a Mock-up for a web site(page+subpage+specialpage), what from Adobe PS required? eg. Selections, Layers, Slicing, Guides, ... knowledge, well, is it needed anything else? I a reader ADOBE PRESS CIB PS CS6 BOOK.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhy would you take a layout from Illustrator or Photoshop to InDesign when you can do the entire layout in either of those programs, with crop guides and save the files as a PDF for printing? Is there any reason to not do an entire layout in Photoshop?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've updated to the latest version of Photoshop that finally gives us retina support.. it does look beautiful but is it about to make our life harder? I design for both web and print and decided to test it out.
I created a standard document 1024x768/72, i was given a tiny canvas on screen, definitely not the size it should be, my understanding is that if i save this and load it on non-retina it will be the correct size?
So, if i want to create the same document, but also the correct size on retina, what should the dimensions be? Do i simply double the pixels, increase the resolution? Am i going to be forced to save all graphics twice?
We're headed down a path that requires adding new steps to our work flow and i'm not quite sure what that is yet.
I need to create a few mockups of an Intranet site for a project, the task can be done in HTML and CSS or using an art package.
Ideally I want to be able to change the colour of text, background colour or maybe border colours throughout the site at the change of a hex value as you would on a stylesheet.
Is it possible to group text/assign styles in Photoshop so that any changes will occur throughout my PSD file, in a similar way to styles in a Word doc?
How do you guys go about making mockups? Art package or CSS and HTML?
We have a set of stairs at home that are currently painted white. My wife would like for me to design an image that could be seen clearly from the top of the stairs (such as a tree coming from the basement, etc...) while having another image on the back of the stairs which would be seen from the bottom of the stairs.
Problem : How can I dsign such an image as a one point, I will see both images (when I am at the bottom of the stairs) ? Any ideas ?
I'm a young carpenter who works in the exhibition trade and I was wondering what would my best way to start drawing stands out on the computer to get working measurements . What program to use?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm designing a warehouse with a mezzanine. i goggled all over and didn't really find information on how to model a mezzanine. I didn't find families, and it seems most people use a floor. I can try that.
I also wonder if it is better to use the ground floor and have the mezzanine elevated, or if the mezzanine should be a new level. i see both ways working, but wonder if there is a better option. I also want to add the stairs etc.
I also will need to add railing etc. but this seems a secondary problem now. I'm really surprised Google didn't reveal much since mezzanines are very common.
I need designing a tubular chassis. I am building a 4wheel drive buggy out of 2" pipe. I would like to design it on AutoCAD but it does not have the ability to try out the articulation of my suspension. Any third party software I could add to the software that would allow me to do this. Also, I have never designed anything with tubes what is the easiest way? Is there any LISP's out there to make this job easier?
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I am designing large signs in corel draw ( 29 feet x 15 feet ). When I zoom out it only goes to 3%. Is there a way to let corel let me work with larger signs?
View 1 Replies View RelatedThis problem will probably be very simple for a lot of you. Unfortunately, I'm not as adept at Photoshop as I should, or would like to be.
I want to design a postcard for my business, using several photos in a scattered arrangement on the card, with my business name on.
I'm using Elements 5 and have played around with the "create a greeting card" function. It comes close to what I want to do, but it does seem rather basic. As Photoshop always seems have more than one way of doing something, I was wondering if there is more effective way of going about it, buried in Elements somewhere. Or perhaps there is another, (preferably cheap) program that is better at this. One thing I would like to do is to change the background colour on the card and not have to rely on the background templates offered in the special effects palette. Ultimately, I will be getting them professionally printed, so I will need to supply the printer with the art work in the appropriate form.
I'm new to Photoshop and want to design a new baseball jersey for my team. Is there any way of doing this on Photoshop and if so, what plugins will I need? I want to be able to see a picture of a jersey and edit the colors, logo, etc...
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