Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Learning Outcomes
I learned a lot throughout this course. I feel in the long run I will remember the ways we learned in this course to prepare a file in InDesign in order to print it. Things have become a lot easier to manipulate in InDesing, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Besides just learning in class, the book was very valuable as well and helped me understand things like types of fonts and colors. Resolution also plays an important part in printing things. 75dpi is fine for screen but 300dpi and up is needed for good quality prints. Fonts should be kept in a font manager because it takes up a lot of space when you have all fonts activated. Font managers don't just keep fonts activated or deactivated, but also work out duplicates, or any fonts with errors. Some might think that making sure rotating in the native software is a hassle, but this ensures that the quality of the image does not get altered. Bleeds have become very important as well, they pretty much give you a little bit of breathing room if someone is bad at trimming. Also if you don't have a large enough margin then some people might place type or work to close to the trim line, and nobody wants that. It might be a bit time consuming to constantly have to do thumbnails, roughs, and posting on the blog. However, these steps have instilled a good process that you should go by when designing or creating anything. These are also things that you need to know when you print and/or create anything.
FInal Project: Wedding Invitations
Wedding Invitations
Target Audience:
Since this is a wedding invitation the target audience would be any one who we would like to attend our wedding. This includes family and friends of the bride and groom.
Call to Action:
There are two different call to actions on this invitation. One would be to R.S.V.P as soon as possible by calling, or texting the two numbers provided. The other call to Action would be to attend the wedding and reception at the given time and date.
Image Copyright:
The image on the invitation was taken by my friend Andi Ballard, and the vectors were downloaded from wegraphics.net
Specifications:
The finished size of the project is 8"X16"
needed to be print on 12"x18" paper
#32 Mohawk paper type, white
Printed front-black and white, and back is three process colors and black
Bleed is .125" which makes the size 8.25"x16.25"
Margin of .25" making the live area 7.50"x15.5
Pdf submitted for printed proof and for turn in
InDesign file with spreadsheet for addresses will be submitted for final print.
Price Quote:
For 110 invitations with the InDesign file and spreadsheet, trimmed to size, and with a gate fold: $78.50
10 of these invitations addresses will be kept blank
Place each magnet on top and bottom on the color side. $12.50 for 200
After the gate fold is done I simply fold all corners to meet in the center and place the seals I have purchased. $20 for 120
Challenges:
After figuring out where I wanted to go with this invitation, i had to choose the type of paper. The paper weight was very important in this because I wanted to fold the invitations. If the paper was too thick then the fold marks would be really heavy. And each sheet would have to be scored. That's why I chose #32 Mohawk, it is a light paper that is also coated. This will give my invitation a shiny look and it doesn't have heavy fold marks so the black and white side wont be drastically affected by the lines.
Thumbnails:
Rough:
Folded where seal should be placed
Address Label
After opening first fold
Final Image Front then Back
Target Audience:
Since this is a wedding invitation the target audience would be any one who we would like to attend our wedding. This includes family and friends of the bride and groom.
Call to Action:
There are two different call to actions on this invitation. One would be to R.S.V.P as soon as possible by calling, or texting the two numbers provided. The other call to Action would be to attend the wedding and reception at the given time and date.
Image Copyright:
The image on the invitation was taken by my friend Andi Ballard, and the vectors were downloaded from wegraphics.net
Specifications:
The finished size of the project is 8"X16"
needed to be print on 12"x18" paper
#32 Mohawk paper type, white
Printed front-black and white, and back is three process colors and black
Bleed is .125" which makes the size 8.25"x16.25"
Margin of .25" making the live area 7.50"x15.5
Pdf submitted for printed proof and for turn in
InDesign file with spreadsheet for addresses will be submitted for final print.
Price Quote:
For 110 invitations with the InDesign file and spreadsheet, trimmed to size, and with a gate fold: $78.50
10 of these invitations addresses will be kept blank
Place each magnet on top and bottom on the color side. $12.50 for 200
After the gate fold is done I simply fold all corners to meet in the center and place the seals I have purchased. $20 for 120
Challenges:
After figuring out where I wanted to go with this invitation, i had to choose the type of paper. The paper weight was very important in this because I wanted to fold the invitations. If the paper was too thick then the fold marks would be really heavy. And each sheet would have to be scored. That's why I chose #32 Mohawk, it is a light paper that is also coated. This will give my invitation a shiny look and it doesn't have heavy fold marks so the black and white side wont be drastically affected by the lines.
Thumbnails:
Rough:
Folded where seal should be placed
Address Label
After opening first fold
Final Image Front then Back
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