[atlantaprog] Re: CD Booklet / Layout

This also depends on what you are giving them.  Ask specifically and
don't assume.  If ou want them or some one else to do the layout are you
just gonna describe it to them and let them do it (like your graphic
designer)?  Sure they can do it in Quark, but have them check first.
There are a couple of reasons why:

- Some places are switching from Quark to Adobe InDesgin, or are able to
handle both.  I don't know about Quark Xpress, but with most Adobe
products the native file format for that program is the same, weather it
is on a Mac or a PC.  You can create a Photoshop document on a PC for
example, and it will open up on a Mac exactly like you saved it.  IOW,
it may not be necessary for the graphic designer to be running on a Mac

- Some places would rather have a single .tif (TIFF) file than a layout.
If that's what they want (this is what I have always given print
companies cause I think that dealing with TIFFs is far easier than
dealing with a Quark layout!) then be sure to get the proper specs from
them ahead of time.  Ask if they need a PC formatted tiff or a Mac
formatted tiff.  Adobe Photoshop can save in and open EITHER format.

- Some guidelines on resolution:

If the file is JUST an image or piece of artwork, give it to them at 300
DPI.  If it has text on it (unless they are big letters like a title or
band name) then you want that booklet panel to be at 600 dpi.  Small
text (something like lyrics, liner notes, etc.) at 300 dpi will just be
too blurry when printed out.  If the page is a combination of both, then
do it at 600 dpi.

You really need to know all of this FIRST before starting the design,
otherwise it could cause you headaches later.


Alex F/Brain21

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> Welty-Green
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> Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: CD Booklet / Layout
> 
> 
> 
> I echo that about Mac & Quark. Virtually every printer and service 
> bureau is Mac based. In fact, about the only places you find people 
> using PC's for high-end graphic work are big corporations who do 
> everything in house and whose IT departments are scared of Macs! And 
> Quark Xpress is the  ONLY page layout program that should be used. 
> The only other pro-level page-layout programs, Pagemaker and In 
> Design, either aren't understood or supported properly by most 
> printers/service bureaus, or simply aren't up to the tasks required 
> of them by high-end users.
> 
> Ask a question on this list and you'll learn a lot!
> 
> >CD Booklet / Layout
> >
> >I've always done my own work here, so I can't really 
> recomend a graphic 
> >designer, but I would recomend that you use Imagers 
(www.imagers.com) 
>for professional quality scanning of 35mm negatives.  I have a pretty 
>nice scanner, but it's really worth paying $20 or so to have the 
>negatives professionally scanned for the best possible picture quality.
>
>Also, decide who you are going to use for manufacturing before you have

>someone setup the booklet.  Each company has different specs for the CD

>booklets and will need them in a specific program.  They have always 
>provided me with templates to work with.  So far, they have always been

>in Macintosh format.  Usually they need the file in QuarkExpress for 
>Mac.  I suspect other arrangements can be made if you don't have the 
>specific program that they need, but I'm not sure because I have always

>used QuarkExpress myself.  If you're calling graphic designers, find 
>out what programs they use and if they work on a PC, a Mac or both.
>
>-Wade
>
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