undiscoveredartist

I got lucky today! I found a printer that I can work with well, and that is a real rare find. I have worked with other printers and when my work goes to press there are issues. The last time, I had to create everything in vector, blah blah blah — and now I didn’t need it that way for seperations or screenprint process — this was just a business card. Yes, I know what you seasoned designers are saying. Vector is the way it should be.

I am not saying I don’t know how to do it. But it just seems to me that some printers just love to throw up blockades. The way I see it, the print industry has come a long way. I have sent stuff off to VistaPrint, 300 dpi .tiff or .pdf and no problem. The materials came out great.

The printer I have now was pleased with my work, it was CMYK, 300 DPI, .pdf so he could see it on his Mac. I have used both pc and mac, but right now I am using pc. All I have to do next time is add a bit more bleed area. That I can do as well.

I am so glad when technology advances. Especially print technology. I will no longer be chowing down on my fingernails next time my work goes to print. I remember when I did my internship everything began in Illustrator. Now it can begin in PS. I know it is called “Photo” shop for a reason. It’s for photos. But so much of my design work has some special effects that some designers frown on. Hey, they even told me at Baker College that gradients are out, ha!!! We’ll see about that, I think it depends on how it’s done. I just make sure that every pattern I overlay, every graphic I use is high resolution So far, so good.

I am very pleased that I learned how to create documents in Quark, Illustrator, Freehand and PageMaker. I know it is the correct way to learn. I must admit though I had to laugh when I hear that PageMaker is “outdated”. Now I feel outdated! I recall when it was Aldus PageMaker!

I do love my Photoshop!

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