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Using PhotoShop to create a magazine
My question:
Can I create a magazine exclusively using PhotoShop?
My understanding:
It should simply be a case of using CMYK and an adequately high resolution.
Other software:
InDesign is pretty ...
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Brochures font size
Hello This is may first question here. I was working with small projects. I have problem with the Brochures (Tri-fold).
At the Back Cover the content are only programme 2 fold and raffle entry 1 fold ...
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Indesign Print booklet error
I am using CS6, when doing print booklet 64page doc, it come up with error that i have differing page sizes. I have checked the document page sizes are all the same. Please help
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Converting InDesign CS6 document to printer spreads using print booklet
I am trying to create a press ready PDF for a 16 page InDesign document using Print Booklet. I see the Print Booklet preview and everything looks fine, spreads are correct, etc. However, when I run ...
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100% black problem on indesign and pdf?
Currently I am facing a HUGE crisis about this 100% black not being right for printing and coming out as 4 colours, in my InDesign document. My swatch for the black text is set at c=0 m=0 y=0 and ...
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What are the best practices and techniques to fix rags?
What would be the best practices to fix the rags on a left aligned text for print.
Besides breaking lines and hyphenations, should you use tracking, and if so how much.
Also, how would you judged a ...
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Adobe Illustrator vs Adobe Indesign for brochures
You may know me (not that I am worth knowing) from my first question. I am a noob in web design, graphic desgin, font theroy, color theory, guess all of the mixes that are crucial. My expertise ...
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2answers
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Is the maximum ink percentage embedded in the pdf color profile?
I am placing some Photoshop-made artwork into InDesign and exporting to PDF for print. My artwork is quite dark, and Ps's eyedropper tells me that some of my blacks are around the 90/95/95/85 mark. My ...
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Adobe InDesign 6 not printing booklets to edges of paper, InDesign 5.5 did
I printed booklets for my students in InDesign 5.5. Worked perfect, on US Letter paper I was able to get 2 worksheets per side. I'd cut them down the middle and have these great packets of ...
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suggestions for ways to gain practical experience?
If this is not considered an appropriate question for this list (I couldn't quite tell from the FAQ), feel free to close it, but I could really use some specific, concrete advice. I passed the ACE ...
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Data merge and layout of photoshop files
I have a PSD where the design contains a text layer.
I want to generate a version of the image for each name in a text file and lay out the results 6-up on a page for printing without any scaling or ...
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Printing full-bleed from Adobe InDesign or Acrobat on Mac
I'm using a Brother MFC-J6910DW inkjet. On my PC it's easy enough to print full bleed, there's a borderless option in the printer dialog. I can't find any such option on the Mac. Am I not able to ...
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Printing from InDesign has correct margins, but not from Acrobat using exported PDF
I have half-US Letter (8.5" x 5.5") documents I print out in booklet form from Adobe InDesign CS5.5 on a Brother 9970CDW color laser. Works great.
Problem is InDesign doesn't allow you to print ...
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In Adobe InDesign, how to print full duplex (both sides of paper)?
When I print or "Print Booklet" in Adobe InDesign, I don't see any options about printing full duplex (both sides of the paper). I'm using a Mac with a Brother MFC-J6910DW printer. Does Adobe ...
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Printer for printing Adobe InDesign worksheets and brochures [closed]
I need to frequently print many worksheets and brochures from Adobe InDesign, my color laser died. I don't care about speed. What's the appropriate printer for this purpose?
Budget is under $1k. ...
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Please help me grid this A4 landscape poster
I'm working on this simple A4 landscape poster basically saying "adobe.com/" (newline) "indesign" with big letters in the middle of the page, and a small lipsum footer at the bottom. But I'm having a ...
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Designing forms for printing in InDesign
I have to make a lot of forms in InDesign. Not interactive forms, just forms that need to be printed. It's really a pain making all the checkboxes, radio buttons, lines and text fields and ensuring ...
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InDesign Spread Pagination
I have created an 8 page brochure with InDesign and exported a PDF for my print guy. At the moment the pages are exported as:
1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8
But for print he'd like them formatted like this:
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Design solutions/ideas/examples/sugestions for good looking cropped images in a product booklet
I am doing this booklet for some chairs and I have a problem.
The problem is that I have small images, but the booklet is intended for A4 print.
I will post 2 images to explain my problem.
What I ...
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1answer
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Is there a standard “magazine” size for printing?
I'm thinking of printing a informational project in magazine size, however I have a hard time finding what the standard size for magazines is?
There is no default size for this in InDesign and from ...
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InDesign drag/drop [closed]
So I created an annual report for my company with InDesign CS4. My assistant designer/editor also has InDesign CS4 on her machine. I create an InDesign package and save it on the network drive so she ...
