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Determine (with print provider) actual needed final resolution for the raster images - export an appropriately-set-up print-ready .pdf. That should do it right there - failing that, use a file-hosting solution or an FTP site (see the print provider's website for how they prefer to handle file transfers) as appropriate.
This isn't really a graphic design ...
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Simply set the white to white and print. There's no need to knock out anything, the white essentially creates the knockout. The black will print leaving the white areas blank.
White, for printing, pretty much always means "paper". The only time white may actually mean "print white" is for specific printing processes such as flexography or silkscreen.
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photos exported from Adobe Lightroom with an sRGB colour profile.
sRGB is not CMYK.
Photos should be CMYK to see color more accurately for print production. Chances are if you were to open a photo and merely convert it to CMYK, you'll see the same "dull" blacks. (And you can then adjust the photo for the desired CMYK output.)
What is happening with Proof ...
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Hit Ctrl+A to select everything.
Go to 'Object → Path → Outline stroke' and this will turn your white lines into white objects.
Use the Pathfinder or Shape builder panel to cut out the white bits from the larger black shapes.
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If they are merely posters, you could absolutely use jpg.
Open the Ai file in Photoshop...
Ensure the size/resolution is correct
Save as (not save for web) JPG quality 12.
Any quality loss due to the jpg format should be very, very, minimal (if any even exists) with a quality setting of 12 - or "maximum".
When the print providers gets it, they will ...
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This is question is not related to Illustrator or Graphic Design in general. It's about how to share large files.
Never ever send giant 2GB messages via email!
Get in touch with your local printer. Most print houses provide a customer online access or a FTP login. This way you will be able to upload your print files directly.
You can also use various ...
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As JCW Trees says.
I used to demonstrate the process in a college of printing in the UK, alongside digital proofing (dye-sub), platemaking, digital printing, print finishing... the whole works from origination to a finished product.I really enjoyed that job. Great times.
JCW Trees... You left off the final burn! A final layer or two of the polymer, burnt ...
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Find or draw a silhouette of a shoe, and use the path finder Minus Front to subtract it from a shape.
Use the finished letter shape as a clipping mask on top of a raster image. Select both, then do Object > Clipping Mask > Make, or press Ctrl+7
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Because physical machines doesn't actually works same as softwares
the machine that cuts the vinyl that is being applied on the shirts can't recognize the cutlines on the numbers or something.
it's because machine could've programmed specially for shapes instead of heavy graphics(like who ever will use gradient or such things as cutting since it's ...
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For sequential numbering I use InDesign. I used this link to create a master template and setup. Afther that I duplicated the pages Until I reach the quantity needed.Following these steps will save you a lot of time. InDesign will automatically populate the numbers for you if done correctly. In instances where you need to populate two identical numbers side ...
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