OUGD504 Creative Suite Session 1

Design for print
Commercial Print Process
Documenting everything that we have learnt about the different Print Processes.
Creating artworks and layouts for print processes.
Focusing on getting things right for commercial print.
General Specifications

Illustrator
How we work with colour
Colour Models
CMYK, RGB
CMYK- Appropriate colour mode for print
-Subtractive
-Another name is Process colour
Mixing of the inks allows more colours to be overlaid.
100% of each we get black.
Paper goes through 4 different channels to layer the colours on
Black is the key colour because it brings imagery altogether adding shadows
Adobe Illustrator
Setting up a new document, can work in different colour modes.
CMYK is the default colour mode.
The ways to add colour for the foreground or background
x Key- to switch fill or stroke using the colour picker, choose the colour then you are given the colour percentages. Right hand side is the colour swatches
Top right of each section, can press to open further options
Use swatch Pallette to give you consistency
Given default swatches
Clear out all unused. Press menu 'Clear unused' and then press delete. Left with four swatches
To get more info on the colours press small list view
[Registration] Colours have to register so it allows print marks, crop marks etc.
White and black swatches have an indication that they are pat of CMYK
Add Swatches
New Swatch
Leave the swatch name as the percentages, sliders allow you to st the percentages
Click ok then you have the new swatch
Build up relevant colours
To add swatches without doing its individually to save time. Have nothing selected go to 'add used colours'
Can always edit the swatches by double clocking. The ones earlier were local colours, the new added swatches are now global.
If you edit a global swatch every single colour/object of that kind will change if you change one. Can set up a group of colour swatches to apply to the whole layout.
Can change/add tints of global colours
Slider in colour point
Menu Create new swatch example 54% tint.
Process-Layered colours
Spot colours are really important, are colours not mixed with CMYK a ready mixed ink, uses one plate in the printer so it is cheaper. CMYK colours can use up to 4 runs in the printing process, can be quite expensive.
CMYK + Spot colours= Very Expensive
Using 4 spot colours would work out the same price.
Expense and consistency is involved when using spot colours. Always the same colour no matter where it is to be printed.
There are colours/inks that can't be produced in the CMYK range, however with spot colours you can get a wider range of colours, for example metalic colours.
Using a swatch book, can identify the colour, colour code to give them to the printer.
Pantone colour library-Metalic swatches for coated or uncoated
Solid coated on matte etc.
Only works in the commercial printing.
How to access them in illustrator
Swatch Pallette
Swatch Menu
Open Swatch Library
Colour Books- Gives you a list of the different spot colours
Clicked Pantone + Solid Coated
Either been told by client or chosen yourself
To look for certain ones go to menu- Small list view
Find field to search for the spot colour.
Click once then it is added to your colour swatch library
Cur corner-global Colour
Small dot- Spot colour
Same way as before, can use tints if working with limited colours
Never change the name of the spot colour so it can be given and found by the printer
Tints are printed with the same ink

When you open a new file, the colour palette goes back to default
If you need to save a colour palette go to menu save swatch as Ai (saves for illustrator)

Saved inside a folder in the home folder. You can have access to whichever computer your on
To open the saved swatch go to menu
-open swatch library
-user defined and it should be there

To save swatches that can be opened for photoshop as well go to menu save swatch library as ASE if doing this save in a folder that your doing work in so it is easier to find when needing it in Photoshop.