HUGE artwork question
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1. Find out what final resolution is acceptable/required for production.
2. Assuming you're using a layout application which allows you to link to external resources, create very low-res FPO versions of the images. Use these in your scaled-down layout for internal development and client review.
3. Upon final approvals, send the layout shell and higher-res art together, but separate. Meaning, don't import the high-res art into your layout file, and include instructions for the printer to import the high-res art. You avoid the low-res art from being printed by not including it. When the printer goes to open the layout file, it'll ask for the images. The key to the process, and it can be tricky, is working on all the related materials with minimal mixing.
You might not be able to get away with the last step, but just do what you can to avoid using the larger artwork until the very, very end. Efficiencies gained in early rounds will dull the agony of packaging up the finished work.