Camera Ready?
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- ebon
Might be a stupid question but what are people asking for when they say Camera Ready?
I was under the impression this is an out dated term. In the old days you shot your artwork with a camera to make negs to be reproduced on a press.
Would I be totally wrong in thinking that?
If not then are they just confused people spitting out tech terms?
- BonSeff0
camera ready + 1 color only
typically b/w line art - sometimes with halftones
- Bio0
you're right.
the term is still used by some people, but the process is rarely used.
the term though no longer literal, can still be applied.
- unknown0
sounds like they are talking about bromides / pmt film.
sounds like an out of date outfit to me.
- ebon0
so if i had a 3 color job and provided it camera ready that would mean i have each color in its own file?
- ebon0
If i gave a client an Illustrator EPS file with all three colors in it would it be camera ready?
sorry for all the questions this is just something i never really straightened out in my head.
thanks
- unknown0
not if your supplying a digital file - they can just select to print seps.
if your going to supply bromides/negs then yes.
- ebon0
ok so to finalize this question =)
If i supply my client with an EPS file of their artwork i can call that camera ready artwork?
I know once it gets to the printer they just spit the seperations out of an image setter. Just making sure i got my terms right.
- unknown0
well, its not really what you or I call it, more what your printer calls it.. I'd ask them.. I've known printers who dont even have computers ;ยง
- mrdobolina0
if it is multi-color, I would make the seps myself and just save them out with corner-crops and registration marks.
- swollenelbow0
yes, i layed out an invite for taqueray today and had 3 colors, BLACK, PMS 347, PMS 877 (metallic silver) and a gradient, I set up my orignal full color invite, made three copies ,on the PMS 347 version everything that is this color will turn black, and everything else will be white, this process follows for each color, the black and the silver. This is true camera ready artwork.
- ebon0
Makes sense to me. I'm sticking with my old school definition of camera ready then.
thanks everyone.
- unknown0
mmm but why bother when all you have to do is check the print seperations box?