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- Momentum2
So I landed a new job! And they do alot of print designs... i haven't use quark since college and haven't really used indesign except knowing the basics (pantones, margins, bleed, gutters)...
any tips on what I should expect and what I should know on the job. (they do alot of magazines and mail outs).
man web sounds soo much easier heh
thanks guys
- BonSeff0
expect hell
- Momentum20
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- jysta0
haha, its not that bad!!!
My top 3:
Style Sheets
Master Pages
Josef Muller-Brockmann (Grid Systems)
- designerror0
lynda.com have some good starting tutorials for indesign.
- agentfour0
grids
baseline grids
style sheets
print process
- HumanMale0
Haha... you can expect to get the sack if you can't use the software...
j/k.
Like others have said - grids, baselines, and most importantly print processes – spots/cmyk n stuff.
- blastofv0
I'd say find out if they're a Quark shop or an InD shop. Many places use both, but most are pretty heavily invested in one or the other.
Get you shit together on text styles and master pages, like people have mentioned, but also brush up big time on tabs, tables, paragraph styles, and as much print production as you can wrap your head around.
And speak up when they ask you to do something you haven't done before, or you'll get stuck and drop the ball.
Good luck.
- gramme0
ditch Quark if you can. I always thought the program was daft, even before I ever heard of InDesign.
If it's a studio that cares about the technical as well as conceptual quality of their work, then you'll learn a lot quickly.
Something I've learned the hard way: when writing specs for a print job, be VERY VERY thorough, especially if you won't be able to attend the press check.
Also: when you send out files to printers, send laser printouts with detailed notes in the margins on how folds, scores, and color should be handled. If you don't know how best to print something, offer a suggestion and then state that you want them to advise the best solution. Assume they're at least partially retarded without acting condescending. I've seen too many jobs get partially or totally botched to be lax about this process...
Make friends with your local paper provider(s). Don't deal directly with mills unless you're actually designing something for them.
Best of luck. There are few things better in our career than receiving samples of your printed work that looks even better on paper than it does on screen.
- Rand0
type
images
design
- Momentum20
thanks guys! helping out alot!
So I pretty much know how to run the master pages, but for sure I need to get a hold of doing style sheets and calling out the cmyk colors!
this is going to be interesting
- rson0
Sorry, but how did you get a print job; not knowing the print world. Just been a long time ... since you did print? I would personally, never turn back to that world it is hell. The only good thing about it is there is always a finished project. Any who good luck!
- gramme0
to each his own. web design has always left a bit of a plastic taste in my mouth.
- Momentum20
Sorry, but how did you get a print job; not knowing the print world. Just been a long time ... since you did print? I would personally, never turn back to that world it is hell. The only good thing about it is there is always a finished project. Any who good luck!
rson
(Mar 22 07, 08:43)hehe, well they liked my designs and wanted to hire me but I'm just worried about all the print production.
- JG_LB0
Style Sheets
Master Pages
Josef Muller-Brockmann (Grid Systems)
jysta
(Mar 22 07, 01:55)Shortcuts
Layers
"w" (indesign)
- ToxicDesign0
I thought people get jobs AFTER they've mastered skills and not the other way round?
- Rand0
I much prefer print to web