Newspaper in indesign
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- Claymantis
Is there any option that will convert your indesign document into a version ready for news paper?
Thanks!
- ksv1230
WHAT!!!
Like a pdf to send to the printer?
- ItalianStallion0
What do you mean?
A PDF version of the ID file?
- Claymantis0
I have cymk document but I was wondering if there was a setting that will convert it to a version for news paper.
- ItalianStallion0
You mean black and white (1 color only)?
- ksv1230
how important is it? you could just make a color pdf and send that to the printer and they will convert to BW
- Claymantis0
I have an indesign file. It is CMYK. Its need to be printed in a newspaper. But apparently there is a way of decreasing the saturation of the colour because newspaper can not hold alot of ink.
Is there a setting in indesign to do this?- Export PDF from ID and convert colors in AcrobatItalianStallion
- there is no other way?Claymantis
- Itallion, that is the MOST retarded solution!!! convert in Acrobat, are you an IDIOT?monospaced
- Can you please comment without offending? Thanks.ItalianStallion
- Iggyboo0
Just reduce the ink in your images in photoshop, and reduce the ink from CMYK to K at 100% not C 100% M 100% Y 100% K 100%. Another thing is in the colors try to keep the inks no more than 200%. of the full 400% but it depends on the newspaper quality. You gotta test it. Ask the newspaper what they reduce their inks too. good luck.
- ARRE YOUF UCKING KIDDING!?!? Photoshop!?monospaced
- If you have flat tiff's you can reduce the inks in photoshop and save them safely as a .tiffIggyboo
- That is before they go into your file.Iggyboo
- Claymantis0
ahhh thanks...
So there is no setting. Its ether photoshop or acrobat.Thanks!
- Etype0
i think you should just talk to your printer... i've printed on "newspaper" and never had to do this?
- bored2death0
You have to get the newspaper plugin.
- monospaced0
Ummm, you should just set up your file correctly in InDesign. Fuck Photoshop (unless you're converting color images to b&w cmyk). Fuck Acrobat for converting colors (I can't believe someone suggested that).
All you have to do is make your document one-color and talk to the press about how they want their files.
- If you are printing color, it's really all about the line-screensmonospaced
- http://help.adobe.co…ItalianStallion
- OBBTKN0
Check the lineature for images and patterns they´re using, and export to eps or jpg on cmyk or on the colors they need it and that´s all.
* I allways export all to jpg (from fh, ai, id or ps) in needed size and lineature and never get a problem.
- doesnotexist0
make booklet, set to cmyk.
- Iggyboo0
Ok Get this correct Monospaced, I worked at a newspaper for a year in production if you are working on images that go into an indesign document before they get placed you should reduce their ink levels in photoshop to what I originally said. But first find out the ink levels that are required from your newspaper's production team each newspaper stock is different. Than you save the flat indesign file as a .pdf and it should be newspaper ready. But it's all about not creating too much ink so that it doesn't bleed and create splotches. This is all in regards to an advertisement as well. Maybe you can do this all in indesign now these days, but my old habits have been to lower the inks in images before their placed into an indesign file.
- You can reduce the inks manually by making the file CMYK, and lowering the levels, you can check your total ink levels by opening up the INFO box in your photoshop/Window/inf... areaIggyboo
- in the INFO box in your photoshop/Window/inf... areaIggyboo
- you should have to reduce colors nowadays.... it all depends on what they are printing with, but printers can reduce it based on equipment is being usedEtype
- shouldnt*Etype
- johndiggity0
ask the printer or publisher if they can send you the icc profile for the output device/method they are using. install that profile in bridge and then pdf in indesign and under "output" select "convert to destination" then find the icc profile you installed under the destination pull down.
- duckofrubber0
^^^^^^^^^ this is correct answer ^^^^^^^^^
- Although, I tend to convert the images in Photoshop and tag them with the ICC just in case.duckofrubber
- whatsup0
Convert to fonts that use ink traps for very small size fonts
- Amicus0
if you prefer photoshop you can use an action to convert everything to a profile with GCR with ink levels (normally between 200 and 240% total ink) as this is the preferred method for most news printers. I'm sure there is a way to do this as a batch method, but I haven't done this kinda work in ages so I can't help you there.
- airey0
this is how far down the shitter we have devolved. i'd cry if i hadn't run outta tears.