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Magazine Printing
Creating the perfect magazine takes hard work and you have a long way to go from an initial idea to a final product that customers will want to buy. In this process, you will encounter many details that you need to take into account. Magazine printing is just one of them. At first glance, printing itself may seem like the easiest part, as it is the last step before publishing a magazine. However, this is not the case.
Magazine printing is a serious task. Each stage needs to be analyzed and planned in detail. In fact, the whole process can be a bit stressful because there are so many decisions to be made. Fortunately, all your hard work will pay off when the end result meets your vision and you have the perfect magazine in your hands. Here are tips to help you create the perfect magazine print file!
Build Project File Carefully
If you want your magazine to print successfully and meet all your expectations, you need to make sure that the print file is created correctly. It is important to pay attention to some very important details such as the headlines, pull quotes, image captions and folio. These are all factors that will affect the design of your magazine and how it looks.
Use High Resolution Images for Your Magazine
If you want your magazine printing project to be high quality, you must use high resolution images. Resolution depends on the final effect you want to achieve. The appropriate resolution for most images is 300 pixels. You should also choose the file format carefully. Photoshop's PDF, PSD, JPG, and TIFF formats are ideal for images with spot colors, layers, and transparency. Some file formats, such as GIF, BMP, and PNG, do not have the potential to produce the desired results and therefore you should avoid them.
Choose the Right Fonts
It is important that the fonts you use in the magazine can be embedded in PDF files. If you don't submit the fonts you used in the original, your carefully chosen typography may be damaged. Another thing you should not forget about magazine printing is whether the font you want to use is legible. The process of making the font proportional can also improve the appearance of the font.
Choose the Right Colors for Magazine
Another important step in this process is to set the correct color mode. You should know the difference between process colors CMYK and RGB. It is recommended that you create your file in CMYK from the start, especially if you are using a large number of colors. However, CMYK cannot be used with some bright colors. In this case, you should use spot colors. The most popular are Pantone colors. In this way, you will be able to produce more vibrant colors and achieve exact color matching.
