OUGD504 Design Production: Design For Print Creative Suite Induction

OUGD504
DESIGN PRODUCTION
DESIGN FOR PRINT CREATIVE SUITE


When designing for print we always work with CMYK. They are referred to as the process colours.

With CMY you should theoretically be able to make every colour, however the K is used to strengthen the shadows and create 100% black. the key consolidates the conditions of CMY

swatch pallet is the best way to use colour as you can save the colour swatches, using it consistently throughout the design.

Whenever you create a new illustrator document you have the same default CMYK swatches as seen above.

Select colour swatch and click on the bin in the bottom right hand colour.

Registration swatch is used for printing marks and and crop marks. It is used for things that aren't actually a part of your design or layout. 

These swatches are specific to this document

SPOT COLOUR

A Colour that is printed not using a combination of CMYK. Using spot colour can make a print job significantly cheaper. You only have to use one prni

plate. Using spot colours also aides consistency for example the Sainsburys logo uses a spot colour, therefore the colour is alway e same and there is no chance of error as with CMYK