Design Production for Print- Useful links.

Links sent by tutor Lorenzo to get our minds ticking, and for more awareness of various print processes and discussed in past seminars, workshops and tutor sessions.

PRINT

LITHO PRINTING

PAD PRINT

http://www.pdsconsulting.co.uk/2007/Library/Printing_Pad.asp

Frankly hilarious- love the soundtrack. Pretty sure I could get hypnotised and watch this all day...

SCREEN PRINT

COLOUR

This reminds me of a girl I used to know... and terrifies me, consequently. Nice colour theories though, mind.

CMYK and printing

Still terrifying... why screenshots, why?

CMYK v RGB
 

 

RICH BLACK Vs NORMAL
 
http://marvin.mrtoads.com/richblack_vs_plainblack.html
 
ABOUT PANTONE
 

So American... got to love it.

ABOUT COLOUR MATCHING
 

COLOUR MODELS
 
http://www.sketchpad.net/basics4.htm
http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/19954

EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS

4 COL + METALLIC

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/create-a-five-color-magazine-cover-using-a-spot-metallic/

EMBOSS/FOIL/THERMO

http://www.frankel.co.uk/bespoke_invitations.html

SETTING UP CROPS & BLEED

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/designing-for-print-setting-up-crops-and-bleed

3 SINS

http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/3-deadly-sins-of-print-design/

VARIOUS TUTORIALS

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/02/the-ultimate-round-up-of-print-design-tutorials/

FORUM & TUTORIALS

http://vector.tutsplus.com/articles/printing-prepress-basics/

LETTERPRESS

PRINTERS VIRTUAL TOUR

http://www.belmont.co.uk/about/virtualtour/

SIMPLE OFFSET EXPLAINATION

http://www.cmykreative.com/useful/offset_lithography.htm

ETHICS

http://www.cmykreative.com/articles/article04.htm

ADOBE TUTORIALS

http://layersmagazine.com/category/tutorials


METAL PACKAGING

http://www.ball-europe.com/382_733_ENG_PHP.html?parentid=791

ISO sizes

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html