OUGD504: Module Evaluation

OUGD504: STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Design for Print // Final Publication PDF

Print Manual Inners

The blank pages are where the unprintable inks were screen printed, following printing.

OUGD504: STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Design for Print // Design Boards

OUGD504: STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Design for Print // Binding my Print Manual

To finish off my print manual, I've had to bind the book itself. I'm using a perfect binding method, as I did in my test binding.

OUGD504: STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Design for Print // Print Manual Final Shots

The final shots of the print manual, with some inners. The final resolution to design for print.

The cover

The Inners

Upright shot of the cover

Example of fluorescents.

Example of metallics.

A shot of the screen print inners. 

OUGD504: STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Design for Print // Screen Printing Book Inners

For the inside of my publication I planned to screen print to the different colour modes, the metallics and the fluorescence. I exposed my screen a few days ago, so I could print during the drop in hours at Rossington Street's print room.  

After a few test prints and experimentations I managed to slightly ruin my screen, a few specs of ink we coming through the screen, but it looked alright. 

I managed to get around 30 perfect test prints, with a few experimentations too. Flawlessly, I decided to go for the print in the real thing. In short, this was a bad idea. 

Somehow, the emulsion managed to stick to the stock, and rip the paper, whilst taking half the emulsion with it. It was quite a disaster. In a way, it does look quite cool, however it's ruined the stock, and the print on the other side, which I kind of needed. 

As you can see, on the back the paper has thinned, you can see the previous page beneath it. It looks sloppy, and i'll have to re-do it for the submission. This could not have gone worse. I hate my life. 

OUGD504: STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Design for Print // Creative Suite Session 4

During this session, we had to the find the 9 mistakes in this inDesign document, which are listed below. To find the mistakes, we had to utilise the skills learnt in previous sessions. 

1. No Bleed, image on the bottom left, extended the image to the bleed.
2. Text colour has been set to registration, rather than black on the bottom right text.
3. Image of 'top 10' has been resized, in Photoshop the image should be 100% size.
4. Image is in RGB format, they need to be CMYK to print correctly
5. Pantone 363 is not needed, having it will create an additional plate when printing, costing more money. Remove the colour, to reduce the cost - as nothing is using it
6. Strolling Logo is 599 DPI, it only needs to be 300DPI, edit the DPI in photoshop.
7. Heifer water image is a JPEG format - should be PSD,
8. Girl with the cow's image is a low DPI. Low resolution, shouldn't be used.
9. Picture of cow has been scaled down, should be 100% size.

OUGD504: STUDY TASK 1 - Design For Print // Creative Suite Session - inDesign

Print dialogue box is used to control the settings of your page before you print.

• You can use the Start page no icon to chose the page will be number 1 in your document, if you were using the pages for binding, for example. 

The swatches panel in inDesign is much simpler than Photoshop and Illustrator. There are only 7 colours initially.

• You can then create swatches using the create new swatch button, which gives you a dialogue box, similar to illustrators'.
• You can also create tints, like you can in Illustrator. 

These are adjustable, then you  alter the global swatches' colour balance, it will change the tints.

You can also work with spot colours, you can chose from these in a drop down menu when you create a new swatch, or create a new spot colour.

• You can find the swatches in pantone referencing or using the value code.
• Tints can be created in exactly the same way as before - using the opacity changer slider in the menu.

Working with duotone images.

• When you copy a duotone image into inDesign, it will add the two swatches to the swatches menu.

This also works with spot colours, from Photoshop and Illustrator documents.

Things to consider when creating something for commercial print process

Photoshop:

• Colour mode, assure it's CMYK. Remember to check the gamut warning and the colour chart.
• Actual size documents, too small you will lower the print quality. Too large, you will be working with unnecessarily large files. 
• Image resolution, make sure it's at least 300DIP. 
• Save either as a TIFF or a PSD file format. 

Illustrator

• Work with CMYK or Spot Colours
• Save as .AI files
• You can copy and paste between inDesign. 

Separations

• If you go to window > output > Separations Preview you can view all the inks featured in the design.
• You can separately view the inks like you can with channels in Photoshop.

OUGD504: STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Design for Print // Box Making Mock Up

To contain the collateral for my print, I need to make a small box, which will hold the book and anything else with it. The box is also there to protect the book, and it's vital to demonstrate some additional print processes and binding methods. 

I used a net for the box, using the mock up book I previously made as the placeholder for the box. I cut out the sides I would need out of mount board, due to it's thickness and durability as apposed to cardboard and card. 

I assembled the box, trying to be careful not to mess up the sides or cover the whole thing in glue. I kind of made a hash of it, once I got glue on my fingers I started to pull everything apart by accident. In future, for the real box, I'm going to have to take my time. 

The book fits well in the lower half of the box. The edges of the box are a little rough. I could benefit from sanding them down, for a better finish. For when I apply the bookrum around the edges, and make the top half of the box. 

OUGD504: STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Design for Print // Book Binding

I spent the afternoon learning the process of book binding. Turns out, it's a pain in the ass, but, the end result is extremely satisfying! I'm glad I've learnt the process for myself, so If I were to ever bind a book, I feel fairly confident I could do it myself, rather than forking out a large amount, to send it off to a printing company. Below, you will see a step by step process, of how to book bind. 

Get 3 leaves and fold them.

Use bone-things to smooth them down, giving a much better fold.

Repeat this process 3 times.

On another folded leaf, mark out the trim marks and the puncture marks.

Puncture the paper with a sharp needle.

Run through the punctures with a needle and thread, this will hold the pages together, initially.

Go through the over 3 sections, looping the thread through the previous loops.

Clamp the pages together in a bench press.

Thoroughly apply two coats of glue. 

Fold two pieces of paper, any colour, and stick them to the outside of the leaves, leaving a 1-2mm gap from the spine. 

Cut out two card faces, with a 2mm gap around the edges of the leaves, and the spine, which should be the thickness of the end pieces and the leaves.

Stick the card down to the cover.

It comes in all the colours which you can see above.

Trim and fold back, so the excess in stick down to the inside of the book. 

Fold over and use the bone-tool to indent the sides of the spine.

Stick the leaves inside - this is not as simple as it sounds.

OUGD504: Studio Brief 1 - Design for Print // Creative Suite Workshop

Designing for the Print Process

• RGB colour gamut is much larger than the CMYK gamut.
• RGB is Photoshop's default mode,
• RGB files are smaller, than CMYK,
• View > Gamut Warning - It gives you can overlay to show the unprintable colours. 
• You can then use adjustment layers to remove the gamut warning's grey area.
• If you turn on proof colours as soon as you start editing, you can see how it will look when you print it out. 
• The symbols next to the colour preview in photoshop's colour pickers indicate if the colours are web safe and printable. 
• You can save, add, delete and load swatches like you can in Adobe Illustrator.
• The mode of a photoshop image cannot support two colour modes at once. Unlike Illustrator, CMYK and Spot colours cannot work side by side.

Creating a duotone image

• Image > duotone 
• Duotones are editable at any point.
• You don't get the option to save in any format that won't support a duotone. 
• You can also edit the tone in the channels menu. To a great extent.