[ Ссылка ] If you want to Become a Print Designer in the Graphic Design Industry, you have to understand Digital Print Production. This comes down to more than knowing layout design and how to use Adobe InDesign and Quark Xpress. You have to understand the printing process and requirements for different types of print media.

There is a lot of very specific industry knowledge tied t Print Design and Digital Print Production that Graphic Designers do not generally know or are not taught unless they have worked in that field before.

If you intended to work in the Advertising or Editorial industries a Designer you need to have a firm grasp of Digital Print Production and how to work with different types of Print Media.

Some Fundamental Things to Research and Learn:

Printers Marks and Mechanical Specifications for Print Files
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat PRo, Quark Xpress and Adobe Distiller
Color Swatches: CMYK, Spot Colors, Pantone Colors, Color Libraries,
Ink Density Requirements for various types of Print Media
Best Practices For Packaing and Producing Print Design Files
Converting Text to Outlines
Converting Photo Ready Artwork to CMYK

Basic Knowledge all Print Production Artis and Print Designers Should Have:

Understanding of Typography in Graphic Design
Understanding of Grid in Graphic Design
Understanding of Color Theory in Graphic Design
Knowing the key difference between design for print media vs web media
Understanding of appropriate file formats
Understanding of Non Destructive Editing in Graphic Design


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