Analysis of technical requirements for offset and digital printing houses in plain language + a visual example: creating, preparing and saving a business card in Photoshop and Illustrator If you need a consultation or my services for design and print run support, my contact details are listed at the end of the description (also duplicated in the channel description), write to Telegram, I can answer there faster Episodes: 00:00 introduction 01:22 what is CMYK 02:07 what is the CMYK document color mode 02:54 RGB and CMYK what is the difference 07:02 file resolution 08:22 what are bleeds/bleeds/allowances 10:58 layout size/units of measurement/how to save multi-page documents for printing 11:53 what is the sum of inks in printing 14:24 rules for printing small black objects 15:41 rules for printing large black objects 17:54 barcodes, QR codes 18:13 what is the minimum font size for printing 19:27 what is the minimum line thickness for printing 20:23 what is reversal in design? 20:41 how to print large dark backgrounds 21:30 warning about printing solid backgrounds 22:22 minimum font size on reverse 22:32 minimum line thickness on reverse 23:11 why you can't use too thin fonts on reverse 25:43 image resolution in the layout/how to check if the image is suitable for printing Photoshop practice: 24:00 document creation 25:43 image resolution in the layout/how to check if the image is suitable for printing 28:50 checking the font thickness in Photoshop. (Be careful with units of measurement. The cheat sheet specifies POINTS. And in graphic editors there are also pixels, cm, mm, etc. Pay attention to them, do not confuse) 30:42 how to check the amount of paint in an image 32:00 reducing the amount of paint in an image using the ISO Coated v2 300% profile 33:42 setting up the info palette in Photoshop 34:25 saving pdf for transfer to the printing house Practice in Illustrator 35:57 creating a document 42:25 reducing the amount of paint in an image using the ISO Coated v2 300% profile (you need to apply the ISO Coated v2 300% profile BEFORE rasterizing the image, as it was in the video, this is important. After rasterizing, it will no longer work (that is, it will not reduce the paint for you), since it is rasterized by Fogra 39 (the profile that we initially set in the file settings), but it will not reduce the amount of paint) 44:58 embedding an image 45:50 rasterizing an image 46:30 advice on creating 2 layers for ease of file preparation 47:31 converting fonts to curves 48:15 saving pdf for transfer to a printing house ---------------------------- 50:02 about the difference in saved files (why vector text has an advantage over raster text) In the first comment under the video, I pinned a few more important points. I recommend reading it. Download: concentrated extract (cheat sheet) - https://disk.yandex.ru/i/I7umBLTqpRvSpQ color profile ISO Coated v2 300% - https://disk.yandex.ru/d/6pQ0hB48RV_JTA video instructions for installing the profile - • How to install (add) a color pr... Thank and support ❤ Sber ₽: 2202 2068 7523 6346 Thank you for any coin With love for people and design, Maria Pulatova. Telegram channel https://t.me/masha_sharit Instagram / maria_pulatova VK https://vk.com/maria_pulatova