Michelle G

Do you have rules against deleting after a day?

Damien - My banner file was rejected from the lab once again. (Boss decided to try one more time with the local company.). What reasons might a file be unsuitable? Is there something I am missing? I created the banner in Photoshop - It's a simple design on a black background. It's a large file - psb - sized to the dimensions we plan to print. I flattened and saved it as a jpg since it is too large to save as a pdf. I then opened in Illustrator and saved it as pdf file. I can open that pdf in any adobe program and see that it is still sized appropriately. However when I upload to the online website for the lab, the proof comes back as if someone zoomed in 200%. We have repeated this process many times. They asked me to size the file down 50% and re-load. Done and the proof is still not working. I am frustrated. I have printed many images/portraits in the past, even printed many very large canvases. I have never had any issue before.

Thank you. The more I learn about InDesign the more I realize I know nothing.

Yes. Only trouble is I prepared it from scratch in CMYK. Is it possible to convert if needed? In general, with print /graphic design projects, It looks like I could be submitting in various different color spaces. I just started on a half page ad that will be printed in a local magazine. I'm still waiting to hear what color space. If I start in sRGB, I can later convert the final project into the printer preferred space?

Well I appreciate it. For sure. I just didn't want to post company images/graphics here since it's open to public. In house projects (schedules and flyers) - we print those ourself on a standard printer/copier. Larger projects - I'm currently switching labs because I can't get the local company to respond on a timely manner. All they will say is just "pdf in CMYK". I'm switching to another company recommended by a fellow photographer who has used them and they will take a file in any form. My sample arrives tomorrow AM.

Yes. Still struggling but still learning. I have read that link. It's actually how I found this group. I will read it again. Is there such a thing as one on one help on this? I think my questions are going to lean more and more into CMYK, InDesign and Illustrator.

I created a banner (25 feet long x 9'4" tall) that will be printed on vinyl. The lab needs the file in CMYK. I created it in sRGB. How do I convert without messing up the colors??? There are business logos set to specific colors.

After your comment last night I downloaded the free trial to test it out. I currently just have the basic photography monthly plan with adobe (LR and PS). Adding InDesign is an additional $20+/month. I'm not sure I can justify the cost, but I'm testing it out anyway. The learning curve on this program is steep. Some things are very similar to PS, but other things not at all. The current document - I *finally* got the color to print correctly by creating the graphics in PS, the spreadsheet part in EXCEL, adding the graphics into EXCEL and then downloading the whole thing as a PDF from EXCEL and then moving it all back into PS to create the multi page PDF that will print correctly. Sounds ridiculous, I'm sure. If I can figure out the learning curve on InDesign I will go that direction. Thank you for your help.

Hi there Damien. I do not have that one.

I'm looking for help learning how to create and print documents with consistent colors. I'm not even sure where to begin to look and a friend recommended this site. If this is not the right place to ask, I would appreciate any ideas on where to start learning. For reference - I'm a self-taught photographer and feel pretty comfortable shooting, editing and printing photos/canvases/and the like, but this is a whole new category for me. I have worked with Photoshop, Lightroom and the like for many years. And I love making graphics. Because of that my work asked me to step in and take over document creation: schedules/signage/social media graphics... I am trying to work with the schedule created by the previous person in this post. I have no idea what color space he was working in originally. And although I was given the specific Pantone colors for the business logos, when I open those colors on my system they do NOT match the company colors. When I open previously created pdf files to make edits as the class schedule changes, they no longer print in the correct color. To help remedy the situation I am recreating all documents from scratch. But - Honestly, I'm not even sure if I'm using the correct program (currently using EXCEL) to create the spreadsheet schedules and loading graphics (logos) into there. That is a LONG question. I would appreciate any starting point advice you have to offer to help me keep this job. I'm about to print a 9 foot x 25 foot banner and I *really* want to figure this all out first.