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Build your own map Zed takes time and specific skills. To create a high quality card drawing Zed, you, the designer must master skills one of the following programs: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign or Quark Express. If you are not familiar with these programs, it is preferable that allow you to design a professional. If you have the skills and programs, read on for tips on designing your own Zed.
The first thing you should know is that the images digital you need to design your Zed. If you do not already have digital images, then you have to scan film or photographs. Assuming that the images were taken with a film, want to take your negatives to a photo lab and ask them to disk. Most photo labs should be able to do for $ 5 – $ 10 per image, if not less. Some labs may require you to print images either first, or put the images in slides before putting them on disk. Make sure that when printing photos, are very large to maintain the highest quality.
Once all images are scanned, must check the quality. Images must be at least 300 dpi (dots per inch) at actual print size. For example, the image that is in front of an 8 1 / 2 "x 5 1 / 2" Zed card must be at least 300 dpi at 8 1 / 2 "x 5 1 / 2". Any larger size is good, but you do not want your images are smaller, and which will result in reduced print quality. You should end with a relatively large file – if the image is a JPEG (. jpg), then it should be anywhere or 1 to 4 Mbps TIFF (. TIF) files are much larger – that may be anywhere from 15 75 MB per image.
After checking the quality, wants to make color corrections and feel of photos such as bags under the eyes, spotting to before changing the image size. (This is where all the headaches come and professionals take over.) Remember not most monitors are not calibrated for the printer to print them, so that the colors you see on your computer are not necessarily color printing. This can be corrected, but requires software and hardware that can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Once you have completed all of your company image editing, you can resize images appropriately and inserted in its design. To build a design, you need a program such as Quark, Adobe InDesign or Adobe Photoshop. Make sure you build the distribution Actual print size you want 300 dpi.
Once you have this file as you want to save and send. If you've used Quark file saved to a file. Qxd. If you used an InDesign file is saved with the a. IDS. If you use Photoshop, you can save this file in high quality (12) Grand. JPG, TIF., A PSD, or PDF .. Talk with your printer to see what the other formats we accept.
That's all. You have built your card Zed. The next step is to send the card printer and make it integrated the rest. Do not print at home, because chances are the printer in the printer can not stock 12 points, and the cost of ink from a printer at home is the medium to high. Sure that you send it.
Jason Ramirez (NY, NY)
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