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Hi - My specialty is print, not web - so forgive me for what could be stupid questions! Here's what I'm trying to do: I have 48 press-ready pdf files that I have had printed. The pages are seperate files b/c thats how my vendor liked to get them - but they are all one book. I want to add the...

Hiya - Lots of times I get RGB scans of photos, etc that I need to make into ads suitable for CMYK printing. I do as much editing as possible in RGB if the image came to me in RGB. I turn on CMYK proof colors as well. I'm confused about converting to CMYK. Many people tell me not to...

Hiya - Is there a way that data entered into a pdf form can be exported into specific places in another program (specifically Excel and/or ACT?) More specifically - I've made a pdf form with fields for names and addresses, etc. I want to know if I can populate an Excel database or an ACT...

I've got 16 pages of AI files with all fonts outlined. When I take it to another machine and load them - it asks me for the missing fonts. Why would it do this? Outlining should negate font issues, right? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, nate Knowledge enormous makes a God...

I have a completed 40 page 4C magazine. Lots of great pictures (tiffs), artwork (eps) and mucho text. The file size is 440 megs! Is this right? This is my first huge qxd project - and I really feel like this is just too big of a file and my printer will curse my name when he gets this! Are...

Is it a good idea to convert a page of 8 point text to outlines to avoid font issues at press? I am inclined to think its NOT a good idea b/c when creating outlines - It seems that the fonts tend to bloat a bit and get messy. Especailly when they are so small. Any advice? Thanks - nate...

My monitor grossly mispresents colors from screen to print. I input PMS colors all over the spectrum and complare the colors on screen to my color book. they aren't even close! Anyone know of a utility out there that can make the monitor at least close to the actual colors to print? Or do I...

Why do you have to flatten an image? Does anyone here know why exactly it is necessary? I know it makes a smaller file size - but I think images look much better printed w/o flattening - so I usually ignore the flatten warning. Anyone know what this flatteing thing is really all about and why...

Heeelo! Alright - I just got a nice new samsung 17" flat screen. Its really nice lookin. But it sucks at providing a color representation that is even close to my Pantone swatches! I'm creating all these great pages on teh screen using - the go to print and they are not only off...

Sorry for the double post - this is in the PS forum too... Hi there - long time no talk! Anyhow - I'm gonna design a banner for my magazine. I want to use PS b/c I can make something very cool. But am scared that b/c I'll need to render my text and images to apply filters to.. by the time...

Hi there - long time no talk! Anyhow - I'm gonna design a banner for my magazine. I want to use PS b/c I can make something very cool. But am scared that b/c I'll need to render my text and images to apply filters to.. by the time it's blown up massively... the image will pixelate. Can...

Hey there - I'm gonna post this in a couple different spots here - so ignore the cross-posting... Does anyone know of a good font management solution for XP-home edition? I am used to suitcase (which rocks) and ATM lite. Of course suitcase wont go PC and I cant get ATM lite to install...

Hey there - I'm gonna post this in a couple different spots here - so ignore the cross-posting... Does anyone know of a good font management solution for XP-home edition? I am used to suitcase (which rocks) and ATM lite. Of course suitcase wont go PC and I cant get ATM lite to install...

Total newbie here! But a big project: I'm going to attempt to create a simple magazine. It'll be 40 pages including covers. 1) Should I make a facing page master document to be the front and back covers - or 2 single master pages? What should I do about the matter that will be the inside...

Hey all - Hyper here - Two quick q's - - Why do you have to flatten images? I hate the way flattening muddies the pic up. Makes it look rasterized. Also - Why are all my transparencies lost when exporting to .pdf? In fact - I exported a slew of art to pdf and just wound up with horrid white...

This is a tuffy! I want to make a smoke effect with text intermingled in the smoke. Think if smoke rising from a campfire and spelling out words. Kindof wispy and transpent-ish, if you catch my "drift" (HA! - couldnt resist!) Anyone think they can help me on this one?! It seems...

Hey all - New member here. I'm really glad to be aboard. So I have a question: I need to make an multi-color ad and the customer has supplied mw with PANTONE color codes. I have an oooold color chart so I can try and find the colors visually - but how do I make the color in illustrator. In...

what happened here?? I have great photos from a dig. camera (jpg) that look and print beautifully when placed in AI. But when those same pics are opened in PS - they are terribley pixelated.... especially as I downsize the image size. I've tried unsharp mask and all those tweaks. But the...

I've got some images from a dig. camera (jpegs) that I have placed on my artboard in AI. I'm trying to apply drop-shadows to them - but they never show up. Anyone have any clues why this is? The images are in RGB. The Filter>Stylize Drop Shadows is always greyed out. SO i use the EFfects>Stylize...