http://workflowPrepress.com The latest prepress, press, and imaging news and resources where you can find them! Sat, 25 May 2013 02:31:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://workflowPrepress.com/335061/letterpress-now.php http://workflowPrepress.com/335061/letterpress-now.php#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:43:33 +0000 Erika Button http://www.paperspecs.com/?p=26395 Jessica C. White Jessica White, the co-founder of Ladies of Letterpress, uses her expertise as owner of Heroes & Criminals Press, a print shop and bindery with a focus in fine press and book arts, letterpress printing, and bookbinding, to …]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/335061/letterpress-now.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/327212/30-vengeful-designs-featuring-guy-fawkes.php http://workflowPrepress.com/327212/30-vengeful-designs-featuring-guy-fawkes.php#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:00:07 +0000 Brian Morris http://blog.psprint.com/?p=31485
Sure, you’ve seen “V For Vendetta,” and you’ve undoubtedly seen Anonymous and the Occupy movement in the news, but do you know the real story behind those Guy Fawkes masks?  Guy Fawkes was instrumental in the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/327212/30-vengeful-designs-featuring-guy-fawkes.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/325343/mask-contest-get-your-skin-on.php http://workflowPrepress.com/325343/mask-contest-get-your-skin-on.php#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:04:52 +0000 Erika Button http://www.paperspecs.com/?p=21352 Time to ditch the usual I’m-too-old-for-this-stuff costume this Halloween and let the creativity flow instead.… In Arjowiggins Creative Papers and Appleton Coated’s eternal quest to remind us just how irresistible the SKIN Curious Collection papers are (and that there are]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/325343/mask-contest-get-your-skin-on.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/285613/clipping-masks-in-indesign.php http://workflowPrepress.com/285613/clipping-masks-in-indesign.php#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:55:50 +0000 A.J. Wood http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15948
Without a dedicated menu item for creating a clipping mask, InDesign need to know the tricks for getting an image into a shape or text. AJ Wood shows InDesign users how to use the paste into command to insert an…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/285613/clipping-masks-in-indesign.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/276825/prints-october-2011-issue-table-of-contents.php http://workflowPrepress.com/276825/prints-october-2011-issue-table-of-contents.php#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:19:00 +0000 Print: In Print http://www.printmag.com/Article/October-2011-Table-of-Contents
We expanded our usual focus, moving, as Metahaven writes, “to the fringes of the design world.” You’ll find stories on the “design” of geopolitics, the artist behind M.I.A.’s unusual websites, Experimental Jetset’s grappling with modernism, and the masks that comic-book…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/276825/prints-october-2011-issue-table-of-contents.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/255991/cinco-de-mayo-design-inspiration.php http://workflowPrepress.com/255991/cinco-de-mayo-design-inspiration.php#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 13:00:50 +0000 Rosie http://blog.psprint.com/?p=18801
With Cinco de Mayo fast approaching it seemed like a good time to look at traditional Mexican motifs as a jumping off point for inspiration. Any of these themes can be mined for invitations and party decorations for your Cinco…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/255991/cinco-de-mayo-design-inspiration.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/242414/the-8-most-wicked-mardi-gras-masks.php http://workflowPrepress.com/242414/the-8-most-wicked-mardi-gras-masks.php#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:00:02 +0000 Brian http://blog.psprint.com/?p=17780
Mardi Gras celebrations are in full force, so what better time than the present to showcases seven of the most wicked Mardi Gras masks I’ve ever seen? Like the board game designs I highlighted, these Mardi Gras mask designs to…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/242414/the-8-most-wicked-mardi-gras-masks.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/248433/getting-to-grips-with-indesign-part-6-importing-images.php http://workflowPrepress.com/248433/getting-to-grips-with-indesign-part-6-importing-images.php#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:13:13 +0000 Callum Chapman http://spyrestudios.com/?p=9056
This article/tutorial is the sixth in the series. In this chapter of the Getting To Grips series we will be covering the following topics: Differences between Vector and Bitmap images Importing Photoshop files Importing Illustrator files Managing your placed files…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/248433/getting-to-grips-with-indesign-part-6-importing-images.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/173310/flexo-adjustment-in-illustrator-focus-on-specific-object-types.php http://workflowPrepress.com/173310/flexo-adjustment-in-illustrator-focus-on-specific-object-types.php#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:00:21 +0000 admin http://www.astutegraphics.com/blog/?p=1068
Continuing the mini-series targeting the issue of ink drop-off in flexo printing using Adobe Illustrator, this article concentrates on specific object types and situations to watch out for. Once again, the ability to simulate or compensate for drop-off levels is…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/173310/flexo-adjustment-in-illustrator-focus-on-specific-object-types.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/173315/publishing-tip-7-grayscale-conversion-and-desaturation.php http://workflowPrepress.com/173315/publishing-tip-7-grayscale-conversion-and-desaturation.php#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:00:08 +0000 admin http://www.astutegraphics.com/blog/?p=909
This article is published as part of the exclusive AG blog series Avoiding 10 Illustrator Publishing Pitfalls … A common requirement for designers and publishers is to convert artwork into pure grayscale, or “greyscale” if you’re on our side of the]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/173315/publishing-tip-7-grayscale-conversion-and-desaturation.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/468/yayoi-and-me.php http://workflowPrepress.com/468/yayoi-and-me.php#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:03:00 +0000 Print: Print Blog http://www.printmag.com/Article/Yayoi-and-Me-and-Polka-Dots-Make-Three
Before Yoko Ono there was Yayoi Kusama, a performance and conceptual artist for whom intensity and hubris knew no bounds. When I was seventeen (the innocent "art director" of the fledgling Screw magazine) I used to field calls from Kusama,…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/468/yayoi-and-me.php/feed 0 http://workflowPrepress.com/435/valentines-doma-coffee-bag.php http://workflowPrepress.com/435/valentines-doma-coffee-bag.php#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:05:51 +0000 Bryony
Back in 2007 Chris Dreyer purchased a couple of presses and taught himself how to use them. Having set up shop in what used to be a walk-in freezer in an old warehouse he has been printing for himself as…]]> http://workflowPrepress.com/435/valentines-doma-coffee-bag.php/feed 0