Select File and then New
Select document size
Applying colour to fill or stroke
- Left option bar
- Top Left option symbol
- Top Right colour palette option
Setting a colour palette
A swatch allows the consistent application of colour throughout design.
The Registration Swatch is used when creating printers marks e.g. trim / crop marks. Part of production instead of the content.
Using the Swatch palette make a new swatch
- Helps create a relevant consistent colour palette
- Colour mode : CMYK Process Colour
- Using the sliders can mix colours to create a new ink
- After a swatch is made it is possible to alter the percentages
- Swatches can be made using New Swatch and by using the colour palette
- Information about a swatch is available by double clicking
- Swatches created from the image contain are global swatches
- The colour palette reflects CMYK percentages whereas global gives tints of a colour offering greater variation of tone.
- Illustrator swatches are global by default
- Spot colours and tints can be applied to swatches
Using Illustrator to prepare an image for Screen Print
- Separation preview confirms how each ink will look before printing.
- To overprint go to windows and the attribute palette
- Overprinting adds the aesthetic of a transparency
Packaging
Using the rectangle tool create rectangles using these measurements
Use the transform palette instead of clicking and dragging
Choose a reference point and change the height
Extend the reference point
Use this template
This creates a template for the inlay card
Remove the rectangle and focus on the crop/fold marks
Add an image
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