Prepare Your Files for Print | Using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & Indesign

In this class you will learn the essentials of preparing your files for print. Adobe Illustrator is the main tool that we will use, but I will also go through some workflows in Adobe Photoshop and Indesign. 

This is a class for illustrators, surface pattern designers and graphic designers. You will learn how to prepare files for a print shop, for a print-on-demand site and for a client. I will teach you how to prepare a stand alone illustration as well as a pattern. 

Printing is a broad area of expertise and I’m not an expert at everything that has to do with this. But I’ve been sending files to print for over 5 years, so I will teach you what I know and the techniques that I use. Basically the essentials - what you need to know to successfully prepare files.

In the end of this class you’ll be able to successfully prepare your files to send to a print shop, upload to a print-on-demand site or to send to a client.

This an intermediate class and you need to have some basic understanding of at least Adobe Illustrator to be able to follow along.

I would love to see what you create so share your project here in class and let me know if you want feedback. If you share your project on Instagram, feel free to tag me with @maja_faber

• Intro
• What You Need to Know
• Your Project
• When to Print in CMYK RGB Pantone
• Color Profile
• Bleeds
• Pantone Color Manager
• To a Print Shop in Illustrator
• To a Print Shop in Indesign
• To a Print On Demand Site
• To a Client
• Prepare a Pattern for Print
• Thank You