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Need to know how to create 'contours' around artwork for printing?

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    • October 28, 2010 at 5:09 am #57518
      isa.k
      Member

      Hello Friends,

      First, let it be known that I am new to InDesign.

      Actually, this will be the first time I will be using it!

      I created a logo in Photoshop, for a friend to take to the printers which would be transferred to a plastic sticker.

      The person at the printers told my friend that he would need to have contours in the artwork. When asked how could that be accomplished, the printer guy said that it could be done through InDesign…

      I have access to InDesign CS5, but am at a loss as to how to figure out how exactly to accomplish this.

      I have searched both Google and here, to no avail.

      Any help would be highly appreciated.

      Warm Regards,

      Isa.

    • October 28, 2010 at 9:55 am #57520
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      This is really far better done in Photoshop than InDesign. But the word “cutout” is not clear to me. It may mean “clipping path,” which would indicate drawing a path in PS's paths panel and setting it as a clipping path there.

    • October 28, 2010 at 7:49 pm #57524
      isa.k
      Member

      Thank you for that bit of information David :D

      As far as I understood, the term 'contour' was used to mean a path, following the shape outside the artwork.

      I can only assume that this would aid the printing device in cutting out the shape of the artwork/sticker???

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