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  • May 10, 2017 at 2:27 am in reply to: Exporting images from InD as RGB jpegs #94419
    Wolfgang Böhm
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    IMHO it is very unprofessional to automatically convert all the images to CMYK when exporting. You need to see what happens and edit in RGB if necessary to get the best possible representation of your images in print. You need to know which color combinations work better in print an which don’t (greens with magentas etc.). Get a CMYK profile from your printer and do the converting manually if you want the best possible quality.
    True, there are situations where some quality needs to be sacrificed for efficiency …

    Concerning the follow up question: There is no inherent quality loss when using JPEGs – especially if you receive JPEGs fro the client, there’s no need to switch formats.

    May 10, 2017 at 2:14 am in reply to: Exporting PDF/X-4:2008 not bleeding #94417
    Wolfgang Böhm
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    could it be, that you either don’t have any bleed set up in your document or that you chose the PDF-Preset AFTER setting the export options for bleed?

    April 28, 2017 at 11:14 pm in reply to: A good workflow for multi language documents? #93951
    Wolfgang Böhm
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    Thanks for your input, Chris. Sadly, the whole point of my workflow is, that I can’t finalize the design before the translation. I’d love to, because then I could simply work with five separate documents, but the reality is that the client will make small changes after the design phase and I need to be able to make these effortless across all Versions. That’s the whole point. But thanks for taking the time and what you described is a valid option if you don’t have to deal with a client.

    April 28, 2017 at 11:05 pm in reply to: Working with spreads that will be split into pages for perfect binding #93950
    Wolfgang Böhm
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    OK, this is quite a surprise. Seriously, in my 15+ years as a professional print media designer I’ve never come across a printer who would work that way. But if your printer does it that way, well who am I to judge. Still seems odd to me because it would mean a lot more work and a weaker binding. Thanks for the update.

    April 28, 2017 at 1:28 am in reply to: Working with spreads that will be split into pages for perfect binding #93924
    Wolfgang Böhm
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    No, they don’t cut the pages individually. The printer will impose the pages and print them as spreads (just in a different order), fold them and bind them. So they don’t need a bleed on the spine wich they will remove anyway so this is really nothing you have to concern yourself with.

    Really the ONLY binding technique I can think about where this could become an issue is wire binding. But in that case designing across the “spine” is probably a bad idea anyway.

    If for some reason you have to this anyway, don’t use a spread document, use single pages and arrange your spreads manually with some gap between them.

    April 27, 2017 at 1:16 am in reply to: Working with spreads that will be split into pages for perfect binding #93906
    Wolfgang Böhm
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    Short answer: You don’t need to do this. Just set up a document as spreads (with bleed on all four sides), design your stuff, and export as individual pages for print. Done.

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