ARTTECHES NEXUS • GRAPHIC DESIGNING MASTERY
- ARTTECHES NEXUS • GRAPHIC DESIGNING MASTERY
- DAY 23
- Day-23 — Video Script: Brochures, Letterheads & Print-Ready PDF...
- Follow scene by scene — narration plus screen cues.
- Instructor: Ali Akbar Shah
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DAY 23
- DAY 23
- 0:00 — INTRO
- “"Assalam-o-Alaikum! I am Ali Akbar Shah — Day 23. You can now design cards and flyers. Today: the trifold brochure — six panels and a fold order that punishes guessing — plus the letterhead, and the full professional export: CMYK check, 300 dpi, PDF/X, and a preflight checklist you will use on every print job of your career."”
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- SCREEN CUE: Hold a real folded trifold brochure to camera;...
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- 2:30 — THE PANEL MAP
- “"Look at this brochure. Outside, left to right: inside flap — this tucks in; back cover; front cover — the right panel. Inside: three panels, one story. And the panel that folds inside is 2 millimeters narrower — 97, not 99 — so it closes flat. Write this map down; it is the most-memorized diagram in print design."”
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- SCREEN CUE: Draw the panel map on screen; label OUTSIDE:...
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- 6:00 — SETUP
- “"New document, landscape A4 plus bleed: 303 by 216. Trim rectangle 297 by 210, press P. Rulers on — View > Rulers — drag guides to 97 and 197 millimeters. Label the panels on a locked guides layer. Five millimeters clear of every fold — text never crosses a crease."”
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- SCREEN CUE: Build the setup live.
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- 9:30 — OUTSIDE DESIGN
- “"Front cover, right panel: full-bleed photo — File > Import — check Bitmaps > Resample, 300 dpi. Brown overlay with the Transparency tool, white logo and name, 24 point. Back cover, middle: contact info — this side shows when the brochure lies face-down. Inside flap: 'Our Story', three teaser lines. Align each panel's content with Object > Align and Distribute."”
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- SCREEN CUE: Design the outside live, panel by panel.
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- 15:00 — INSIDE + LETTERHEAD
- “"Layout > Insert Page: the inside — three equal panels, one flowing menu. Headings 14 point, items 11 bold, descriptions 8 point. Then page 3: the letterhead. A4 portrait. Logo and name top-left, contact top-right, thin gold rule, footer centered — and the middle stays EMPTY. A letterhead never fights the letter."”
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- SCREEN CUE: Build inside + letterhead.
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- 20:00 — CMYK + DPI AUDIT
- “"Before export, the audit. Every object: select, F11 — is it CMYK? Web graphics sneak in as RGB; convert or replace them. Every photo: Bitmaps > Resample — 300 dpi at print size? Fix failures now."”
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- SCREEN CUE: Run F11 and Resample checks live.
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- 23:00 — PDF/X EXPORT + PREFLIGHT
- “"File > Publish to PDF. Choose a PDF/X preset — 1a or X-3, whichever your print shop prefers. Prepress tab: 3 millimeter bleed on. Export all pages. Then preflight: File > Print > Preflight tab in versions that have it — plus our manual 10-point checklist in Lesson-Notes. Open the PDF at 100 percent. Panel order right? Spelling right? Then — and only then — send it."”
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- SCREEN CUE: Export dialog; checklist on screen; finished...
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- 27:00 — CLOSE
- “"Assignment: a trifold plus letterhead for the fictional Little Roots School — one PDF/X file, preflight 10 out of 10. Tomorrow we start Module 8, Brand Identity Design: reading a client brief and building moodboards. Allah Hafiz!"”
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- Script Complete
- ✓ Record each scene in order.
- ✓ Speak the narration, perform the screen cue.
- ✓ Keep the learner watching — show, don't just tell.
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