ARTTECHES NEXUS • GRAPHIC DESIGNING MASTERY
- ARTTECHES NEXUS • GRAPHIC DESIGNING MASTERY
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- Module Assignment M07 — Print Production Pack
- Instructor: Ali Akbar Shah
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- Overview
- ▸ Weight: Counts toward Module Assignments (25% of final grade)
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- 1. Objective
- ▸ Produce genuinely print-ready files: correct sizes, bleed, safe margins, CMYK color, and proper PDF export — the technical standard a print...
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- 2. Design Brief (fictional client)
- ▸ Client: "IronWorks Gym" — a fictional gym opening in the city.
- ▸ Situation: Grand opening next month.
- ▸ They need a business card, an A5 flyer, and a letterhead — all matching, all print-ready.
- ▸ Your job: Design all three pieces in one visual style and deliver files a print shop can use without calling you with questions.
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- 3. Specifications
- Business card: 3.5 × 2 in (89 × 51 mm), front + back, 3 mm bleed on all sides, 5 mm safe margin inside the trim edge, CMYK.
- Flyer: A5 (148 × 210 mm), single side, 3 mm bleed, 8 mm safe margin, CMYK.
- Letterhead: A4 (210 × 297 mm), CMYK, with space for real letter text.
- Export: PDF/X-1a or high-quality print PDF from CorelDRAW (File → Publish to PDF / Export), with bleed included and crop marks.
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- 4. Step-by-Step Requirements
- Set up all three documents in CMYK with the correct sizes and 3 mm bleed before designing anything.
- Design the business card (front + back). Front: logo-style name, tagline; back: name, title, phone, email, address. Keep all text inside the safe...
- Design the A5 flyer. Grand opening message: headline, date, address, offer, contact. Backgrounds and images must extend fully into the bleed area.
- Design the A4 letterhead. Header with brand mark, footer with contact line, clean empty middle for letter text.
- Check your blacks. Large black areas should be rich black (e.g., C40 M30 Y30 K100 style values), small body text should be 100% K only — write a...
- Pre-flight check. Run through: bleed present? safe margins respected? CMYK? fonts embedded or converted to curves? images high resolution (300 dpi)?
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- 4. Step-by-Step Requirements (cont.)
- Export all three as print PDFs with bleed and crop marks.
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- 5. Deliverables
- GDM-M07-YourName-Print-v1.cdr — source file (all three pieces, separate pages).
- GDM-M07-YourName-BusinessCard-v1.pdf — print PDF with bleed + crop marks.
- GDM-M07-YourName-Flyer-v1.pdf — print PDF with bleed + crop marks.
- GDM-M07-YourName-Letterhead-v1.pdf — print PDF.
- GDM-M07-YourName-BlackNote-v1.txt — your 3-line rich-black note.
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- 6. Submission Instructions
- PDFs must be exported with bleed and crop marks — check the exported PDF before submitting.
- Submit all five files before the deadline. Late work loses 10 points per day.
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- Submit Your Work
- ✓ Follow the submission guidelines exactly.
- ✓ Name your file clearly and keep a backup.
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