To make up a magazine, you need to own special graphic programs, know the basic principles of layout and have the requirements of the printing house. In addition, you will need a fair amount of creativity and creativity.
Instructions
Step 1
To begin with, even before you start to typeset a magazine, try to master the basic package of design and printing programs at the level of a basic user. It is necessary that you learn how to draw and process photos in CorelDraw and PhotoShop, as well as directly typeset in PageMaker, InDesign or AdobeIllustrator. Learn what and what tool is used in these programs. Learn all about the formats: which files are for which and what are the purposes. Just learn how to use the various features and tools.
Step 2
Read books on design and graphics to get an idea of the composition, colors, perspective, and other artistic things that every designer owns. Then read a few books on printing so that you have an idea of what the offset process is, the formation of color, sheet formats, for which all kinds of marks, scales, prepress and post-press technical processes are needed, about how your magazine will be displayed on film. printed and collected in a book.
Step 3
Just before starting the layout, check the requirements of the print shop. If you are going to print the magazine yourself on tapes, also find out the requirements of the FNA. Crosses and scales will be placed on the FNA.
Step 4
Work only in CMYK during typesetting. If the quality of the printing equipment is not the highest, try not to make small parts from a large number of colors. For example, small black text should not be done with all colors, just like reverse pages with small text, especially if a serif font is used. Check with your print shop for margins and margins if this is not covered in the pre-press requirements. Do not use TTF fonts, only Type1 format - this will save you a lot of problems, especially at the initial stage of work. When coding, keep in mind that all objects that reach the page crop must be made to fly out. You can provide for a departure, for example, 5 mm and hammer it into the strip format in advance.
Step 5
When writing, center the PS page by adding another 5 mm to the spine from the right page. This must be done because imposition programs have the ability to center the sheet so that you do not have to manually shift the sheet.
