6 things EVERY Graphic Designer should know to create INCREDIBLE PRINT DESIGN

How are other graphic designers creating incredible print? I’m going to share the 6 things every designer should know so they can create incredible print design.

There are many different ways a graphic designer can create incredible things. But Print Design is my personal favorite. In this video we will go over 6 print design tips, things you need to know in order to be great at the basics of print design. Knowing these things makes every part of graphic design for print easier. Even creating perfect print files. Using print on demand? Still need to know these things. These 6 things are important for amateur designers, but also for seasoned professionals.

At Print Design Academy, we have over 25 years of experience with print. Teaching Graphic Designers to be experts in print design.

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[PrintDesignAcademy]

Thanks for watching! Have you ever designed anything for print? What was it? Tell me in the comments.

[chaunceus]

Thanks for this! I'm a junior graphic designer that's assumed to know everything the higher up designers understand sooo you might have just saved my job! You're the best, so helpful!

[tylervelasquez]

This was a wonderful brush up from college. I have been all digital for 4 years and didnt touch print design much. Now Im going into a new job thatll be way more print

[jimmy_]

There's something special about tangible print collateral. You guys are creating really engaging and insightful content!

[manliocrognale]

Hey Dave. Amazing content, I follow every episode of your podcasts: print design and The quickie. Your way to explain things and interview people is really engaging. Keep on going man! Wonderful job for our design community. Thanks!

[michaelangeloguillermo]

Most people dont know that there is a huge gap between graphic designers and printers. This channel is very informative and helpful, Thank you very much guys!

[khanhlynguyen]

That was a very educational and funny video. Thank you so much.

[whitneywildhivestudio]

I've typically only worked with beauty products and children's activity kits haha 2 random industries! This video was so helpful in understanding that more technical side of things. I usually just design, while the business owner chooses the paper weight and such.

[pavarindudahan]

Well done Sir. This video is very informative. Thanks for sharing video like this. I'm waiting for the next new video.♥️🔥

[wrenworld]

good video, very easy and clear. bonus he kinda looks like jack black and everyone loves jack black.

[epupuraymond]

i need a cause on digital printing designs

[LD]

Ppi (pixels per inch) = res for web dpi (dots of ink per inch) = res for print

[TidesThatVibe]

I thought I read something where Adobe was getting rid of the pantone conversion ability. ?

[emotion_gfx]

Did you say pantone "books"? What book should I get?

[elloh]

DPI and PPI are different things and thus should not be used interchangeably. Doing so only serves to perpetuate the confusion designers have regarding what they are, what they mean and how to use them. 300 isn't the standard either. It's just a good baseline / rule-of-thumb for certain hand-held print products that need to look decent. You don't want to insist on 300ppi for an image on a billboard, your print provider with either curse your name, or laugh at you or both.

Pantone - it is "a" global color standard, not "the" global standard. They don't even hold a particularly tight tolerance for output within their own books. Your fandeck vs your print provider's fandeck could be as high as 4dE different for any given color. That's pretty significant.

Pantone is often misused and misunderstood by designers, especially when they have no idea what the final output method will be. Spec'ing a pantone for any of the various flavors of offset print methods when the client isn't paying for spot color doesn't make a lot of sense.

Similarly, spec'ing pantones for digital print - Sure, you can do so but at that point you aren't printing with pantone inks. The printer / output device might have your spec'd color in gamut, but probably not - because If you're spec'ing pantone, chances are you're looking for something outside of traditional process color gamuts. If you do this and expect reliable reproduction of the pantone color, the output is likely to disappoint.