Adobe Illustrator - How to export your label design file for print - Prepare your file for print.

Not sure if your Illustrator label file is ready for print? In this video we will go over 4 things you need to check in your file and how to properly export for print.

So your customer has now signed off your label design, congrats! But now it’s time to set up your label design for print. If you are not sure how to export your label design files for print, then watch this full video. We will show you how to export your Adobe Illustrator label design file for print.

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[PrintDesignAcademy]

Thanks for watching this video! How many label designs have you sent in to print?

[francisgiarratano]

As a prepress specialist I would recommend that the dieline and bleed spot colors “overprint” on your Illustrator file. To overprint a color ( so it’s not “knockout of the image”) go to attributes and highlight the bleed & dielines and click overprint.

[anigrapixravi]

I have not even learnt all these in my graphic design studies, awesome mam, thanks

[amrjoseph]

Wouw!… tht was just in ONE word “amazing” thank you i rly like it, .. just one thing if u may allow me, . “Bleed and dieline should be overprint strokes” so in pdf output preview dont scratch over print area! That was an extra bounce tip, thank you! I rly appreciated!.

[pavarindudahan]

Super easy to understand. Thank you very much for this information about print design. I'm very glad sharing stuff like this.

[edwardofrias]

Thank you! that was great! Your eyes are magic ( if I may say, with all due respect).

[thewildfyre]

SO HELPFUL! thank you so much! please do more courses and tutorials on different print matter, maybe some paper things like posters, zines, etc. There are so many nuances to account for in designing for print and even working with different printers. Loving whatever you put out though. Great podcast guests!

[mohammadyahya]

finally, the most needed one thankyou so much plz keep putting up the similar content. & one suggestion for the video editor, if you don't mind the video thumbnail should be enlarged on the screen when ever you are explaining & not active in the apps interface.

[thedesigner]

you just did amazing
I was looking for this video
Thanks

[claudioabado]

A quick way to change the composition of the 3115 color is simply to fetch the original color from the library as you did but, then, in the Swatches palette, select the new color, hold the Alt key and drop it over the original 3115 "CMYK" swatch.

[khanhlynguyen]

Thank you, thank you so much for the explanation. It's so helpful since I am learning graphic design on my own.

[yaolu]

really great video, thank you so much! Please keep it on!

[CrystalRicotta]

TY I needed a refresh - appreciate your expertise 🪷

[dushan]

Thanks for the tutorial. Can I know how you export print-ready pdf files separately in multiple artboards?

[AnasNawwar]

Thank you so much for this video, it is been so helpful 😍

[YDCaidan]

Such an incredibly helpful video, thank you for this.

[aelo]

Well done Sir, an excellent example well executed. Thank you.

[setgraphi]

Brilliant tutorial, thank you very much for handy tips :)

[CarneyBryan]

thank you so much for this great tutorial.

[loomonda]

Super helpful video, thank you! Can you do a video on how to create those bleeds and dielines from scratch and how you measured the positioning of them/distance from the edge, etc.? Would also love a video on how to create and set up/export a large illustrator file for something like a billboard! (With a document that has both images and vector graphics in it, and another document with only vector graphics in it) - Thank you SO much!!

If you would also be able to give a written answer to these questions, that would help a lot as well!
1.) How do you determine the positioning for the dieline & bleeds you made, from edge of the artboard?

2.) If you are creating a large billboard document in Illustrator, with both photos and vector graphics, do you resize the photos first in Photoshop (make them larger for example), and then import them back into the Illustrator file after, and then export everything from the Illustrator file?
Or is it better to export the design from Illustrator, and place it into Photoshop to resize everything larger for the billboard, and export the final billboard document from Photoshop?

Thank you for your help!!