Daily Dose of DTP: 22. Show Me Some Proof

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Daily Dose of DTP 22. Show Me Some Proof From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing You proofread your work right? Beyond (but including) typos and bad grammar there are dozens of ways to proof pages in desktop publishing. For the purposes of this class there are just three terms I want you to commit to memory today. Tomorrow we'll look at more terms in the largest category of proofs - the prepress proofs. Class Notes: This is not simply a word-a-day course. The lessons follow a specific order in roughly the following groupings: General concepts > Things you need > Font specifics > Image specifics > Prepress & Printing > Rules & Tutorials (bold indicates the stage in which this lesson falls) Today's Definitions Proofs Some proofs are just for you, some for your client, and some for your printer. Prepress Proofs Most of the proofs you'll encounter during desktop publishing fall into this broad category. Remember prepress? It's that stage where you're getting everything just right before having the final product printed. Just check out the basic definition today. Tomorrow we'll dig deeper. Press Proofs Chances are that as a beginner you won't be getting into too many press proofs... but you never know so you best find out what they are right now. Today's Trivia The Proof is in the Comp A comp or composite is a mockup or preliminary sketch of a design and not really what is thought of as a proof. But occasionally you'll see the term comp used to mean a proof. A composite proof is really just another way of saying a proof that includes all the text, images, and colors all together and looks more or less like what the printed piece will look like. This email is written by: Jacci Howard Bear Desktop Publishing Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Daily Dose of DTP' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement