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It's been a while...
I wanna know something. What program is best for designing something (for print) that's gonna be roughly 5 x 4.40m?
Obviously it's gonna be @ 300dpi. But which is the best program to do this in?
Bear in mind that this isn't just a picture and a few words. It's basically a graphic design with all the bells and whistles which just happens to be intended for a large scale printout.
Another question, does it have to be designed at full scale or can it be smaller than the final product and just be blown up (and tweaked) at the end?
Help??
What program to use for a billboard sized design?
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
CorelDraw is what my clients use that design billboard adds. There may be other apps but I know that CD is able to print to the size you want without losing the quality. You do have to work high res though.
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
anything handling SVG i would imagine?
or one of the adobe products...
or one of the adobe products...
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
I'm pretty sure AI would work best if it were just a basic picture + text. So I'm thinking, if I were to start the design part (the photo manipulation and other effects) first in PS then exporting it over to AI for the finishing touches it would yield great results.
Working at full res seems like the only option...
I don't have CD. Only Adobe stuff.
Working at full res seems like the only option...
I don't have CD. Only Adobe stuff.
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
Adobe should do it - just never used it for that.
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
your scratch disc is about to get a workout...PaperCut wrote:I'm thinking, if I were to start the design part (the photo manipulation and other effects) first in PS then exporting it over to AI for the finishing touches
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
HSSSSS!!!!! HEATHEN!!!!! HSSSSS BACK TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL WITH YOU AND TAKE YOUR HELLSPAWN COREL WITH YOU!!!!Tribble wrote:CorelDraw is what my clients use that design billboard adds. There may be other apps but I know that CD is able to print to the size you want without losing the quality. You do have to work high res though.
Paper cut, you will need 2 programs.
You will do the layout in either Freehand or Illustrator, any photos will need to be edited in Photoshop, and the final artwork should be supplied as a PDF.
Now... you do NOT design a billboard at 300dpi... unless of-course you are using a Cray supercomputer to design. 30dpi is plenty for a billboards.
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
Great stuff.
So it's:
1. No need for 300dpi. Rather use 30dpi.
2. Use AI for the layout
3. Use PS for the fancy whatnots.
4. Say no to CD.
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So it's:
1. No need for 300dpi. Rather use 30dpi.
2. Use AI for the layout
3. Use PS for the fancy whatnots.
4. Say no to CD.
more??
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
remember to set your colour to CMYK and not RGB as used for web design...and that should be it. good luckPaperCut wrote:Great stuff.
So it's:
1. No need for 300dpi. Rather use 30dpi.
2. Use AI for the layout
3. Use PS for the fancy whatnots.
4. Say no to CD.
more??
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Re: What program to use for a billboard sized design?
Yeah. And that too...GreyWolf wrote:remember to set your colour to CMYK and not RGB as used for web design...and that should be it. good luckPaperCut wrote:Great stuff.
So it's:
1. No need for 300dpi. Rather use 30dpi.
2. Use AI for the layout
3. Use PS for the fancy whatnots.
4. Say no to CD.
more??
Thanks.