Putting It All Together
Putting It All Together is an informational series about the Service Bureau/Desktop Publishing environment. This series contains information, tips and techniques organized by the following topics:
Image Design
You can avoid most potential output problems if your final output conforms to guidelines established in the following areas:
Page Layout
At the stage where drawing beings, most users will already know what size and type of page they will be working with. The controls provided in the Page Setup dialog of CorelDRAW® 12 make it easy to configure page settings exactly as desired.
Font Handling
Bitmaps
File Formats
Open Pre-Press Interface (OPI)
Printing
Corel Graphics Suite 12 Print Engine
General Troubleshooting Non-Postscript
Creating Print Friendly Files
Prepress
Digital Color Prepress describes the techniques and production cycle used to output digital color pages and integrate them with desktop publishing. Until recently, digital color prepress, concepts and techniques for color calibration, color proofing and imagesetting were the exclusive domain of skilled tradespeople. In recent years, prices for sophisticated application software and hardware have dropped to a level where designers and artists are being called on to perform these functions.
Color Management
Prepare for Service Bureau
Service Bureau Profiler
File Preparation for Professional Output
Publishing to PDF
The Portable Document Format (.PDF files) is a format designed to preserve fonts, images, graphics, and formatting of an original application file. A PDF file can be viewed, shared and printed on any platform such as Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX provided that users have Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader installed on their computer. A PDF file can also be uploaded to an intranet or the World Wide Web. In addition to this, individual selections or entire documents can be exported to a PDF file.
PDF has evolved into a viable file format for prepress work. With Postscript 3 workflows directly supporting PDF for output along with the compatibility that PDF provides, this technology is gaining acceptance and usage in the printing and prepress industry.
Corel Graphics Suite 12 PDF Engine
Web Graphics
The saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" is particularly appropriate in reference to the World Wide Web. It is rare to see a Web site that does not contain graphics. They add richness to your page, set the tone, explain concepts visually and add a look of professionalism. Corel PHOTO-PAINT® gives you the tools to create professional Web images, image maps, backgrounds and even animations.
In every instance, Web graphics must both load quickly and look good. For this reason, producing Web page graphics is a compromise between file size and image quality that requires specific expertise on the part of the graphic designer.
All bitmaps are constructed by assembling a rectangular grid or matrix of varying pixel color values to produce an image. Files exported from CorelDRAW® or Corel PHOTO-PAINT® in the GIF and JPEG formats offer high levels of compression while maintaining image detail. Other options, such as a transparent background, antialiasing, dithering and interlacing, change the appearance of the pixels in the bitmap grid and must also be considered when you select the appropriate file format for your graphic.
Tips and Tricks
Optimizing Your Operating System
Most common problems such as lost or corrupted files, system crashes and incorrect ouput can be avoided if your operating system is configured correctly.
Click on the link below that corresponds to your operating system and follow the troubleshooting steps to optimize the performance of your operating system.
Troubleshooting in Windows
Windows® 2000 Setup and Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting CorelDRAW® Installation Problems
Troubleshooting CorelDRAW® Stability and Performance Issues
The pages in this informational series are periodically updated with new content, and we invite your comments and suggestions.
You may contact the Corel® Approved Service Bureau Program directly at casb@corel.com.
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