What files should I prepare for a restaurant menu designer?
Put your dishes, prices, artwork and print dimensions into a brief a menu designer can quote from, using a sample dish as a starting point.
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How to spot a seam in a repeating pattern in Krita
Use Wrap Around Mode at two scales to tell a broken brushstroke from a strip of empty space running through the repeat.
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What happens to a photograph at the centre of a catalogue spread?
Designing a two-page spread while ensuring that faces, product labels, and fine details do not fall into the gutter (the binding margin).
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Why a brand’s orange changes in print: spot ink or CMYK?
How can you compare sample when deciding between specialty ink and four-colour printing in a packaging proposal?
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How to fold a three-panel brochure proof before printing
Check the front and back of the folded brochure, the insert panel, and the reading order with a single-sheet proof.
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Who gets the SVG when you deliver a multipage PDF from Inkscape?
A printer needs the finished PDF. Tomorrow’s editor needs a usable source file. A three-page programme shows where Inkscape 1.4.4 fits.
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Designing a QR menu: from the room-service card to the bar table
Addressing the correct header, surrounding blank space around the code, and print proofing via Salamis Bay Conti's room service, minibar, and bar cards in the QR menu.
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