Packaging files for print production

- [Instructor] You may, at some point,…need to send your files across to a print service provider.…Because they will ask for them.…I always come back with the question,…can't you go with a PDF.…And get them to send me their PDF specifications.…But it just doesn't work like that is practice.…You always get one that needs them,…and they might just be being kind.…It might be that your preparation of the file…doesn't meet their exact requirements…and they just don't want to say.…So cut them some,…because they're probably just trying to do you a favor.…I've come across that as well.…

Have some conversations with them…around everything they're expecting.…If you've been working in RGB throughout,…is that okay for them?…Many modern work flows involving images are RGB…through and through, with the printers doing…high end conversions at their end.…But make sure that they can do that.…They might ask you to outline your fonts…and you've seen that earlier on in this title, hopefully.…If not, you can review that particular movie…