Preparing for print in Photoshop

So now our document is ready, let's look at how we can get this into print.…So I'm going to assume a scenario the same as we used in InDesign that we have been recommended…by our printer to create a PDF/X-1a file,…a PDF file that is compatible with the PDF/X-1a standard, and this is a standard for commercial printing.…It of course, is not the only standard, so do check with your printer.…

The PDF/X-1a preset is going to create a PDF with CMYK or print colors.…We currently have an RGB image, so throughout the course of creating this document, we really…should be working with Proof Colors turned on. I'll do that now.…When I do that, you may notice the colors becoming a little flatter, a little less vibrant.…So the CMYK that we are proofing is the CMYK profile specified in our Color Settings right there.…

And as I have mentioned before, this can be synchronized in Bridge using the Creative Suite…Color Settings, so make sure that you have the same settings in InDesign and in Illustrator.…So with my document ready and my manually drawn crop marks that we created in an earlier…