Intro to CMYK & Printing

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In which I go through the basics of color theory for print work and how to prepare your files for production!
The video of a printing press: • How Magazine Printing ...
Let me know in the comments if you have any questions, corrections to anything I said, or suggestions for my next tutorial videos!
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@HeyHeyItsAlex 11 лет назад

So I just got my first graphic design job, and I was really nervous so I watched your videos as a refresher course before my first day. You are such an awesome resource! I felt so much better afterwards and my first day went great :) thank you for posting these videos!

@ddg8176 11 лет назад

I work at a print shop... and this video is "spot" on. Great content... Tons of useful information here. Thanks for talking about bleed and outlining text... I was beginning to think that they don't teach these things in art school because nobody sends their art with bleed or text in outlines... GRRR!

@moretosee129 13 лет назад

i have never wanted to like a video so much just based on the title alone. Karen Kavitt you are my hero. so much useful information!

@reymarjohncas6405 7 лет назад

You're video are very much fantastic! I'm currently a Production Planner of Printing Company in the Philippines. My job is more on scheduling the run of Printing Department everyday. Additionally, I am the one who is responsible in aligning the proper color to each unit based on my schedule. So that the operation will run smoothly without loosing the time of our production.

@TonyRush21 2 года назад

Hands down think this is the best and most informative video on CMYK colour, + that I've ever watched on RU-vid. You took me back to the days when I was involved in Lithography. Great job Karen. Keep up the good work.

@kiefsaurus4041 2 года назад

What a gem from old RU-vid. 💯❤️

@russgoddard63 11 лет назад

Very informative info in a short video. You made a subject which is often misunderstood and wrongly explained easy to understand. Great job!

@moonfreak421 13 лет назад

I love this chick! strait and to the point without making it seem intimidating. I subbed her from the first vid I saw. YOU GO GURL!!!!!!!! Keep em coming, watching your vids are helping my photoshop and illustrator skillz.

@adamcoomer3043 11 лет назад

Currently trying to set up my own business. These videos are an ABSOLUTE GODSEND for promotions and design. Thanks Karen!

@tiffanywu7107 6 лет назад

I work in a commercial print shop in Ottawa and I found your videos are quite useful. Thanks

@TeddyBBB 13 лет назад

This is brilliant, you don't know how excited I was when I saw this in my subscription box. I know know a bit about design and printing but I understand it a lot more now it's been explained so well. Great work.

@ProblemsInNumbers 13 лет назад

I just learned of you from the truth or fail you did and this is like a secret hidden treasure of a channel for me...I hope to follow art after highschool and this is all stuff i know nothing or little of.

@MsBlair2009 11 лет назад

I am new to all of this and your video was very informative. Thank you for breaking down the information in a format that was easy to grasp and follow and understand.

@mvraghavendra5 12 лет назад

Hi Karen. Your tutorial was very helpful. Eventhough i prefer Gimp over Photoshop for the obvious reason, your tips are helpful. I think all tutorials should be like your videos,precise, crisp and to the point.Most of the people out there who do tutorials for youtube are very very amature.

@MikeSooch 10 лет назад

Great presentation. I've spent 30 years in the newspaper biz, both on the print side and digital, and I still learned something.

@TheCrazycupcake9 13 лет назад

Karen, you TOTALLY need more viewers. I love watching your videos, I learn a BUNCH from you!

@victoriaelliott1366 11 лет назад

Love all your info. You have enriched my creative side. Thank you for your time and your knowledge. Love your very informative videos.

@intergalacticalligator8508 8 лет назад

I have a job interview for a Print Production Assistant today and this really really helped me understand color and printing. Thank you thank you :)

@MrTsTech 7 лет назад

My hero! I have been trying to find an easy way to explain CMYK to my students.

@katherinemccutcheon6240 10 лет назад

you are fantastic - thank you so much for these videos! I'm a graphic design student going into my last year of school and I swear I learn more from you than I do at school. Great stuff!

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@DidierBignoux 10 лет назад

Very informative info in a short video. You made a subject which is misunderstood and wrongly explained easy to understand. Great job!!!

@tonylexus33 11 лет назад

You could really be a GREAT teacher! Bravo!

@baraahsaadi760 11 лет назад

Hi Karen, I accidentally watched your video about CYMK. I learned a lot from it. Thank you for taking the time to explain. I am going to watch other videos by you

@jonathan 13 лет назад

Hmmm, pretty interesting stuff. I actually learned a few new things. Nice work Ms. Kavett

@hanstaufilm 12 лет назад

YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION!! lol Im not yet a graphic designer student...I will but not now, currently a photographer (amateur) and I found your tutorial are really helpful! especially the colour theory. Thanks

@steves2043 10 лет назад

You are very knowledgeable and covered the entire spectrum of what any money making graphic/print professional should know (including the first video).

@melodychef 13 лет назад

Karen, great video. You are informative while staying passionate and that makes it fun to watch you. I learned a lot and I appreciate it.

@tamisatrommer 12 лет назад

Hy sweety! My name is Tamisa, brazilian teacher, I teach programs like illustrator, photoshop, indesign and work with graphic design. Just want to say that love your videos, most of the material that or produced sometimes shows wrong information or is too much complicated. I will recomend it to students that want to learn more and right! thank you :)

@AtheistApe5 13 лет назад

You are such a great reminder of all the art/printer/ink stuff I learned some 20+ years ago. I bet I'd have done better in college if my educators had been as entertaining as you are.

@stealthtrees96 5 лет назад

As a press operator this shed light on the pre press process for me. Thanks!

@serineminmin 12 лет назад

Hey Karen! Thought you did a brilliant job with all of your vids. Have watched a few other graphics design vids so far but they weren't as interactive as yours so you definitely grabbed my attention even though I have zero to very few knowledge of what you're talking about. Thanks a lot for these tutorials I've learnt a bunch!

@mx83toy 6 лет назад

I’ve just gotten into printing (got some machines cheap that looked way too cool to scrap) and learning what I can and from where I can... found this very informative and useful, thank you

@HarryProudlove 9 лет назад

Simply explained and packed full of knowledge! Thank You Karen! :)

@thomasdoranbbz 13 лет назад

This was actually really, really informative, and the whole CMYK vs RGB effect was actually something I had thought about before but never really understood, so thanks Karen for teaching us about this! Also, FIRST! (In reference to your tweet).

@KimberlyLarson 11 лет назад

very short yet informative! this is will wonderful to share with my students as a review. thanks for the hard work.

@helenmavrogiorgis6470 8 лет назад

This video is brilliant! Snappy and informative and just the right length of time to keep my attention. I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of your graphic design-related vids. Keep up the good work Karen!

@craisins95 13 лет назад

I know nothing about graphic design but what you said about changing the DPI in photoshop was totally helpful. Thank you!

@sonyciraiz 10 лет назад

Always helpful information, thanks for taking the time. I felt this was a bit too long... or maybe is just me being tired. but am glad I can always re-play them!!!

@liberax 11 лет назад

Cool! Always when I am looking for some information about something over the internet I am hoping to find something like your video. Fast, concise, on topic ...

@Willeila 12 лет назад

Where are you in my last semesters? Love the Videos!

@acabres 8 лет назад

Thanks very much you don't know how important are these information for me because I'm a beginner in (graphic design) and I learned so much from you today and I was literally taking notes these are so helpful and useful Hidden info ,thank you.

@Dreadkiaili 13 лет назад

I SO wish I could have sent this video to my schools when I worked in yearbook printing. I had to explain countless times why you can't use a 2 inch image on the internet to print across an 11 x 17 layout. Also explaining why the color comes out different when you do mixes versus spot, etc.

@user-bg4dj7ty8r 8 лет назад

Love your tutorials!! For some reasons I am willing to stick with your videos instead of others of the similar kind. Thanks again! now off to the colour theory one you have done.

@JjangBun 10 лет назад

Your videos are awesome! I'm going to start college in the fall with a major in graphic design and I already have four years of personal experience and two years of digital studio classes from my high school under my belt, but your videos still help me out a ton! Keep up the amazing work, because I learn something new every time I watch your videos! :)

@michaeltraver567 4 года назад

Great information. This should be a mandatory watch for all graphic designers.

@LolaOpheliac 8 лет назад

This is so SO helpful, I'm a graphic design student and this is really clearing things up for me!!

@ickaickaicka 13 лет назад

Thanks so much for this video! I am about to embark on a digital media project that we will have to print eventually, so this is definitely going to be a good resource for me!

@Sl8erboy18 10 лет назад

You rock. I am showing your vids to my class this semester. :) KEEP POSTING!

@_Ukyo_ 6 лет назад

Great video, just to let you know I saw some of your content a long time ago but I ended up specifically in this video thanks to my school. They are using it as homework for us to learn the basics of printing.

@ckxcore 13 лет назад

My head is spinning! So glad I got into web design! I rarely have to deal with printing work. Great stuff, Karen!

@keertanavenkatesan6392 10 лет назад

Thank you thank you thank you !!! I learned soo much .. Keep up the awesome work ....

@rebeccawillis7945 10 лет назад

karen kavett is a very easy to understand.

@gregbrown5051 11 лет назад

Intro to CMYK & Printing Great job of explaining it. Thanks

@emmfan09 13 лет назад

Yay! I knew a lot of this stuff, but I learned a lot, too! I like all of these graphic design-related tutorials. :D

@VictoriaWest3 11 лет назад

Thanks for posting these videos! As a new Graphic Design student, I find them very helpful :)

@DanaDoesStuff 11 лет назад

Speaking as a printer with 18 years of experience, your best bet is to keep the layered PSD file at home and send the flattened version to the printer, typically in TIF format. With the sizes you describe, at 400dpi, that's still a big file, but not as big as the PSD. If there are corrections that need to be made, you can make them to your layered file and send a new flattened version to the printer, since many printers prefer that changes are made by the customer these days.

@Chrisopia 13 лет назад

That was great! It's a great summary and well worded. I work in a print shop and repeating the same thing over and over when people don't understand why their fancy business cards won't print in bright pink! Or why their leaflets sometimes have a tiny white edge because they didn't supply bleed and refused to learn what crops and bleed were!?

@Schubelicious 13 лет назад

This was SO USEFUL. I'm not even joking. You're my hero.

@maggieyuan3771 9 лет назад

very helpful and extremely clear. thanks karen!!

@iMarfo 10 лет назад

This is awesome am soo amazed at your presentation.

@joshc.363 9 лет назад

I like the way you explain. I'm a printer myself. Very spot on.. keep it coming.

@joevenuto 6 лет назад

Great video. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge. Looking forward to learning more from you. - Joe

@lisaperez8276 9 лет назад

Love this video! Thank you so much Karen. You're amazing at explaining and illustrating these concepts and your style is mega charming. All the best.

@karenjohnson9598 9 лет назад

WOW! I am a prepress technician and I wish our customers would watch this video. It would save me a lot of headaches.

@zindagiji3 13 лет назад

I wish you were a teacher because I would totally be in your class. You make this stuff really interesting without going on too much!

@horaciosalazargomez9488 9 лет назад

Hi! A little bit of many subjects in a box XD Printing processes and images managment are difficult issues, especially for 'non-graphic' people; at least I've always struggled with people who don't know a thing of those. I like to teach, but sometimes get annoyed when the same people ask many times which I've already explained to them. Anyways, as a graphic designer (professional), it's my job! :) By the way, the K meaning (Key instead of BlacK) and the using of rich black instead of whole 100% CMYK black, those were the most interesting subjects for me. I'll search for more about them. Thanks for sharing! Have a nice day!

@AussieEskimo 13 лет назад

I shouldn't find this so interesting should I?! That was a good tutorial I liked the level of depth you went in to and especially the explanation of how CMYK works.. I always knew one was for print one was for screen but didn't know why..

@MyCobaltSS 12 лет назад

Come teach our noob's, and our vet's! Absolutely fantastic video! KB

@Markzware 12 лет назад

Refreshing prepress video and great tips for graphic designers. @5:49 and forward, keep in mind (and perhaps an idea for a future video) that tools like Markzware FlightCheck can package and preflight all fonts and used artwork in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop files, not to mention InDesign, Quark and even the resulting PDF. This way you can deliver an .AI file natively, without necessarily outlining fonts - very important if the printer needs to make big textual changes later. Thanks!

@ajukrishnan 10 лет назад

Thank you, I never paid attention to these details. This video was very helpful for me :)

@TalesOfWar 13 лет назад

@17DM Go to Bridge, then to Edit > Creative Suite Colour Settings. From here, select a profile you prefer (or one that matches your indented use best) then hit apply. This will syncrhonise the colour profiles across each application and should (theoretically) give you the same colour reproduction when using the same colour mode and mix. So CMYK 40, 60, 75, 20 for example will look the same in Photoshop as Illustrator and InDesign.

@NazAyala 12 лет назад

What a cute nerd. I learnt way more in this video than I did in my art class.

@karenkavett 13 лет назад

@AquaticLiger No, that's just a track I grabbed from iMovie.

@xnoumenon 11 лет назад

You're very pretty, I enjoy listening to you talk about color theory.

@terralynn9 13 лет назад

Thanks, Karen. These videos are fascinating. I know nothing about graphic design, so I'm really enjoying the crash course. :)

@karenkavett 13 лет назад

@rainbowbubblesXD True, but it's always easier if you don't need to be doing tons of proofs to get the look you want!

@suesmith6775 11 лет назад

Very interesting.. you might want to include rotogravure which is continuous tone. There is rotogravure, halftone and offset. Regarding black, there is also under color removal, replacing the expensive colored inks with black to reduce production costs. Enjoying your videos.. thank you.

@gwensbrown 13 лет назад

your videos always impress me! awesome job(once again) :) i enjoy learning new things.

@claireflanagan1138 8 лет назад

Great video, could you make one on digital vs traditional printing, maybe on embossing and foil, more snazzy options for print?

@chinatownmountain 12 лет назад

wow. i got more info from this video, than 4 yrs of design school. good job girlfriend!

@monjesmedia 8 лет назад

Great synopsis! Thank you for sharing.

@LeonardLew 13 лет назад

Actually tif does compress files, it just compresses them losslessly. Great roundup miss Kavett

@Cantbuyathrill 11 лет назад

You are amazing. So much good information and no fluff.

@karenkavett 13 лет назад

@SimpleShorts ooh, that sucks. Should have made a PDF and embedded the font :D

@leonaryan18 13 лет назад

cool video! I'm new at this and you help keep it simple to understand. thanks!

@AlysiasArtStudio 11 лет назад

Great video! You have answered so many questions! Keep up the great work:)

@meeko6527 3 года назад

Well well well, you covered everything i needed to know as I was preparing my print files. Thank you, nicely done!

@karenkavett 13 лет назад

@pogobat I'm glad to hear that's the most important thing you took away from this video.

@justgoodygreen 13 лет назад

Hi Karen!, thank you for this video, i actually get it all. I would really like to see a video about tshirts making process, from the selection of the image till the shirt is done. I know that you make your own t's and they're excellent!

@karenkavett 13 лет назад

@anneich0 There's no such thing as an rgb printer. Most printers will accept rgb files and just convert them, but ink is cmyk.

@chrisarredondo3756 6 лет назад

You couldn't explain any better 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@mizzi42 11 лет назад

Please please please do a video on the graphics printing processes, your videos are incredible! :)

@scm867 12 лет назад

so i took your suggestion and bought the book 'thinking with type 2nd edition. im 2/3rds in and lovin it! its great to think about how it all connects! im refering to graffiti (or writing as its culturally known) and it really helps one understand how far type as an artform has truly developed! ..ps, if you'd like to see the greatest post-modern dance form known to man. go to this event. Brown, Multipurpose Room, 5pm-12am, 4/22/12, Flava of the Month!

@ryandavis1196 11 лет назад

Awesome Vid not a bunch of un-needed jargon straight to the point and very informative Hey you should do a video on how to make a good you tube video

@TheFishtaco77 12 лет назад

Why the hell did I pay to go to college!? I learned more in your 7 minute video than an entire semester! Great Job!

@mma4l 7 лет назад

learning prepress at my job. I am a digital Press Operator. I would hope more people would watch your vids because you should see some of the files I get that are "print ready" but they are not.

@karenkavett 13 лет назад

@shaylaluna None of them are any better than the rest for design, they all work together and serve different purposes.

@uzetaab 13 лет назад

Wow. You actually make something I have never been interested in sound interesting. More, more! How about your favourite photo touch ups?

@karenkavett 13 лет назад

@escibs Well that depends what you want to do with it once it's on the computer. If you just scan it, you can crop it to the right size and be set. Or, trace over it in Photoshop, or use LiveTrace in Illustrator.