HELP!! I dont know what I am doing!

pheenbass · Post by **pheenbass** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:17 pm

Garr wrote:Not bad at all. Remember that you can add a 1px stroke to text to help make it stand out. I'm not saying you need that here. . .but it's a SIMPLE yet valuable tool.!

I'm diggin it!

Thanks man.........It was kina fun

HillgrassBluebillyFTW · Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:48 am

it's looking good...

in my personal opinion.. I would change the fonts of the myspace and monkeywings web addy's to match the rest of the fonts on your flyer.

It's just a personal thing I have.. call it OCD with Consistency. (sp?)

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:58 am

Downloaded images from internet = FREE

Advice from graphics guys, Garr, Ando, Ollie and Sharky = FREE

Labor to redo flyer graphics = FREE

Kick ass first try Pheen Flyer = Priceless.

pheenbass · Post by **pheenbass** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:40 am

Oliver's Army wrote:Downloaded images from internet = FREE

Advice from graphics guys, Garr, Ando, Ollie and Sharky = FREE

Labor to redo flyer graphics = FREE

Kick ass first try Pheen Flyer = Priceless.

lol.....I couldent have done without you guys...

Thanks again!

I think I agree with you on that Ando. I'll try it to see how it looks

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:58 pm

Anderson wrote:it's looking good...

in my personal opinion.. I would change the fonts of the myspace and monkeywings web addy's to match the rest of the fonts on your flyer.

It's just a personal thing I have.. call it OCD with Consistency. (sp?)

But remember. . .general industry standard says TWO to THREE fonts MAX per work, unless the work is based on the concept of multiple fonts. To keep it even tighter in your design, use one Serifed font and one Sans-Serif font. Use the Sans-Serif font for large, eye grabber print and the Serif font for smaller copy that needs to be read. In print, serifed fonts are easier to read.

Now, on websites, it's the exact opposite!

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:09 pm

In print, serifed fonts are easier to read.

Serif fonts read more fluididy, but when reduced the little feet can make the font look clunky. I try to avoid serif fonts on small type.

pheenbass · Post by **pheenbass** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:33 pm

I'm having troubel getting it to print right. When I try to make the 4 3.5x5 shots, it is croping of the top and bottem where the text is and I cant figure it out. Do I need to go back in and move the text down or what?

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:35 pm

Chopping off on the printout?

Make sure your printer is set to print to the edge of the page, or you could reduce the overall (all 4 of the flyers on one page) image so it fits within the print window.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:39 pm

sharkmansix wrote:
In print, serifed fonts are easier to read.
Serif fonts read more fluididy, but when reduced the little feet can make the font look clunky. I try to avoid serif fonts on small type.

Perhaps "SMALLER" was not the adjective that I wanted to use. . .

HillgrassBluebillyFTW · Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:11 am

I personally DESPISE serif fonts... which is why you will rarely if ever see me use them.

Garr, just because curious minds like to know, where do you find all of your standards? for example the one given below, the one on the phone the other night.. you always have a technical standard to back you up. I was just wondering where you actually find these?

pheenbass · Post by **pheenbass** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:23 pm

The biggest problem I am having is that I CANT GET THE DAM THING TO PRINT!!!!!! I dont know how to make those files you guys have your links to, I dont know how to change the settings so the pic wont be choped when printed...............This sucks now!!

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:26 pm

This sucks now!!

Welcome to the wonderful world of making flyers for bands!

Look for a print setup or a page setup option in whatever program you are using.

pheenbass · Post by **pheenbass** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:31 pm

I guess I will just have to settle for 3 pics with white outline around them per page........I thought I was doing what you said but it still is not coming out right...It will work only doing 3 pics, but not four like you guys had on the pdf....I cant make a pdf, so...............I GIVE UP!!!!

one more question, How do you make something on the back of the pic? and would it be behind all 3 of the pics?

Example: I was going to have some text on the back of all these

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:04 pm

Ok, wipe those tears from your eyes....here's a pdf for you.

http://stuff.b-y.net/Jay/pheenflyer.pdf

Next time, set up your file so that is fits exactly in 1/4 of the page you want to print on. I'm assuming you were going to print on a 8.5" X 11" page; so the flyer should be 4.25" X 5.5" (or 1/4 of the page sixe)

Your's were set up at 2.5" X 3.75", that's why there's a lot of white space around the image.

Finally, if this is going to be used for print, you might want to save the file at a higher Dpi (dots per inch). Your's was at 96 Dpi, which is not a standard. On the web 72 Dpi is fine, and for print I like to stay around 100 Dpi.

That way your text won't pixalate (become blurry) when printed.

There you go!

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BTW, here's a lo-res jpg of the pdf.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:24 pm

sharkmansix wrote: Finally, if this is going to be used for print, you might want to save the file at a higher Dpi (dots per inch). Your's was at 96 Dpi, which is not a standard. On the web 72 Dpi is fine, and for print I like to stay around 100 Dpi.

That way your text won't pixalate (become blurry) when printed.

Or even higher for larger images.

I try to keep it at least 150-300 dpi.

But then again I work in television. My whole world is 72 dpi.