subject: Things To Prepare When Creating Posters by:Lynne Saarte [print this page] Are you ready to create your print posters? Do you have all the things you need to create your design? Many people think that they already have enough materials only to discover too late that they lack something, or there are mistakes in their design. Typically this happens when all the designs have already been sent to the poster printing company. This can be a disaster of sorts since it can be difficult to tell the poster printing company to "stop the presses" so to speak mid production.
That is why early on in the creation process for color posters; you have to prepare everything already. Do not do the design on the fly. Collect every single material that you need before actually starting the layout. This should help you to minimize your mistakes and prevent wasting money in poster printing.
For a typical color poster design here is what you will need:
1. High resolution images of your main subject. First of course is your main subject. You will need very high resolution images of it so that there are no chances of blurriness or pixilation. Moreover, you should collect several images of your main object using different angles, styles and concepts. This gives you plenty of options, and enables you to have room for adjustment as you design the poster later.
2. Supporting symbols or logos. Next, you should not forget to gather all the supporting images that you need. You probably will need symbols or logos for your company, and if needed logos of your sponsors or partners. Also, extra design elements such as borders, accents and other small object images will be great so that you can add more texture and detail to your designs.
3. A good font collection with excellent variety. You should also try to acquire a good font collection early on before starting your design. Free fonts are widely available on the Internet and you should easily spot lots of fonts that are ideal for your theme. This should give you plenty of options in your typography, giving you the best options in making them great.
4. A poster template. Of course do not also forget to acquire a poster template. Templates are great at defining your proper poster dimensions. Sometimes, it also is useful at guiding your whole poster layout so that you know what important parts are needed in specific areas. You can download some of these templates in the websites of poster printing companies.
5. Special add ons for your software. Finally, you should also prepare any sort of special add ons that you need for your design software. This can be in the form of custom textures and digital brushes that are not present in your standard image editing software. It should help you make your designs better, and a little closer to what you imagined it to be.
With all of these things prepared, you should cover most of the important things that your poster needs to have. After designing the whole color poster, chances are good that you will not miss anything or make mistakes. So, as you can see, with the proper preparations, you can minimize any mistakes in poster printing and truly create the designs you want.
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Lynne Saarte is a writer that hails from Texas. She has been in the Internet business for some years now, specializing in Internet marketing and other online business strategies.
