Wednesday, December 17, 2008

LOGO/IDENTITY LAYOUT PROCEDURE

Letterhead:
1. Save your Letterhead Illustrator File as a PDF.
2. Create a Portrait oriented Letter sized document in InDesign, with .25 inch margins (1p6 margins)
3. Make a Rectangle Frame measuring 8.0 x 10.5 inches.
Use the xy dialogue box to place the rectangle at 0.25 x/0.25 y
4. Place the Letterhead PDF in the Rectangle Frame. You may have to use the Object>Fitting options to make it perfect.

Business Cards:
1. Save your Business Card Illustrator file as a PDF.
2. Create a Portrait oriented Letter sized document in InDesign, with .25 inch margins (1p6 margins)
3. Create guides at the following locations:
Vertical Guides-- 0.5, 4, 4.5, 8
Horizontal Guides--0.5, 2.5, 3.0 5.0, 5.5, 7.5, 8.0, 10.
4. Create a black (or any other color) rectangle measuring 8.0 x 10.5 inches. Use the xy dialogue box to place the rectangle at 0.25 x/0.25 y
5. Label this layer "Guides".
6. Create a second layer called "Cards"
7. Make a Rectangle Frame measuring 3.5 x 2 inches. Place the PDF of your Business Card in the Rectangle Frame. You may have to use the Object>Fitting options to make it perfect. Duplicate by selecting, holding Alt and dragging a copy. Place one card at 0.5x/0.5y and one at 4.5x/0.5y
8. Select both and duplicate again. Use the xy dialogue box to place the rectangles at 0.5x/3.0y. Repeat twice, placing a set of rectangles at 0.5x/5.5y and at 0.5x/8.0y
9. Get a sheet of card stock from me and print! See me for instructions on how to change the page setup for cardstock.


Envelope:
1. Open the document "EnvelopeTemplate.ai" in the ID SYSTEM folder in the Shared Art Technology folder.
2. Move the guides to the 'my artwork' layer in the template and place your artwork inside the guides.
3. Print on Letter sized paper. (Select Letter in Media menu of Print options.) Add Trim Marks from the Marks and Bleed menu in the Print options panel for easy cutting!