ARTTECHES NEXUS • GRAPHIC DESIGNING MASTERY
- ARTTECHES NEXUS • GRAPHIC DESIGNING MASTERY
- DAY 23 • M07
- Brochures, Letterheads & Print-Ready PDF
- Estimated time: 180 minutes
- Instructor: Ali Akbar Shah
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OBJECTIVES
- OBJECTIVES
- What You Will Learn
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OBJECTIVES
- OBJECTIVES
- By the end of this lesson you can
- Lay out a trifold brochure on A4 landscape with correct panel widths
- Design a professional A4 letterhead with logo header, contact strip, and
- Run a CMYK-vs-RGB audit on a document (F11 check per object) and fix RGB
- Verify every placed image at 300 dpi at final print size using Bitmaps >
- Export via File > Publish to PDF with a PDF/X preset, bleed enabled, and
- Apply the 10-point preflight checklist to any print job before sending it
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LESSON
- LESSON
- Key Concepts
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LESSON
- LESSON
- Overview
- ▸ Day: Day-23
- ▸ Module: M07 — Print Design
- ▸ Duration: 180 minutes (3 hours)
- ▸ Level: Intermediate
- ▸ Instructor: Ali Akbar Shah
- ▸ Primary tool: CorelDRAW (free alternative: Inkscape — notes where relevant)
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LESSON
- LESSON
- 1. Introduction — Why This Lesson Makes You "Print-Safe"
- ▸ Cards and flyers taught you single-page print.
- ▸ Real client work quickly gets more complex: a trifold brochure has six panels and a fold order that punishes anyone who guesses; a...
- ▸ Today you learn the three-panel logic of the trifold, the quiet discipline of letterhead design, and the full professional export workflow:...
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LESSON
- LESSON
- 2.1 Trifold brochure — six panels, one sheet
- ▸ A standard trifold = one A4 sheet (297 × 210 mm), landscape, folded into
- ▸ You design two sides: the OUTSIDE and the INSIDE. Each side has 3 panels.
- ▸ Panel width: 297 ÷ 3 = 99 mm each. Professional tip: make the panel that
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LESSON
- LESSON
- 2.2 Fold order — the panel map (this is where beginners...
- ▸ OUTSIDE (the side you see when folded): reading left to right —
- ▸ INSIDE (revealed when opened): reading left to right — **panel 1, panel
- ▸ Memory trick: the front cover is the RIGHT panel of the outside. The panel
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LESSON
- LESSON
- 2.3 Letterhead — quiet, consistent, official
- ▸ A letterhead = company identity at the top of an A4 portrait page
- ▸ Anatomy: logo + company name (top), thin rule, contact strip (top or
- ▸ Rules: one accent color max, no background images behind text, body text
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PRACTICE
- PRACTICE
- Hands-On Practice
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PRACTICE
- PRACTICE
- Step-by-Step Tutorial
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- File > New (Ctrl+N). Units mm.
- Layout > Page Size → custom:
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- Expected:* 303 × 216 mm page.
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- Rectangle tool (F6)
- 297 × 210 mm rectangle, no fill, red hairline; Pick
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PRACTICE
- PRACTICE
- Step-by-Step Tutorial (cont.)
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- View > Rulers ON. Drag vertical guidelines from the left ruler to mark
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- Label each panel with small text on a locked "Guides" layer (**Window >
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- Verification:* guides at 97 and 197 mm; labels correct left to right.
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PRACTICE
- PRACTICE
- Step-by-Step Tutorial (cont.)
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- Keep all text at least 5 mm inside trim edges AND 5 mm clear of each
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- Expected:* you can see the "no-text" gutters along folds.
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- Full-page cream rectangle (F11 → CMYK C:5 M:8 Y:20 K:0) to the 303 × 216
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PRACTICE
- PRACTICE
- Practical Exercise — Do This Now
- Setup (8 min): New file, mm, page 303 × 216 mm (Layout > Page Size).
- Outside (18 min):
- Full-bleed black background (F11 → C:60 M:50 Y:40 K:100 rich black).
- FRONT COVER (right panel): bold white "IRONPULSE" 30 pt + "TRAIN. SWEAT.
- BACK COVER (middle): "Join Today" 14 pt; address/phone/hours 9 pt white;
- INSIDE FLAP (97 mm): "Why IronPulse?" — 3 bullet lines 9 pt.
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ASSIGNMENT
- ASSIGNMENT
- Your Assignment
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ASSIGNMENT
- ASSIGNMENT
- Objective
- ▸ Deliver a complete multi-page print package — trifold brochure plus matching letterhead — as a single preflight-passed PDF/X file.
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ASSIGNMENT
- ASSIGNMENT
- The brief (fictional client)
- ▸ "Little Roots School" (fictional) — admissions brochure for a primary school.
- ▸ Feel: friendly, safe, cheerful.
- ▸ Palette: sky blue + warm yellow + white (set your own CMYK values).
- ▸ Content to include: welcome message, programs (Playgroup–Grade 5), facilities (library, playground, computer lab), admission steps, contact.
- ▸ Plus a matching A4 letterhead.
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ASSIGNMENT
- ASSIGNMENT
- Specifications
- Trifold: A4 landscape 297 × 210 mm, bleed → working page 303 × 216 mm;
- Letterhead: A4 portrait 210 × 297 mm, 20–25 mm margins, clean body space
- All text: 5 mm clear of trim edges and fold lines; minimum 7 pt
- CMYK only (F11 audit); images 300 dpi at print size, lawful sources
- Export: single PDF/X file, bleed enabled, all pages
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ASSIGNMENT
- ASSIGNMENT
- Deliverables
- GDM-D23-Assignment.cdr — source (3 pages: outside, inside, letterhead)
- GDM-D23-Assignment.pdf — print-ready PDF/X with bleed
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QUIZ
- QUIZ
- Quick Quiz
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QUIZ • 1 OF 4
- QUIZ • 1 OF 4
- Question 1
- On the OUTSIDE of a trifold (reading left to right), which panel is the front cover?
- A
- The left panel
- B
- The middle panel
- C
- The right panel
- D
- Any panel — the printer decides
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QUIZ • 2 OF 4
- QUIZ • 2 OF 4
- Question 2
- Why is the fold-in panel of a trifold made 97 mm instead of 99 mm?
- A
- To save paper
- B
- So the fold closes flat without buckling
- C
- Because printers cannot cut 99 mm
- D
- To leave room for the logo
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QUIZ • 3 OF 4
- QUIZ • 3 OF 4
- Question 3
- A letterhead's main body area should be:
- A
- Filled with a light background pattern for style
- B
- Left clean and empty for the letter text
- C
- Used for a second advertisement
- D
- Covered with the company mission statement
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QUIZ • 4 OF 4
- QUIZ • 4 OF 4
- Question 4
- Before exporting a print PDF, you find an imported web graphic is in RGB. What should you do?
- A
- Export anyway — PDF/X converts everything perfectly
- B
- Leave it; RGB prints brighter
- C
- Convert or replace it so the document is fully CMYK
- D
- Delete all images from the design
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NEXT
- NEXT
- Day Complete — Well Done
- ✓ You finished: Brochures, Letterheads & Print-Ready PDF
- ✓ All files for this day are in your Day-23 folder.
- ✓ Tomorrow: next lesson — keep the streak going.
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