Process Report How AsciiArt makes printed albums from scratch castellio 2013 10 29 23:06 Let’s talk briefly about making and printing picture albums. It seems like a very simple thing, but in fact it took me nearly a month. Now it has finally been handed over for printing. One minute on stage and ten years of hard work off stage. For a layman with zero basic knowledge, printing a picture album is just a matter of designing a sample and handing it over to the printing factory. There is not much to say. Okay, let me complain about how troublesome these two steps are. 1 Design album Of course, in theory, it’s okay to use word or even drawing software to design albums, but doing so is very unprofessional and low-level. Of course, the most important thing is that it cannot meet the requirements of the album, which is clarity and strict symmetry. I heard from a friend that I used Adobe InDesign software. This is a professional software for making books. The specific operation is It’s almost the same as ps. You don’t know how to use ps. Don’t worry. I didn’t know how to use ps either. Otherwise, it’s a zero-based design album. Woolen cloth http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail mJtyLntuW1vMT5ejlL4npKKLnbk pKTnPTru5iP9RUZWB QAAzAIAAEpQ 592x310.jpg When you open this software, the interface is as shown above. In fact, it doesn’t have many functions. It can insert and adjust pictures and edit text. It’s basic. That's enough. Experts were furious after hearing this and pushed their glasses. It's really a shame that such a good software is available. Look, I inserted the picture. Simply modify it and the effect is as follows. It’s ok. http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail MFFDQPeyGTQ3lwK4jXpeCAYxfsRLGxBudW6hZi8OlyNWB QAAzAIAAEpQ 592x310.jpg Of course, the details are not that simple. There are a few main points. 1 The clarity of the picture is the soul of the picture album. The most important thing in the so-called picture album is the picture itself, but the dark silk works Different from ordinary pictures, the background is dark, almost all black, and the pixels are low. Please see the previous introduction post for details. http: www.guokr.com post 517146 The album uses oversized 6880*4160 pictures. Of course, this size brings some trouble to modification, which will be mentioned below. 2 Modify the picture. I just said that the picture is the most important. Why do you need to modify the picture again? In fact, this is still necessary. First There may be some display problems in the picture itself. For example, the dark silk picture just mentioned is too light, and the lines are too thin. In fact, I ended up modifying nearly 1 to 3 pictures. I thickened the lines that were too thin and adjusted the colors. http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail Ivz9AW0 WetdA34j8x02NqPn AErrBej KSmCCS Wr3gG gAAoA8AAFBO 592x344.png In the adjusted picture, Mu Ming's joint exhibition promotion, the horizontal lines have become a lot thicker. In fact, it is not very visible. http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail 7dNaxxKSapCVEgAPEVLc5qbwigKUcSZLW z5 hxYsR7gG gAAQBAAAFBO 592x357.png On the other hand, for layout needs, it is okay to cut the pictures drastically when necessary. I often go to Zoku Design Network. Find inspiration on the website www.zcool.com.cn. One feeling is that the layout is to highlight the picture. Sometimes you can enlarge the picture. The size of the picture can be extended to a spread. Sometimes, individual parts of the picture can be captured as close-ups. I tried the latter mode. It will be mentioned below. As for the former's cross-page layout, the dark silk works cannot achieve this level of sophistication at all, so we can only give up. To make up for it, I included several full-page single images. 3. Design and layout is a matter of benevolence and wisdom. However, according to the general feedback from the public, it is still simple and clear. It would be better to be clearer. The first version I designed was as fancy as possible. I designed various brick walls and flame backgrounds. In the end, it was all After being rejected, the crowd said, everyone is here to see the painting. Why are you doing so many decorations? In the end, the most conservative and simple design was adopted. The background is all gray. The pictures are basically square and aligned. Here is one Background: The album has limited funds, so we can only put as many pictures as possible in the limited number of pages. Of course, there are several comparisons. The more proud designs, such as this page, the original author missher originally had a design sample http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail dzcFNZT8L rHJ3GpHWfG qBuIKpMSm8ju9CCT3n bx0AB AAAAAMAAFBO 592x444.png This is the best, but in fact every picture here has a background color. Some pictures are too large to be produced at once. It was successful. I threw it into PS and reprocessed it. I also set the transparent color of the background. http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail bPG0JL7Zcj3 XzmqCXBki1azhash2U0pcpOFOpanrycVB gAATwkAAFBO 592x906.png http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail Jzm0I7ZXrxOs4EgdIX4AVIqKeNAr7NNkQcYvzvtrvScCB QAAigMAAFBO 592x418.png The final effect is as above, pretty good, right? 2. Printed volumes This is the most troublesome part of making a picture album. After all, it’s just to save money. When it comes to printing the album, our poor budget only has 10,000 yuan left. Baidu’s 10,000 yuan cannot be cashed in immediately. We had to see the goods first before giving money, so we all paid money in advance. T T Ten thousand yuan seems like a lot, but for printing a picture album, it is It's out-and-out useless. How do you say it? Because the cost of printing is very high. The highest cost lies in the printing base. The professional term is "Philippines". Lin Shang If you come into contact with printing, you will know a lot of professional terms, such as perfect binding, saddle stitching, and how many grams of coated paper there are. But in fact, there is a difference between them. The price is very limited. What is really expensive is the film. Let’s put it this way. The two consecutive pages of the album are considered to be one P. The price of the film is 50P. The price may range from 12,000 to 17,000. If there is a cheaper one, you are welcome to provide information. Although it is too late, what? What saves the cost of each copy is the printing volume. The more you print, the more cost-effective it is. More than two hundred copies are basically cost-effective. higher I won’t go into details about the process. In short, in order to reduce the cost to 10,000 yuan, the total number of pages in the album was reduced from 120 pages to 98 pages. The deal was finally sold for 11,500 yuan. Yes, we have to pay. Among them, we contacted several printing houses and they usually paid Print a sample first to show you the effect. This is very important because the paper, color, and line clarity are really A slight difference means a thousand miles missed. By the time it goes to press, there is no turning back. I’ve been talking about this for a long time. In fact, there are a lot of details in it, including how to choose works, how to format, and how to communicate and print. There are many stories, but the overly professional audience won’t be interested, so I’ll delete 3,000 words. Picture album design draft selection http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail RX3VgJP1t75q8i45f8qf0TjU8moxKJ3bzr2ex R2SsP B AAAiAMAAFBO 592x418.png http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail W8r5NjR1Rb 3aRIe554EdiBjdiPrIwznMR4mo47j8If B AAAiQMAAFBO 592x419.png http: img1.guokr.com thumbnail GgpoJZ fA T lT H Tl8bvZRze73Vg qvxXJC 3acb76B AAAiQMAAFBO 592x420.png ANSIArt Doctor of Mechanics Science and Technology Worker ψ 2013 12 31 22:27 ANSIArt Browse album online http: issuu.com chuangliu docs gallery of chinese ansiart