The Process Manual

Specifying color Talk to your Walsworth yearbook representative before applying color to your yearbook pages. Improper use of color can result in significant additional charges. Black and white pages may contain grayscale and bitmap images. You may tint black to shades of gray. Do not create a new color to create a shade or tint of black. Four-color pages may contain grayscale, bitmap, CMYK and RGB images. To apply color to text or graphics in InDesign, Walsworth recommends you use Walsworth’s Formula Color Library. Always choose colors from the Formula Color foldout, located in the Planning Kit. The printed versions of these colors will match what will actually be printed on your yearbook pages much more closely than the color represented on your computer monitor. When applying spot color to your pages, be sure to use the +UV Coat option within the Color Information plug-in. Using text on pages with transparency If you have used transparency on an InDesign page, or any effect that uses transparency such as feathered edges of photos or drop shadows on page elements, you must make sure that any text on that page is brought to the front of the layers. It is especially important to note that an element’s drop shadow or feathering extends further than it may appear. As the edge of the object dissolves to completely clear, there is still transparency data present that can clip other elements that are beneath it. Text that is layered under transparencies may not print properly in your yearbook. Since elements can appear correctly on your computer monitor that may not print properly, the best way to make sure your pages are correct is to: 1. Select all text frames on the page. 2. Use the Object > Arrange > Bring to Front menu option. 3. If some of the text frames you brought to the front contain transparency effects, select only the text frames without transparency effects. 4. Use the Object > Arrange > Bring to Front menu option again. Spell Check, proofread and print Run Spell Check (Edit > Check Spelling) on all pages before creating the final PDF. Any typographical errors will appear in the final PDF. Correcting these errors at the proof stage will entail making corrections to the page layout and creating a new PDF. Running Spell Check and proofreading pages carefully now will save time at the proof stage.

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