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 Have
a question... Ask the Poster
Lady
Which
is the best program to use? The best program to use
is the one that you are most familiar with. Putting your presentation
together should be fun... so use a program that you are familiar
with.
Canvas
X Users
When
saving your canvas presentation as an image to use in another
program or you are saving as a PDF document from Canvas it
is very important to increase your resolution output to at
least 300 pixels/in. This will ensure a better quality, clearer
image or PDF document. If you are ever in question about how
an image will print look at it on you computer magnified to
200% or more to see the magnification of pixels. This will
tell you how sharp your lines are. See
example document.
PowerPoint
Tips
Should
I leave a margin around my poster? - No, use all
the space on the document. Don't worry about margins. Our
printers will set the margins for you. This way you will get
the maximum coverage on your poster.
Can
I use the transparency option? - It is not a good
idea to use the transparancy option to adjust a background
color. It looks great on the screen, but it turns into a pattern,
either dots or a grid pattern when coverted to a pdf.
also...
Using transparency to adjust your color - Don't do
it! This trick is for the screen only. When you adjust the
color using the transparency option to lighten your fill color
it will look great on screen, but when printed it will print
the original color selected, which will be much darker than
you expect.
Aligning
your text boxes? - Go to the Draw toolbar and select
Draw, Align or Distribute, and select how you would like them
aligned, i.e. right, left, top, bottom, etc... Also, it is
a good idea to check the size of your boxes especially if
you are stacking them you want them all to be the same width.
How? Right click and go to Format Texbox and click on the
size tab. If you try to do this by eye you can get close,
but most of the time the boxes are off just enough so when
you print they are not aligned properly.
Gradients...should
you use them? - If you are using a high-end graphics
program that will give you high output resolution, using two
colors and you know what you are doing then yes. If you are
the average user using PowerPoint, no. Gradient color looks
great on screen, but when put to print from PowerPoint, not
so hot. Using gradients with PowerPoint can result in what
is called banding. This is where you can see the transition
is color as a band instead of a smooth transition. If you
must use Grient color use two colors instead of one faded
color. This will give you better results in print.
When
Proofing! - Look at your document as large as you
can at least 100%, 150% or more. This will pick up little
details that you can't see when it is shrunk to your screen
size.
Please
e-mail us any questions you may have about how to make your
presentation better for printing.
posterlady@universityposterprinting.com
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