Yearbook
Posted on 2/2/2010
UPDATE: Here’s a LOW-RESOLUTION copy of the yearbook. Even compressed, it’s pretty large (~24M).
2009-2010 Yearbook 150dpi Compressed
Yearbooks are IN and will be available for $5 at the end-of-season event at Beachwood!
For 2009-2010 we’re bringing back the Adventure Guides Yearbook. Every circle should prepare up to four full-color 8.5×11 pages (single sided) covered with pictures, art – whatever you decide.
Any circle that sponsored an event should feel free to create one or more event pages.
Finally, if you have any great group or event pictures that you’d like to share, please mail them to yearbook@advguides.org and we’ll try to find a spot for them.
Pages should be delivered to me either scanned in 300DPI full color (TIFF or BMP is good), or as hardcopy pages, no later than May 19th. We’ll create a 300dpi color PDF as the document master, and have it printed into a saddle-stitched glossy color booklet. We’re planning to have the yearbooks available at the end-of-season event in mid June.
Update: Dave scanned the 06/07 Princess yearbook for us. Anyone who hasn’t seen one, this is a good example (although future yearbooks will be guides/princesses combined).
PrincessYearBook2006-2007
We’re going to be using Dazzle Printing in Madison Heights to print the yearbooks. As a local non-profit, Ann O’Brien offered us a super discount on top of their already competitive prices. If you find yourself in need of any printing, please give them a call and let them know you were referred by the Troy Birmingham Adventure Guides.
Here’s some notes for next year:
Image Resolution
All graphics in your file should be 300 dpi (dots per inch). Images on computer screens look great at 72 dpi (that is the maximum resolution of a computer screen), but will look very jagged and fuzzy when printed. Enlarging graphics can reduce resolution and print quality. If you double the size of a 300 dpi image, the resolution will be reduced to 150 dpi. On the other hand, you can increase the resolution of an image by reducing the size. A 72 dpi image reduced to 25% of its original size will have a 288 dpi resolution.
Most images on websites are 72 dpi to allow for fast transmission over the Internet and look fine on your computer screen. However, the low resolution will look grainy when printed.
CMYK vs. RGB
All graphics and colors used in your document should be converted to CMYK. If you design in RGB or Pantone, be sure to convert everything to CMYK before submitting your file. Converting by Dazzle Printing can cause unexpected color shifts, so it is better if you do the conversion. Color changes are less noticeable in photos and more noticeable in background colors. Please note that we cannot match Pantone or PMS colors. One of the reasons our prices are so low is because we print all files in CMYK with digital presses, using a pleasing color standard for printing.
Keep in mind two special issues when working with colors:
Blues — It is not unusual for a color that looks very blue on your screen to print with a purple tint to it. To avoid this issue, make sure that there is at least a 30% difference in your cyan and magenta values.
Black — If you are using large patches of black in backgrounds or images, it is best to use a rich black. Rich black is comprised of some portion of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. If you use just 100% black for large black backgrounds, they will tend to print a muddy gray color. We recommend the following values:
Cyan 60, Magenta 40, Yellow 40, Black 100
When using a rich black, be sure to use the same values for all graphics, backgrounds, and text. While you will not see a difference on your computer screen, the blacks will print differently.
Page “Bleed”
In order to print edgeless (with no boarder), the pages need to be sized about 1/8 inch larger than 8.5×11. This extra space is called the page bleed. This gives the printer space to cut away the edges of the paper after printing and before binding.