[thelist] How to showcase my portfolio on paper

[Andy Warwick]

On 24 Nov 2004, at 09:43, Justin Stach wrote:

> Tim Burgan wrote:
>
>> Are there any tricks to taking screenshots of the websites and making
>> them stand-out on paper? And similarly for images of my graphic design
>> jobs?
>
> If nobody's suggested this already...
>
> http://www.graphicpush.com/tutorials/screenshots.shtml

Another good tip if you are going to CMYK with screenshots (or any 
other image where colour-drift in the neutrals or registration might be 
an issue), is to change Photoshop's black generation settings.

	(a) Open the screen shot in Photoshop,
	(b) choose Color Settings from the File or Photoshop Menu and choose 
CMYK setup (PS 5.0), Separation Setup (PS 4.0) or Working 
Space->CMYK->Custome CMYK (PS 6.0+)
	(c) Select GCR, choose Maximum from the Black Generation pop-up menu 
and click OK.
	(d) Choose CMYK from the Mode submenu and flatten the image when asked.

You can see the effect by looking through the CMYK channels; basically, 
this setting ensures blacks are true blacks, rather than mixes of the 
other plates.

HTH

-- 
Andy Warwick
Creed New Media. <http://www.creed.co.uk>