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Mike The Print Man
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2014
I've been in the commercial print sector for about 20 years. Just looking to share my knowledge with everyone and learn a little more myself.
How Much I Made Off YouTube in Month #1 of Being Monetized + Channel Future
#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #youtube #monitization
Hi Folks, a little different video today. I'm showing you how much money I made on TH-cam in the first full month of being monetized, plus some info on where the channel is headed in the future and a little more background on myself.
I'll be back to graphic design videos next week.
Leave a comment down below if you have a question.
Please leave a super thanks if you find the videos helpful and want to support the channel or check me out on Patreon.
Link to my Patreon page: patreon.com/MikethePrintMan
Hi Folks, a little different video today. I'm showing you how much money I made on TH-cam in the first full month of being monetized, plus some info on where the channel is headed in the future and a little more background on myself.
I'll be back to graphic design videos next week.
Leave a comment down below if you have a question.
Please leave a super thanks if you find the videos helpful and want to support the channel or check me out on Patreon.
Link to my Patreon page: patreon.com/MikethePrintMan
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How to Setup a Perfect Bound Book in InDesign w/Spine Calculator
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #indesign #adobe #graphicdesign #design #perfectbinding #book #setup #tutorial Hi Folks, today I'm showing you how to set up a perfect bound book in Adobe InDesign. This gives a good guide on how to properly set your margins, bleed and spine width. I also have a spine width calculator in case you need to figure out how to make your own spine. 0:00 Intro 0:40 S...
Laying Out a Shopping List Form in Adobe InDesign w/Low-fi Beats
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #indesign #adobe #graphicdesign #design #tutorial #layout Little something different in today's video. Needed to do some layout, so I figured I'd pair it with some relaxing background beats. I try to text stamp each step of the way, but if you have any questions, please leave them down in the comments below. Let me know if you like this style of video, I may d...
Using Adobe InDesign's New Generative Expand Feature!
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #indesign #adobe #graphicdesign #design #ai #generativeexpand #tutorial Hi Folks, today I'm discussing the new Generative Expand feature in Adobe InDesign. This is a similar feature that has been available in Adobe Photoshop for some time now. It allows you to expand out an image to cover gaps or white space in a more natural way than just warping or stretchin...
How to Automatically Create a vCard QR Code in Adobe InDesign Using Data Merge
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #indesign #adobe #graphicdesign #design #automation #datamerge #tutorial #QR Code #vCard Hi Folks, today I'm showing you how to automatically create vCard QR Codes in InDesign using data merge. This will show you how to set up your file and how to set up your database source as well. Here is a link to the Excel file used in the video: docs.google.com/spreadshe...
How to Create a Numbered NCR Form in Adobe InDesign
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #indesign #adobe #acrobat #graphicdesign #design #automation #datamerge #ncrform #tutorial Hi Folks. Today I'm showing how to create a numbered NCR form from within Adobe InDesign using Data Merge. I will be doing a follow up video for channel members only using Fiery Free Form Create if you're interested. Leave a comment down below if you have a question. Ple...
Quickly Convert a Digital RGB InDesign PDF to a Print CMYK PDF in Acrobat Pro
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #indesign #adobe #acrobat #graphicdesign #design #automation #tutorial Hi Folks, in this video we take a PDF that was output from Adobe InDesign using the RGB colorspace and convert it to CMYK colors space. This allows us to change colors quickly and maintain branding standards without having the drastically change our swatches in InDesign. This was inspired b...
How to Manage All Marketing Collateral for a Company From One Adobe InDesign File
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #indesign #graphicdesign #marketing #collateral #design #automation #datamerge #alternatelayouts #tutorial Hi Folks, today I'm showing how we can use one single Adobe InDesign file to automate the output of PDFs for a single or multiple end user for various types of jobs. This covers the use of Data Merge, Alternate Layouts and the new Show/Hide Spread feature...
How to Get Back Your PANTONE Swatches in Adobe Programs
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #photoshop #indesign #adobe #illustrator #color #spotcolor #pantonecolor #tutorial This is a follow up from my previous video on how to create spot colors in Photoshop. This one talks about how to get back your PANTONE books in Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop for a more accurate representation of color on screen vs. print. Link to PANTONE Color Books to Do...
How to Create PANTONE Colors from Rasterized Files (JPEG or PNG) in Photoshop
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#graphicdesign #prepress #printing #photoshop #indesign #adobe #illustrator #color #spotcolor #pantonecolor #tutorial Todaya's video is on how to create spot colors from rasterized files. A couple different methods, using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign/Illustrator. Link to my Patreon page: patreon.com/MikethePrintMan
New Super Print Shop Tour
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#printing #shop #commercialprinting #digitalprinting #offsetprinting #folding #bindery Here is a new shop tour! About a year ago the old shop closed down and I moved to this print shop. Here is a quick, rough tour of the new shop. Hopefully I'll get a chance to film more of the equipment while running up close in the near future. Link to my Patreon page: patreon.com/MikethePrintMan
How to Use the New Adobe InDesign Text to Image Feature (Free Stock Images Directly in InDesign!!!!)
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#adobe #indesign #graphicdesign #printing #prepress #stockphotos #stockimages #helpful #tutorial The new update of Adobe InDesign included a new feature called Text to Image. This allows placement of AI generated stock photos directly from within InDesign. This video shows how to use the new feature. Enjoy! Link to my Patreon page: patreon.com/MikethePrintMan
Make a "Printer Friendly" Version of a PDF with InDesign & Acrobat Pro
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#adobe #acrobat #indesign #graphicdesign #helpful #printing #design #tutorial Here is how to make a hidden "Printer Friendly" version of a file using Adobe InDesign and Acrobat Pro. This will make it so that someone doesn't use a ton of ink on their home desktop printer. Link to my Patreon page: patreon.com/MikethePrintMan
How to Change Rich Black to 100% Black in Adobe Acrobat Pro
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#adobe #acrobat #prepress #graphicdesign #howto #richblack #design #printing #tutorial This video talks about the difference between Rich Black, 100% Black and Registration Black and how and when to apply those colors in different situations. I also show a Adobe Acrobat preflight on how to swap those colors from one to the other. Link to my Patreon page: patreon.com/MikethePrintMan
How to Convert a CMYK Image to a PANTONE in Adobe Acrobat Pro
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How to Convert a CMYK Image to a PANTONE in Adobe Acrobat Pro
Dealing With Canva Files and Talking RGB vs. CMYK
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Dealing With Canva Files and Talking RGB vs. CMYK
How to Make Artwork Proof Sheets in InDesign and Why It's a Good Idea
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How to Make Artwork Proof Sheets in InDesign and Why It's a Good Idea
How to Quickly Duplicate Pages in Adobe Acrobat Pro
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How to Quickly Duplicate Pages in Adobe Acrobat Pro
Easy ID Badge Creation Using Adobe InDesign Data Merge
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Easy ID Badge Creation Using Adobe InDesign Data Merge
How to Create a Gift Card with a Variable Barcode in Adobe InDesign
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How to Create a Gift Card with a Variable Barcode in Adobe InDesign
How to Create Cut Lines for Stickers in Adobe InDesign
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How to Create Cut Lines for Stickers in Adobe InDesign
How to Quickly Remove All Text/Images/Paths from a PDF in Acrobat Pro
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How to Quickly Remove All Text/Images/Paths from a PDF in Acrobat Pro
How to Rasterize Any PDF File in Adobe Acrobat
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How to Rasterize Any PDF File in Adobe Acrobat
How to Outline Fonts in a PDF in Acrobat Pro
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How to Outline Fonts in a PDF in Acrobat Pro
Fastest Way to Typeset & Impose Business Cards in Adobe InDesign Using Data Merge
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Fastest Way to Typeset & Impose Business Cards in Adobe InDesign Using Data Merge
How to Impose a Saddle Stitch Booklet via Print Booklet in InDesign
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How to Impose a Saddle Stitch Booklet via Print Booklet in InDesign
How to Impose Business Cards in Adobe InDesign
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How to Impose Business Cards in Adobe InDesign
Let's Create a 2024 Calendar in Adobe InDesign
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Let's Create a 2024 Calendar in Adobe InDesign
How to Split One InDesign Document Into Multiple InDesign Documents
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How to Split One InDesign Document Into Multiple InDesign Documents
InDesign Must Have Script - MultiPage Importer
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InDesign Must Have Script - MultiPage Importer
Great tutorial, all works except phone number is blank when scanning the QR. even with the default excel file i downloaded from your link. I can see all info for phone is there in the excel, but still blank
That's a great catch. I forgot to put a "n" before "TEL" in the phone number part of the excel file. That's what caused it to not read properly. I just updated the file on the Google Drive, feel free to redownload and test again. Thanks for catching that. One small character missing and the whole thing blows up on you.
@@miketheprintman dude. Awesome thank you.
Thanks! Clear and straightforward fix, well explained and paced.
That's great, Mike! Better than my first month!
Thanks. I think the reason I did so well is that I had a lot of older videos that get quite a few views. It just took so freaking long to get to 4,000 watch hours. I appreciate the comment. Keep making your videos, I've been watching since the beginning.
I wonder why the developer drop support for placing spread (ie skipping pages) in later versions? This would be the perfect script.
Don't know. That script has been around forever, so maybe the developer is no longer around. I agree thought, that would make the script damn near perfect for placing PDFs.
As long as you enjoy it keep going
That's the plan! Thanks for watching.
That's more than I'd have anticipated, to be honest. Good for you!
Dude, I agree 100%. I was going to be happy with like $10 in a month at first. Over $100 is awesome. Just keeps me motivated to stay at it.
Came here from your reddit post...congrats man!
Awesome, thank you!
Keep it going mate!
Thanks. That’s the plan. Appreciate the watch.
Those ID tutorials are straight nugget gold EZ fixes for showing the noobs how to setup orders at the small shop I work in here in Montana. Buying me more time to focus on the time critical workflow stuff like scanning og art, design tasks etc. so a sincere thank you here sir. @miketheprintman the thumbnail is also 🔥🤣
Thank you, I appreciate that. I'm glad you're getting some good use out of them. I try to make it like that because I remember needing help with simple questions every so often. Thanks for watching.
Hell yeah 🤘👽🖖
Will this create colored pages edges for a book? A thing call fore edge printing. So, books have colored pages edges or pictures on the page edges? Thank you!
No, it won’t. For fore edge printing you would need to set up a completely different file based on the book’s thickness and height. Usually it would be best to contact your printer to get specs on the dimensions required for the fore edge artwork.
I downloaded the PPD file and followed all these steps and my InDesign is still not showing a pdf option when I try to print booklet. I'm going crazy not being able to figure this out. Please help.
You got the PPD in the correct folder? Also make sure it is in all versions of InDesign you have installed. With the way they update, you have to make sure it’s in all the versions of ID.
@@miketheprintman Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I've double checked those a few times and it still doesn't work. For reference I'm using the latest InDesign 2024 software and I've downloaded the PPD file and copied it into Applications>Indesign>Presets>PPDs folder>[the file]. Am I missing something or doing something wrong?
@@saghimalekanian7275 You have your folder named as "PPDs" only right? Not "PPDs folder". If it isn't named that exact name it won't work. Let me know.
@@miketheprintman Yes, it's named PPDs - exactly like you were showing on the video.
@@saghimalekanian7275 Last thing I can think of is when you go to print, you're selecting Postcript File under printer right? Once you make that selection the Adobe PDF 9.0 PPD should show up. If you don't have it selected as a Postcript file it will probably point to a local printer. Let me know. Sorry, had to diagnose the problem without seeing your setup.
Do you have one that is from start to finish with your designs being done already… I have questions like how did you create (name the ones) upper and lower …and more questions…
I have the original file linked in the description. You can download it and use it however you’d like. But if you specific questions I’d be happy to help. Just let me know.
@@miketheprintman thank you. I didn’t think to check in the description. I’m glad you understood what I was asking. I appreciate you!❤️
@@ambrag2cute358 No problem. I figured that was what you were looking for. Thanks for watching.
I am just trying to get a understanding on how to change my designs to be CMYK for print on deman products I designed using canva I do have Pro & know a little familiar with flattening the file for use on amazom. KDP.
Thank you
No problem.
brilliant man! thanks Mike.
You bet!
how icon at middle of your QR code not affecting the data while scanning?? Can i also keep icon middle of QR without affecting the QR data?
The image in the center does require some testing. I had to shrink it down a couple of times before it worked properly, but it does scan. There is a certain percentage of the code that can be covered and still work.
Thanks!
You’re welcome. Thank you for the Super Thanks!
Thank you very much for this video. It was absolutely perfect for assisting me with this annoying task.
Glad it helped.
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Thank you ! Hi ! Im wondering how do I set up so the text wraps to the next page?
If you have text placed in, say from a Word document, you can autoflow your text when you make your text box. It will auto fit to the margins of each page. To do that, go to file -> place and select your word file. When the cursor appears with the text loaded, go to the top left hand corner of your first page, hold shift + alt or shift + command (mac) and it will auto flow your text and automatically created new pages. If you don't want it to create new pages and just use whatever pages you have in your InDesign document, just hold shift. If you already have a text box that has overflowed text in it, select the box with the + symbol in the bottom right hand corner, that will load all your text and you can then do the same thing, holding shift or shift + alt/cmd to make it flow. Hope that helps.
@@miketheprintman Hi Mike thank you !
@@jahlynkaruna8323 No problem.
you saved my sanity! thank you heaps for this xox
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this video! Pantone Connect is an awful UX!
I agree. Plus I don’t want to pay for something extra that I really don’t need. The old colors were close enough as is.
Yes gutters! Also please please supply your art with crops and bleeds
Great tour 😊
Thank you so much! This helps me a lot. :)
No problem. Thanks for watching. Please like and subscribe for more.
Thanks! This was exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you so much for the super thanks!!! Glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.
Wow thank you for this!!!
Thank you for this! I thought I was going crazy when I could not print to PDF. Appreciate you taking the time to explain!
No problem. Glad I could help.
OMG THANK YOU!!! Stupid Adobe.
No problem. Happy to help. Thanks for watching.
This was exactly what i needed. Thanks!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching.
This looks like just what I need to remove a ton of path tags from a 166 page PDF. Been manually walking the tags tree in CommonLook and deleting them but doing your way would make much more sense. I just don't know the step you used to create these custom preflight options. Seems like this shows how those are made but not how to build them from scratch. Do you have that elsewhere on your channel? These unnecessary path tags in the accessibility tags are a hindrance so ways to remove those would benefit many. -Doug
Hi Doug. The preflight fixups are built directly into the Adobe Acrobat preflight. You can customize some of the features for each fixup by choosing different options associated with each fixup, but you cannot create a fixup from scratch. If you're looking to modify the fixup I used in this video, just follow the steps I outline, but instead of settings it to delete all text for instance, set it to delete all paths instead. That should work for your entire 166 page PDF. Hope that answers your question. Thanks for watching.
@@miketheprintman Mike, thanks for getting back so quickly. I tried to get to a preflight screen where I saw what your screen showed and even slowed down the video but failed to get the menu options to the left or the dropdowns to be the same. I'll watch again and see if I can pull off the switch from delete all text to delete all paths.
This video needs more comments! Amazing, thank you!
Comment away! Please share as well. Thank you.
Hello, thank you very much for this video. What if i want QR code that is only URL adress? What would the excel entry look like then? Would the "URL:...." be enough or does there have to be something else before that? I'm not creating a vcard, but a product label, where I need to have a QR code with only a link to the website.
A weblink is easy. Like you said, you just put the link in that column. Make sure you label the column with the # symbol at the top and it should work just fine. Thanks for watching. I might do an additional video on doing it this way. Stay tuned.
@@miketheprintman I haven't found such a well-described tutorial for processing QR codes in data marge in design - you saved me a lot of work. Definitely do more videos, I'll be subscribing you. Thanks again.
@@JakubMcJabbo appreciate it brother. Thanks for subbing. More content to come.
Thanks a lot, save my day!
Glad to hear that! You're welcome.
this is insane they had a little spat and now all designer have to suffer. $150 a year, not thanks. Thanks for the video.
Everyone’s trying to make a buck nowadays. I guess PANTONE just finally found a way to make theirs. At least there is a work around. Thanks for watching.
***Update. Adobe has removed the link to download the .ppd file I mention in this video. Instead, please find the link to it in the video description to download it from my Google Drive.
Mike I can't seem to find ADPDF9.PPD in the download link you provided? Am I dumb or did Adobe remove it?
Adobe has removed the link to the .ppd file. I added it to my Google Drive. I have the link in the description of the video for download.
Pretty neat. I'd usually open this up in Photoshop to do stuff like that. Probably won't work with vector graphics. Would also love to see this feature directly in Acrobat.
Agreed. Maybe in the near future Adobe will incorporate that directly into Acrobat. Do keep in mind though, that this only works for images and not PDFs or vector files. Otherwise you have to try one of the Preflight functions to add bleed in Acrobat Pro.
@@miketheprintman I agree on it only working on raster images. That's just how the "AI" works. Then again, for vector files, you can edit them to fit in Illustrator etc. And yes, I have the bleed preflight on short all the time. Great tool.
@@shigrathFX That preflight has saved my ass so many times, I can't even count anymore.
Have tried several tines to use this but “Generate Expand (Beta) is greyed out (not available). Have tried all formats including raster images with same failure. My InDesign is up to date with all the Beta options. What am I missing?
Just noticed I had not defined an area of desired expansion. It works perfectly.
Thank you for this video. The only one that i found actually helpful!! Is there any way i can make the extra page in Grayscale ? i cannot find the way to add the fixup. Thank you for your help
You can use a preflight to grayscale. Acrobat has a built in preflight called “Convert to Grayscale” however, it will grayscale the whole document.
Oh actually can run the preflight and only apply it to certain pages. At the bottom of the preflight window you’ll see a checkbox that says “Preflight only pages” there you can set what page you want to apply the preflight to if you don’t want it to run through the whole document.
Very useful and well explained! Thank you very much! Will try that!
You are welcome!
Thank you
Hey, I have been working on a "Membership card" for a business that was numerated 0001 to 5000 with data merge. When I created the CSV file and used data merge, the "placeholder text" was just like yours (overset) and it didn't export correctly. I then had to resize the textbox so the placeholder text was visible and it exported OK. Do you know why that happened? Luckily I noticed it after like 50-100 prints but it still was a pretty annoying bug and it didn't make my boss too happy.
The text box should always be big enough to accommodate the longest part of your data source. A good tip is to create the merged document and InDesign will automatically show any overset text. You can then adjust those individual pages to fit and then export as a pdf for print.
It’s my workflow since almost 15 years. Simple and efficient. You can « cut stack imposition » with this method too. Indesign is so powerful with excel
The invent of software like this and digital presses have changed the print industry forever.
Funny that you uploaded this video on the exact day, when I wanted to look into InDesign data merge anyways.
Smart minds think alike! 😉
@@miketheprintman Thank you so much, smart InDesign and print production mind 🫶
I got a good one coming for data merge in the next few days. Make sure you’re subscribed and have that bell icon clicked.