Flatten For Plates

Flatten For Plates in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

Save the publication master using the correct printer color profile and flatten for plate-making.

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Save the publication master using the correct printer color profile, flatten layers for…
Save the publication master using the correct printer color profile, flatten layers for plate-making, and export a print-ready PDF with 4mm bleed and crop marks.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before sending to the press, reduce back-and-forth by preparing two export options: a fully…
Before sending to the press, reduce back-and-forth by preparing two export options: a fully flattened PDF with the printer's CMYK profile and crop marks, and a layered master saved in the same profile for future changes; include a short checklist of spot colors and trapped elements for the press operator.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Desktop PublisherAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Acrobatalso: Save Master With Profilealso: Embed Printer Color Profile

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Every task here came from the work, not from a feature list — which is why the prompts name what you want done and never the button that does it. The tool changes; the work does not.
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