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Document Print Exports

Define and document exact export steps and color profile the print vendor needs for brochure jobs — flatten or package…

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AExecute — “help me do it”Define and document exact export steps and color profile the print vendor needs for brochure…+
Define and document exact export steps and color profile the print vendor needs for brochure jobs — flatten or package artwork into CMYK coated profile, include crop and bleed marks, export print-ready PDFs, and list the export settings used.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Before I hand the spec sheet to procurement and the print vendor, make it impossible to…+
Before I hand the spec sheet to procurement and the print vendor, make it impossible to mis-export — write step-by-step export instructions with screenshots: profile ([profile=U.S. Web Coated SWOP v2]), bleed [bleed=3mm], fonts outlined or packaged, [export=PDF/X-1a] export settings, and include a checklist and a single approved sample PDF for vendor verification by [deadline=Wednesday].
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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Define and document the exact export steps and color profile the print vendor needs for all brochure jobs.

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Graphic Designer

Questions people ask

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Photoshop — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.