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The 7 Steps of Simple Poster Construction Process For Better Designing
The 7 Steps of Simple Poster Construction Process For Better Designing
Constructing a good design for posters and printing them is a pretty straightforward process. Any person can learn the whole poster printing process if he or she just knows seven basic steps. In this special tutorial article, I will teach you the seven step construction process for creating a decent and effective design for color posters, plus of course instructions in printing. Just read on and follow the items below and you should easily learn all the steps.
1. Download a professional poster template for free â The first act in our seven step process in constructing a poster design is to download a poster template. For beginners, a poster template is a good start for a design since these pre-made documents contain the basic dimensions, guidelines and even design placeholders of a professional poster print.
You can typically download templates for free online through poster printing company websites. Alternatively, you can also buy professionally made templates if you use a search engine and look for professional design sellers. Just look for the best poster template that comes close to what you want to do for your own color posters and you should be fine.
2. Prepping the template and poster background â Now, once you have a good template to use, the next step is to prep the template for design and add your basic poster background. Just load up your poster template in the best design program you have and then set the relevant settings to your specifications. Typically for poster printing I would set the color mode to CMYK and then the resolution of the design to 300dpi or more.
Once the basic settings are in place, you should then place in your main poster background. While most people would like to start out with white, I suggest that you go for something close to what your final background should be. Lightly colored backgrounds are best, though color gradients are also ideal depending on your design. Once you have set the background and placed in the relevant setting, you should then be ready to take on constructing the main design.
3. Adding your poster images â First up, you should add poster images. Since these are the first things people typically see in color posters, this will be your first priority and centerpiece. In inserting your poster images, keep in mind that they should be cropped well so that they blend nicely with your poster background.
Beyond that, you should also try to use only images that are set or captured in high resolution. Since you will be printing posters at 300dpi or higher, any images below that will typically be small, or when you blow it up it becomes fuzzy or pixilated. Just remember all these notes and you should be fine with adding your poster images. Of course make sure you position your image at the most ideal spot for your theme.
4. Inserting poster text â Afterward, you will then insert your poster text. The title comes first and then of course any supporting text that is needed. For most standard posters, a basic and clean sans serif font is often preferred so that people can easily understand the text. Just make sure to balance the position of the text with your central image, and of course try to use font colors that contrast with the background to make them more visible.
5. Balancing and integration â Once all the elements are inserted, you should them try to layout all the elements as a whole. Try to do some final balancing and integration so that the images, graphics, text and background look like one main design. Try to add effects or textures to other elements so that they blend well with the rest of your design elements.
6. Checking and proofreading â Great! Now with your design draft ready, do not forget to check and proofread your whole design before printing. Trust me, there is always some minor design flaw that needs to be checked once you review your designs. You may even want other people to check and proofread your custom poster design so that they can catch what you might have probably missed. This should assure you of no problems once mass production of your posters is set.
7. Poster settings and printing â Finally, you should then peg the final poster settings of your design for poster printing. It is best to actually save your poster designs into different file formats. One document format such as a .PSD is ideal and of course a large image such as a .JPG or even .BMP is good as a backup. Also, zipping both files is also great to make sure nothing happens to the files in transit over the web. If possible send all these files to your poster printer so that they can decide which is best suited for their printing process. Once done, you will then just wait to get all your poster prints.
Great! So now you know the process from design to the printing of color posters. It is that easy. Just follow the seven steps above and you will never be lost. Good Luck!









