Keynote A0 poster

[shiunn]

hi guys,
i need some help please. I'm trying to use Keynote to prepare a poster. So far, I have changed the page setup to 841 X 1189cm. And changed the slide size in inspector to 1080 X 1920.
Are these 2 settings correct? so, after preparing everything, do I just export it into PDF, and then send it off to print? anything I'm missing here?

Thanks!

 

[Blue Velvet]

So far, I have changed the page setup to 841 X 1189cm.

You need millimetres, not centimetres. Those dimensions you've put in are almost 12 meters high; about 13 yards.

so, after preparing everything, do I just export it into PDF, and then send it off to print? anything I'm missing here?

Any printer will want a file with a dimension size slightly larger than the trimmed size. It's called bleed; extra artwork over the trim.

I presume Keynote will work only in RGB. Speak to your printer and let them know. Ensure that all fonts are embedded. Export to PDF-X. Contact your printer/repro people when in doubt; they usually would rather you get your files right instead of sending them something difficult to work with.

 

[shiunn]

Hm...when was the last time I did arithmetics...oh dear
So, regarding the bleed.. i just enlarge my dimension slightly more than 84.1 X 118.9? like, 86 X 120?

 

[Blue Velvet]

So, regarding the bleed.. i just enlarge my dimension slightly more than 84.1 X 118.9? like, 86 X 120?

Yeah, that's plenty, but tell them you want it printed at 100% but trimmed down to A0. Tell them you haven't put crop/trim marks on the artwork. Run any backgrounds/art to the edge of that page size so when it's trimmed, you have ink/toner coverage to the very edge of the final trimmed page. If that makes sense.

Try to keep any included images to about 200ppi for such a large page, 300ppi is a bit overkill for a large poster seen from further back. The PDF-X setting is important. And if the final PDF is too large to email, then use something like YouSendIt.

 

[shiunn]

i'm not sure about the dpi's. All i do is drag and drop my photos. and just resize them down

and about pdf-x. i'm not sure what that is or how to do that. All i'm going to do is to click on export, and uncheck all the boxes.... is this okay?

 

[shiunn]

something went wrong. the poster was longer than it's supposed to be.
what could the reason be? could it be the slide size of 1080 X 1920?