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Overhead close-up flat-lay of premium standard business cards in rich brand colours, deep emerald, vivid cobalt, warm coral and mustard, fanned out on a light stone surface with crisp clean cut edges and vivid accurate print colour

Spot Colour and Pantone vs CMYK: When You Need Exact Colour

  • July 05
  • Anna Devanti
  • Print Guides

If you have ever sent a file to print and been puzzled when the final cards came back looking nothing like what you saw on

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A bold-graphic A1 synthetic poster mounted flat on a modern Australian cafe wall with a customer at a table in the background showing viewing distance, sharp text, warm natural light

Image Resolution and DPI for Print: Why 72dpi Looks Blurry

  • July 03
  • Anna Devanti
  • Print Guides

Getting your resolution right before sending files to print is one of the most common obstacles designers and small business owners in Australia face. You

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A single thin A5 portrait promotional flyer with a bold headline, a sub-line and a simple graphic, clearly a thin flexible printed sheet resting on a clean white desk

How to Set Up a Print File in Canva (Bleed, CMYK, Export)

  • June 27
  • Anna Devanti
  • Print Guides

How to Set Up a Print File in Canva (Bleed, CMYK, and Export) Canva has made it possible for almost anyone to produce a good-looking

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A single thin A5 portrait promotional flyer printed full-colour edge to edge with a bold headline and a simple graphic, lying flat on a light grey studio surface

Bleed, Trim and Safe Area: The Print-Ready Artwork Checklist

  • June 27
  • Anna Devanti
  • Print Guides

Printing a flyer is simple. Getting the artwork file right is where most people come unstuck. Submit a file without bleed, and the finished product

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A spread of printed menus and business cards showing different surface finishes side by side on a flat white table, gloss on the left

To Laminate or Not: Print Finishing Options Explained

  • June 09
  • Anna Devanti
  • Print Guides

Gloss, matte, soft-touch, celloglaze, UV coating or uncoated? Our Australian finishing guide tells you exactly which option suits every print job.

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Side-by-side print swatch showing an RGB neon blue next to its CMYK-converted equivalent, both labelled, illustrating visible colour shift

CMYK vs RGB and Print-Ready Artwork: The Complete File-Setup Guide

  • June 09
  • Anna Devanti
  • Print Guides

Learn CMYK vs RGB colour modes, correct DPI, bleed and safe margins, font outlining, and PDF/X export to send print-ready files every time.

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a spread of printed samples arranged by weight from thin leaflets to thick business card stock, on a clean white table

Paper Weight and GSM Guide: Which Stock for Every Print Job

  • June 09
  • Anna Devanti
  • Print Guides

Confused by GSM? This Australian guide maps every paper weight from 80gsm to 400gsm to the right job, with a GSM chart for every print product.

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