From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Concepts

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Production

Production

- [Narrator] Production is the final stage of the creative process and the part where the software tools come into play to create the deliverables for the project. If you are producing artwork that will only be used digitally, then that process usually ends when you deliver the final format files such as jpeg, PNG, GIF, and/or SVG files. Files for motion graphics need to be specially prepared and usually as PSD and Illustrator files with multiple layers that you would work on along with the artist from the start of production, so that way you will know exactly what they require. Artwork for print is considerably more involved though and it requires you to at least be a bit familiar with the process or processes being used in the print production stage once the final artwork is signed off. Four color process, more formally known as offset printing, is perhaps the most common that uses a mix of four base inks; cyan, magenta, yellow and black, as well as sometimes additional pre-mixed…

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