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- MagicClips README
-
- This file provides tips and help in managing your MagicClips files,
- especially if you have never prepared files for printing before.
-
- At the end of this file is a Checklist you may fill out (explained in the
- notes just below).
-
-
-
- BACKGROUNDS
-
- These backgrounds come in grayscale and full color at 150 dpi. Several
- designs are 3-fold brochures, each side with its own matching design. If your
- goal is B/W printing, I strongly recommend you use the grayscale version (if
- any) of the backgrounds supplied and not to convert the color versions. The
- grayscale versions have been optimized after conversion for B/W printing.
-
- These files are large and consume much computer RAM. This means your work can
- slow to a crawl if you do not have sufficient memory to accomodate the file.
- To help speed up your work, use the low-resolution version of the file
- provided in the 72DPI folder. These are For Position Only as you create the
- finished design. When you are done, replace the 72DPI background with the
- better resolution one, and print.
-
- If your background is to "bleed" off the outer edges of the page, then you
- must stretch and/or move the image so it extends 1/8" past that edge. The
- commercial printer would then print the project on larger paper to accomodate
- that image spill-over, then cut it to size after printing.
-
- For high-volume printing from negatives, place the file in your word
- processor, add your own text, and supply the file to the service bureau with
- the Checklist information filled in. The service will output the negatives or
- positives you need. Then give the output to a print shop for printing.
-
- It is important to consult your printer about the job you have in mind prior
- to outputting the file. Show them the Checklist and ask for their comments.
- The print shop's analysis of both the file and the Checklist will give them
- the information they need to give you the best service.
-
-
-
- BUSINESS CARDS
-
- The business card images are backgrounds for your text. The backgrounds are
- presented in two versions--single card, and a 4-up version. The single cards
- are Landscape orientation in order to accomodate the commercial
- pre-perforated business card stock which you purchase separately. You must
- enter your text and then rotate it ninety degrees. They are lower-resolution
- bitmaps for home printer printing. The higher-resolution 4-up versions are
- either Portrait or Landscape orientation so you can place the file in your
- program and enter your text right side up. If your goal is B/W printing, I
- strongly recommend you use the grayscale images supplied and not to convert
- the color versions. The grayscale versions have been optimized after
- conversion for B/W printing. If you need help on printing, the following
- steps are for you.
-
- The Internet folder contains .GIF versions of a few of these color files.
-
- For printing from home printer:
- 1. Purchase business card stock at your local paper supply store or
- stationery store. This stock has ten pre-perforated business cards arranged
- to fit an 8.5 x 11" page for your printer. After printing, you carefully
- separate the cards from each other.
- 2. Place the single business card file multiple times in your word
- processor/publishing file according to the layout of the pre-perforated
- business card layout. Or insert several different versions of business cards
- on the same page.
- 3. Add the text for the cards. Some business cards will require that you
- rotate text, because the Landscape orientation is designed to fit the
- business card pre-perforated sheets.
- 4. Print out one copy for evaluation on paper.
- 5. Adjust and print as many copies as you need on the card stock.
-
- For print shop printing:
- 1. Place the 4-up file in your word processor/publishing file.
- 2. Add the text for the cards.
- 3. Copy the file to media the service bureau uses for output (Zip disks,
- etc.).
- 4. Print out one paper copy.
- 5. Print out the Checklist and fill it in.
- 6. Supply the file, paper copy and Checklist paper to the printer. It is
- important to consult your printer about the job you have in mind prior to
- outputting the file. They can evaluate the job so they can print it best. Ask
- them to give you a quote and show you card stock samples.
- 7. Revise the file if necessary.
- 8. Supply the new file, paper copy and Checklist paper to the service bureau
- for their evaluation and quote.
- 9. After it has been output, give the output to your print shop for printing.
-
- Professional design tip: Use the same business card image on ALL your
- business stationery, including envelopes, advertising, and announcements, for
- a professional look. Have them printed on magnets, mugs, and other items for
- promotional giveaways, all with your name and number, of course. And don't
- limit yourself to calling these images "business cards." They're also good
- general clip art as is, and useful for many other applications, including
- background headings for Web pages. Just add titles. They are especialy
- impressive as magic conventioneer lapel title pins.
-
-
-
- GOSPEL
-
- The Gospel images here present you with a few ideas on how to incorporate
- other magic images with your message. (I chose to add Scripture to the images
- because the Word of God is powerful.) The ten Gospel flyers present the full
- Gospel--man's sin, his need of a Savior to save him from sin, Christ's
- atoning death, burial, and resurrection, and the response of faith needed for
- salvation.
-
- The 3-panel files in the Backgrounds folder are backgrounds for the text. The
- Gospel text is provided separately in text files. The backgrounds are
- presented in either Portrait or Landscape orientation so you can place the
- file in your program and enter text right side up. You may forego the
- background and instead place images from the clipart collection around your
- text. If your goal is B/W printing, I strongly recommend you use the
- grayscale images supplied in the clip art collection and not to convert the
- color versions. The grayscale versions have been optimized after conversion
- for B/W printing.
-
- For high quality print shop printing.
- 1. Place the background file in your word processor.
- 2. Import the Gospel text from the text file and arrange it carefully on each
- panel.
- 3. Add extra information at the end of the text so that recipients can
- contact you or the church for follow-up.
- 4. Copy the file to media the service bureau uses for output (Zip disks,
- etc.).
- 5. Print out one paper copy.
- 6. Print out the Checklist and fill it in.
- 7. Supply the file, paper copy and Checklist paper to the printer. It is
- important to consult your printer about the job you have in mind prior to
- outputting the file. They can evaluate the job so they can print it best. Ask
- them to give you a quote and show you card stock samples.
- 8. Revise the file if necessary.
- 9. Supply the new file, paper copy and Checklist paper to the service bureau
- for their evaluation and quote.
- 10. After it has been output, give the output to your print shop for printing
- Gospel flyers that complement your magic theme.
-
- When I decided to do Gospel magic and hold my first show, I could not find
- any Gospel tracts with a magic theme. So, being an experienced graphic
- designer, I created several of my own. People were eager to read them because
- it pertained to magic. I realized later that other Gospel magic workers could
- use these as well. Thus, the MagicClips CD was born.
-
-
-
- Headings
-
- These images come in three versions, color with white background, color with
- "MAGIC" in the background, and in B&W. Over 20 catalog titles are included,
- listed below.
-
- The Internet folder contains may of the color files in reduced size for
- internet use.
-
- The 3DFiles folder contains the original files created in Ray Dream Designer
- 3 and 4. If you have your own copy of Ray Dream Designer, you may open these
- files and make changes to the lighting, lettering style, and so on, and then
- render them as bitmap files you can import into your computer program for us.
-
- Popular catalog headings include, in alphabetical order:
- Accessories
- Card Magic
- Children's Magic
- Closeup Magic
- Clowning
- Coin Magic
- Comedy Magic
- Escapes
- Fire Magic
- General Magic
- Gospel Magic
- Impromptu Magic
- Juggling
- magic Books
- Magic Videos
- Mental Magic
- Rope Magic
- Silk Magic
- Stage Magic
- Ventriloquism
-
-
-
- IMAGES
-
- Many of these images come in three versions: with white background, with
- colored background, and one of these versions in grayscale. The images with a
- white background are perfect for running text close to the image. If your
- goal is B/W printing, I strongly recommend you use the grayscale version
- supplied and not to convert the color versions. The grayscale versions have
- been optimized after conversion for B/W printing.
-
- These images are for the most part quite large, about five inches tall in
- some cases (at 150 dpi), making them perfect for book covers or other large
- printed material. Scaling them down can give you sharper output.
-
- The number of business uses for these images is staggering. They may be
- output by home inkjet printing for business letterheads and business cards,
- 'Magician's Helper' certificates, coupons, attention-getting posters,
- personalized Thank You's gratefully acknowledging gigs. Print shop printing
- for advertising, publicity flyers, brochures, catalogs, books, bumper
- stickers, decals, buttons, Pogs, and Gospel flyers. Silk screening for
- T-shirts, mugs, refrigerator magnets, many other promotional items, playing
- cards (front or back), and silks. Web graphics too. For magicians, magic
- shops, advertisers, and graphic artists. There is plenty of images here to
- create your own business card design, decorate your resume, and make your
- Gospel flyers more appealing to the audience.
-
- The 3D images were created in Ray Dream Designer and Ray Dream Studio 4.0
- (Fractal Design Corp.) They were edited in Graphics Suite Picture Publisher
- (Micrographx). Other software used includes Micrographx Designer
- (Micrographx), Kai's Power Tools 2.0 (MetaTools), and 3DF/X (Asymetrix), as
- well as a fractal generation program. Many of the original files used to
- generate the 3D images are included in the folder, 3D Models. You may
- re-render these models in your own copy of Ray Dream Studio 4 (which must be
- purchsed separately) to a larger size, a different angle, color, or other
- arrangement. With these models, you may create your own giant-size poster
- versions of these images, provided you have enough computer resources.
-
- The Internet folder contains many of the color versions as GIF or JPEG files,
- which are a smaller size for the internet.
-
- Copyright 1997 by Steve Husting
-
-
-
-
- OUTPUT CHECKLIST
-
- Follow this checklist and give it to your printer and service bureau to
- output your images successfully. Your service bureau and pritner will
- understand these terms if you do not.
-
- 1. Supply all images separately from your page layout program. In other
- words, give them the page layout program file containing all the images you
- have placed there; and supply all the image files you used on a separate
- disk. Give them the CD if necessary.
-
- 2. Do not cut and paste the images to place them into your layout. Some
- service bureau imagesetters will not read them. Instead, use your layout
- program's Import (or similar name) function.
-
- 3. Specify the following in your order for the service bureau. Print out this
- page, fill in the blanks, and hand it to them. It is best to call the service
- bureau and printer and go over the list first to make sure they are able to
- output what you have. This information will familiarize the service bureau
- with your job and help them give you the best service.
-
- a. Name of file(s) to output
- _____________________ _______________________
-
- b. Source program and version (PageMaker 6.0, Microsoft Publisher, etc.)
- _____________________
-
- c. Contents of file (text, TIFF images)
- _____________________
-
- d. Font names you are using. Make sure you include the fonts with your
- submission. Service bureaus have trouble with True Type fonts. It is best to
- stick with Postscript fonts ONLY.
- _____________________ _____________________
-
-
- e. *Positives or negatives, CMYK separations, or B&W composite
- _____________________
-
- f. *Film or paper output
- _____________________
-
- g. *Page size and orientation (either Portrait or Landscape)
- _____________________
-
- h. *Line screen (65-85 for copier, 85-100 for quick printer, 133-150 for
- high-quality brochures from film separations, 150-200 for high-quality
- business cards from film separations).
- _____________________
-
- i. *Add targets, crop marks, resizing info.
- ________________ ________________ ________________
-
- j. Print which pages of file, if multi-page
- ________________
-
- k. *Proof required. Ask service bureau about options
- ________________
-
- l. Convert RGB to CMYK--"YES". IMPORTANT for CMYK separations. All the TIFF
- files are RGB and MUST be converted for separations.
- ________________
-
- m. Platform you created the file with: PC, Mac, or ?
- __________________
-
- *Contact your printer about this first.
-
- Also contact your printer about:
- 1. paper/card stock texture and color
- 2. ink color, laminating, embossing, foil colors
- 3. printing from disk
- 4. final page size
- 5. folds in your card or brochure
-
- Copyright 1997 by Steve Husting
-
-
-
- Legal notice for MagicClips users
-
- All MagicClips images on the MagicClips CD-ROM are copyrighted 1997 by Steve
- Husting. Other images are copyrighted by their copyright holders. All rights
- reserved. The purchase of this software does not transfer ownership or rights
- of the contents to the purchaser. Other brands and product names are
- trademarks of their respective holders.
-
- Images on this CD-ROM may be used for non-commercial and commercial use. The
- images may be used for non-commercial flyers, magic club newsletters, and
- other uses, and commercial uses such as advertising, business cards, logos
- and other commercial uses not limited to these examples.
-
- The clipart cannot be sold to others to use as clipart. None may resell the
- images, modified or unmodified, nor combined with other images, and publish
- the clipart for further use or modification. None may copy the software to
- give to another, except as part of a larger work. Nor may the images be
- resold in any other form other than electronic, such as film or paper or any
- other format. The artist reserves these rights to himself.
-
- The images may reside as clipart in a single computer at a time. Rather than
- share images with others, the user should rather advise the other to purchase
- their own copy of the MagicClips CD-ROM, thus recompensing the artist, and
- allowing the artist to continue his work.
-
- If the user decides the CD-ROM is inadequate for use, or defective in
- workmanship, or has other complaints against the MagicClips company or its
- owner, the MagicClips company may, according to its own determination, either
- (a) refund the purchase price when the CD-ROM is returned, or (b) replace the
- CD-ROM with another one. If the user experiences damages allegedly due to the
- CD-ROM, the artist will not be held liable. All such issues must be addressed
- to Studio Aholiab in writing.
-
- Copyright 1997 by Steve Husting
-