Design & Production

Carbon Neutral Paper Webinar

Carbon Neutral Paper: Creative Accounting Goes Green How to accurately determine greenhouse gas emission from your magazine Climate and forest expert Jim Ford, Director of Climate for Ideas, will ...

Started by Frank Locantore Apr 30.

How has your art role changed? 3 Replies

I'd like to hear how some of your roles have changed over the past few years, and how you see them changing in the next 3-5 years. Are any of you still doing print-only magazine work? Are there pa...

Started by Dan Trombetto. Last reply by Amanda Fletcher Apr 14.

What Makes Better Paper Better?

April 2, 2009: This month's Better Paper Project Webinar builds on January's event, "Building Blocks for Wise Environmental Publishing,” with a discussion explaining the key components of the envir...

Tagged: environmental, certification, recycled

Started by Frank Locantore Mar 31.

Looking Good, Paying Less 1 Reply

What steps have you guys taken to reduce your paper costs while still “looking good?” At Folio, we switched from 60# Somerset to 60# Liberty gloss because it saved us $2,500 annually across three m...

Started by Matt Kinsman. Last reply by Tom Overton Jan 29.

InDesign/InCopy CS3 7 Replies

Is anyone using the CS3 InDesign/InCopy workflow?

Started by Teree Caruthers. Last reply by Jan Hall Jan 22.

Online Portfolio 8 Replies

Can anyone recommend a good site to post a design portfolio...I know I should have my own website, but I don't yet. I'm about to be on the job search and need a place to post my designs. Any sugges...

Started by Sean. Last reply by Kevin Convertito Jan 16.

Matte vs. Glossy cover 10 Replies

We are a flooring trade magazine that recently went to a matte cover for one issue. The feedback on the staff has been mixed. We are debating whether to continue with the matte or go back to glossy...

Started by Cathy Liewen. Last reply by Kevin Convertito Dec. 18, 2008.

Cartoonist available

Quick note to anyone seeking assistance on humorous illustrations for your next or current publishing project that I might be able to assist you with. Visit my http://www.danscartoons.com/custom_ca...

Started by Dan Rosandich Dec. 1, 2008.

Soft Proofing Conundrum 3 Replies

I am attempting (yet again) to go from paper proofs to soft proofs, and before I jump off the top of the mountain I want to know that my parachute and landing are not going to create problems. My g...

Tagged: proofs, soft, Technology, Food

Started by James Baran. Last reply by David Cardillo Nov. 5, 2008.

Question about a proposal 7 Replies

Hi Everyone! I received a RFP to put together a creative/editorial team for a 3x per year publication. I've done the proposal using a writer/editor that I work with on a similar magazine and I thi...

Started by Julie Bateman. Last reply by Kevin Convertito Nov. 4, 2008.

I can has CS3 now (that CS4's been announced)? 2 Replies

(sorry for the cross-posting of this into different groups) Does anyone have (or know of) any ROI studies on upgrading an enterprise from CS2 to CS3? (yes, I said to CS3) Long story short, I hal...

Tagged: ROI, CS3, Adobe, InDesign

Started by David Cardillo. Last reply by Kevin Convertito Oct. 28, 2008.

Bottlenecks? 9 Replies

I am curious what bottlenecks you find in your creative/production workflows and/or areas you've had bottlenecks in and how you've overcome them.

Tagged: deadline, bottleneck, workflow, Production

Started by Joshua Thomas. Last reply by Darrin K. Oct. 24, 2008.

Do you need an Art Director 13 Replies

Here is a question, I ask on the "Magazine Launch" site last year. With all the high tech software, to help put together a magazine, such as Quark. Software, that someone like be who is rotten at a...

Started by Richard Michem. Last reply by Kevin Convertito Oct. 1, 2008.

Quark or InDesign? 25 Replies

Two years ago, when I started as art director for FOLIO:, I was surprised to see that the magazine was being built approximately 50% in Quark, and 50% InDesign. I guess I came aboard as InDesign wa...

Started by Dan Trombetto. Last reply by David Cardillo Sep. 23, 2008.

Defining a Successful Redesign 4 Replies

I am working on a lecture for the folio conference and looking for input. how do you define a successful magazine redesign?

Tagged: redesign, design

Started by Kelly McMurray. Last reply by David Cardillo Sep. 23, 2008.

Offshore Magazine Outsourcing 16 Replies

I am curious to know about any experience that anyone has had with magazine publishing outsourcing. Publishing outsourcing has been a big business offshore for some time with journals and books and...

Started by Jim Hill. Last reply by Jim Hill Sep. 23, 2008.

DOUBLE COVERING 1 Reply

I am just wondering how effective is using double covers? Does it increase sales or ad to much to the over all cost of a issue?

Started by Richard Michem. Last reply by Adam Evans Sep. 13, 2008.

Can someone refer pagination software? 3 Replies

Can anyone tell me what is a good software program for paginating a magazine? We're still making copies of the pages and ads, cutting them out, and then laying everything on the floor in a puzzle-l...

Started by Kimberly Porrazzo. Last reply by Adam Evans Sep. 13, 2008.

A Non-designer's Design Odyssey in Comics

I know it is generally considered bad form to pump your own stuff on a forum thread, but this is a great design story that I wrote about a few years ago. The story continues to unfold. It's about...

Started by David Willson Sep. 12, 2008.

Ning network review...

I posted this in another group, but I'm thinking I might get more feedback here: Folio's MediaPRO site has been quite a hit and so we've decided to do some experimentation and have recently launch...

Started by Joshua Thomas Sep. 11, 2008.