Brace yourself, I’m about to give you a new weapon in the war against the blank page. For perhaps all of human history artists have stared at that horrifying, often immobilizing blank page. That pending project, or lack of pending project, that glares mockingly at you as if to say, ‘You have no ideas. Your […]
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Each month at PageMaster.ca we feature an artist from our “family.” These are artists we have had the pleasure of working with on projects, be it fine art reproductions, art cards or even a website. This month’s featured artist is special, because we have worked on all of these projects together, and not only is […]
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The winter chill is setting in, but that doesn’t mean PageMaster hasn’t been cooking up some new goodness to warm your creative soul. We are pleased to announce a new service for our authors and artists that will help you tell your story online. PageMaster Sites. The service will offer professional, solid websites for authors […]
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PageMaster continues to work with Laugh For Life Gala to create a program for their fundraising event. Not only were the programs printed here, Doug from our creative team designed the program in Adobe InDesign. The Gala takes place tomorrow evening at the Winspeare Centre. More info can be found at laughforforlife.ca. You can download […]
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Standard envelope sizes make for efficient Art Card packages. Promotional and postcards come in standard card sizes too. PageMaster prints five standard folding cards, plus postcards and notebooks, to share your work. To promote your book, show or event we produce postcards and bookmarks (sometimes for sale). For more information on planning your card strategy […]
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You’ve shot that masterpiece image of the Canadian rockies, and it is breathtaking. It’s so breathtaking, you’d love to see it printed on a canvas and hung on your living room wall. Or, perhaps you’d love to print some cards of your images to sell, promote your photography or give to friends and family. But […]
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Resolution test strip. The original image portion used was 300 pixels per inch (31mp Hasselblad art capture). Each test was downsampled from the original and printed on photo paper at the same physical size. There is some loss of quality between 300 and 144 ppi but barely perceptible. Below 144 we deem too soft or […]
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We recently collaborated with Concordia University College to create a striking poster for their upcoming production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. The job involved scanning their student’s original artwork for the poster’s background, then overlaying text and Concordia’s logo to create a poster and matching handbills. Apparently, the poster and handbills are a […]
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Like any industry, printing has it’s collection of jargon and technical terms. While these terms help us get the job done right at professional printers, they can create a roadblock for you when you are in the process of creating a document for print. A lack of understanding of what is required when you provide […]
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Printing Terms and Tips Bleeds, crops, margins, color space, resolution, file formats and other printing terms explained to help you get the best possible printing at PageMaster. Crop Marks Often, multiple copies of a document can be printed onto a single sheet of paper, then cut. When this is done, marks need to be created […]
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