newbie question- when to embed?

[acebone]

Finishing up my first ever ID project and I've really enjoyed learning how it works. My first question is when would I need to embed a linked file into my ID project?

I'm delivering the document to the printer tomorrow and I thought for sure I would need to embed my links before burning the project to disc for the printer. Is there any advantage to embedding a hi-rez graphis before before burning a disc? Then I noticed that the"Package" sub menu apparently copies all the linked graphics into the document package folder, which makes me wonder if embedding is needed at all.

I have some very photo-intensive projects coming up and I'd like to understand more about the need and advantages of bulking my Documents up by embedding.

I'm still learning and no doubt will have several more questions as I progress. I hope this forum is "newbie" tolerant.

Best,
Jonny A

 

[jimoblak]

I can not think of any situation where embedding is appropriate. If you need to pack everything in a file, export to PDF.

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Why is everyone in this forum responding to me as picklefish?

 

[BodesMan]

I work in prepress, if you embed your files and you are on press and you need to do a color correction on one of your images, and you want the printer to do the correction on one of your embedded files this could be a major hassle.

Depending on what kind of rip they use they maybe able to color correct the final file and get back on press. Rips that rely on a postscript workflow this could be a problem. They would probally need your photoshop file to do the correction and then place back into the file and re-rip.

The press could be down for a while or pull your job off press - which could be very costly.

"Tell'em we're comin', and hell's comin' with us.

 

[jmgalvin]

You're probably best off packaging the thing. This not only collects all the linked images, but also the fonts used in the document. It's common practice (and perfectly legal) to send copies of the fonts when sending any design document to the printer or publication, unless you're sending a pdf with embedded fonts.

 

[jmgalvin]

One other thing. MAKE SURE you preflight the document before you send it. Preflight's on the file menu. It will alert you to potential problems before you package it up and send it.

 

[robiNETpl]

jmgalvin,

sendign fonts with package to other people - IS NOT LEGAL ...
"sending" as embended in PDF - IS LEGAL

and PDF will be smaller


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