Recent content by Pete Berrisford

Hi Ben I have experience in this area and would like to make myself available to help. Please feel free to contact me to discuss via my email address on my website (my info can be found on my profile page on this forum). You can also view a selection of my work on my website and on the Behance...

Yes, you can vary the paper size. Postscript is a printer language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description Horses for courses, you can spend more, larger and better, but this printer suited us.

Excellent quality all round as far as we are concerned (and we are very picky). Crisp and clear linework. We printed all AMC cinemas concessions displays with ours (x15 A0 for the manchester site). I was surprised when we purchase it, how good it was for the price. It even has a vacuum based...

Hi and welcome I can recommend the Epson Surecolor SC-T5200: https://www.epson.co.uk/products/printers/large-format-printers/surecolor-sc-t5200 We have one in our studio and use it for plan prints for customers and display prints for cinemas on various media including backlit film, with the...

Hi You can only confidently upsize artwork cleanly from a vector file (eps). It will become pixilated if you are upsizing from a bitmap image (jpeg/png etc) when the artwork is prepared and exported smaller than the eventual printed size required. You need the artwork file redone to the size of...

Hi Holly Why don't you try looking at what local graphic design studios there are in your area and just walk in and show your enthusiasm, you might just get a chance at some kind of work placement. There is no substitute in my mind to learning firsthand from the creative team in an actual...

Hi James Please feel free to contact me to discuss via my email address on my website (my info can be found on my profile page on this forum). You can also view a selection of my work on my website and on the Behance link and my career profile on Linkedin. Thanks James. Kindest regards Pete

...you may want to consider the attached PDF idea if it helps (Hard to put into words, so I mocked it up).

We work mainly with cinemas, large format printing for their promotions and various other associated material. that is only because of the course of events that lead to the forming of the studio in the first place. The reason I looked at Serif was that I couldn't afford Adobe when I started...

Most of the images we use are supplied by our clients, as they are cinema based and quite specific, but you could try: Pexels Cutcaster Dreamstime Vectorstock

Affinity is the way to go. We have been using its forerunner (Serif) for over 12 years in our studio.

The above comments are spot on. You have to go out of your comfort zone and put yourself out there! I think most designers are by nature introverted, so networking can be really difficult, but the work wont always just come to you.

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