As a packaging designer, you must know this knowledge! (on)

[Chinese Packaging News] If you are a genuine packaging designer, a packaging designer on the road, or a dream designer, you cannot ignore some knowledge.

First, what software

1.Photoshop (PS)

How difficult it is to learn vector software, preferring to ride a bicycle to Tibet and not to learn driving licenses.

Because PS is based on layers, once the layers are large, the typesetting will be very difficult, so it is mostly used for color grading rather than typesetting.

2.Adobe Illustrator(Ai) and CorelDRAW

Both are based on the object. If you want to click on that place, you can click somewhere.

Ai is particularly good at complex paths and coloring, making it easy to make all kinds of deformations and vector paths. The illustration designer will use it very smoothly.

The Coreldraw canvas can be infinitely large, and it is particularly convenient to manipulate graphics, color fills, and strokes.

However, similarly, since the albums are generally very large, it is very difficult for both to open the pictures, and the typesetting should not be mentioned.

3.InDesign

Indesign is for the album.

Supports links for importing files.

Features: Containers. Can arbitrary cut object content

Preflight inspection function. Automatically check hundreds of printing specifications for you

Home page features. Similar to the PPT master, every page has something to do once, such as automatic page number, header and footer.

Automatically generate directories.

Good at multi-page typesetting, intuitive display of pages, thick books are not embarrassing.

In cooperation with Incopy, multiple people collaborated to complete the project. Someone was responsible for the layout, some were responsible for the text, and they were visually and automatically integrated.

Data consolidation. Mass-format typography artifacts in large batches.

Therefore, color box color box design can use Ai or CorelDraw, album is best to use Indesign.

Second, what paper

Common ten kinds of printing papers are: coated paper, white cardboard, white board white paper, gray board white paper, kraft paper, offset paper, matt powder paper, newsprint paper and various kinds of art paper.

Coated paper

Coated paper: It is divided into single copper and double copper, that is, single copper is smooth on one side, double copper is smooth on both sides, double copper is the most common and stiffness is general.

Features: White color, smooth surface and glossy, paper core is white, double copper is exactly the same on both sides.

General purpose: books, handbags, flyers, business cards, box paper

2. White cardboard

Features: The color of leucorrhea is light yellow, and the core of paper is also the same. The front is smooth but not as good as coated paper. The reverse is rough and the stiffness is very good.

Common weight: 210 grams, 250 grams, 300 grams, 350 grams, 400 grams

General purpose: single-layer paper box, paper card, handbag, business card, tag

White board

Features: white ash on the front, grey paper core, gray on the opposite side, general stiffness

Common weight: 300 grams, 350 grams, 400 grams

General purpose: single-layer paper box, paper card

4 gray board

Features: white ash on the front, gray on the reverse, grey paper core, general stiffness

Common weight: 250 grams, 300 grams, 350 grams, 400 grams, 450 grams

General purpose: single-layer paper box, corrugated paper box, paper card, tag

5. Kraft paper

Features: yellow leather and white kraft paper, with positive and negative sides, thick fibers, good stiffness, strong paper toughness and easy to tear

Common weight: 100 g - 400 g

General purpose: bag, tag

6. Double adhesive tape

Features: white, white paper core, surface fiber thicker than coated paper, no glossy, no front and back, easy to write

Common weight: 80 grams, 90 grams, 100 grams, 120 grams, 160 grams

General purpose: Writing materials such as notebooks, notes, and envelopes

7. Art Paper (specialty paper)

Art paper, or specialty paper, is a generic name for paper that is colored paper, embossed paper, aluminum foil paper, perfume paper, pearl paper, sulfuric acid paper, tactile paper, and so on.

There are many kinds of these papers, but basically these types of papers, and similar papers have different weight classes.

General purpose: fine box paper, book cover and even inside pages, hangtags, business cards, etc.

8. Corrugated

The corrugated paper is composed of facial paper, core paper and liner paper, which adds cushion to the packaging and allows the products inside to be better protected.

The number of paper layers: three-layer corrugated, five-layer corrugated, etc.

Wave division by core paper: in turn is A type, B type, E type, F type, A type wave is the largest, F type is the smallest and most compact.

Small cartons usually use E type F corrugated, large cartons usually use E type B type corrugated;

Small cartons usually use type B corrugated, large cartons usually use A + B type five-layer corrugated

Corrugated paper has two kinds of yellow and white paper, and the core paper and the inside can also be made of different thickness according to requirements.

9. Double gray board

The double grey board is completely pressed from the waste pulp and it is completely gray. It is not suitable for printing only for supporting the amount. Stiffness is much better than corrugated, and it is generally used for bookcases and small boxes

Generally divided by thickness: 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm, 2.5mm, 3mm, 3.5mm, etc.

10. MDF

The medium-density board used in the printing industry is made from wood chips. Stiffness is very good, big box can be unchanged.

Generally divided by thickness: 2mm, 2.5mm, 3mm, 3.5mm, etc.

Paper specifications

There are two types of paper, plain paper and web.