First off, you’ll export an InDesign template into Photoshop, then assemble a multi-channel, complex illustration. Then discover how to incorporate the same spot color information into your Illustrator files. You’ll then assemble all these elements using InDesign and utilize some of its’ advanced output preview features. Finally, I’ll show you how to export a printer-friendly PDF and give it a preflight check with Acrobat Professional.

Feel free to use your own images, but bear in mind the process we’ll be using doesn’t lend itself to every image type – for example the stock image of the girl is an ideal choice because of her silver dress.

Here's a list of images I used:

• The large version of the girl from iStockphoto
• The vector flourishes from iStockphoto
• The CD from stock.xchng