The 1-up editor prepares one artwork of an imposition job, a single 1-up, before it is laid out. You say what each ink and line of the file is, build the die, add bleed, check the plates and the traps, run preflight and fold the carton in 3D. The job's nest, its cut file and its imposed PDF all use what you set here.
Open an artwork#
In an imposition job, select an artwork on the Parts tab and press Open artwork. The first time, the editor reads the page's inks and lines ("Reading inks and dielines…") and sets line types from the ink names it knows, such as CutContour or Crease. Line types and a die you already chose in the workspace are kept.
The editor works on PDF artwork. An image artwork of a job opens with the note Image artwork: its inks, die and bleed can't be edited here yet, but its quantity and rotation can, on the Item tab.
Any PDF or image in Files opens in the editor too, without a job: select it and press Open in 1-up editor. See Files and images.
The address and the way back#
The editor's address is the artwork's own address inside its job, so you can bookmark it or send it to someone on your team. Back to the job (the arrow at the top left) opens the job with this artwork selected, on the tab you came from, or on Parts.
The screen#
- The header: the artwork's name, its file, whether a print-ready file is in use, and the job. Chips show when the print-ready file is Out of date, the state of the traps, the preflight result and the approval status. Click one to go to its tab. The ⋯ menu has Download original, Download print-ready file, Share proof for approval… and Read inks and paths again.
- Separations on the left: the actual process and spot printing plates. Switch a plate off or use Solo to inspect one plate. See Separations.
- The page in the middle, with its toolbar: 2D or 3D, the tools (select, pan, measure, ink at a point), zoom, an Outside slider when there is a die (the sheet outside the outer cut of the piece, or outside the bleed when a bleed is set, starts hidden; see The die), and the view switches Bleed, Mask (dim outside the die), Plates, Grid, Checks (preflight boxes), Finishes and Traps. On a narrow window they move into the View menu. Before and After switch between the file as supplied and the print-ready file.
- The status bar under the page: the cursor position from the top-left of the page, measurements, hints and the zoom.
- The panel on the right, with its tabs (below).
On a small screen Separations and the panel open over the page: use Separations in the toolbar and the panel's rail.
The panel tabs#
| Tab | What you do there |
|---|---|
| Die & lines | Choose where the die comes from, see its size and windows, and nest the artwork by it; for a file from Files, create one. See The die and Create a die. |
| Bleed | Set the bleed and make the print-ready file, or revert to the original. See Bleed and the print-ready file. |
| Line types | Map stroked inks and individual paths to Cut, Crease, Varnish and other production lines. See Inks and line types. |
| Trapping | Add traps for offset or flexo, check them and switch them on or off. See Trapping. |
| Preflight | Run preflight and jump to each finding. See The Preflight tab. |
| 3D | Fold the carton, choose the board, finishes and lighting. See The 3D carton. |
| Item | The artwork's quantity, rotation, grain, product and pages in the job (not for a file opened from Files). See The Item tab. |
| Tools | Rename spot inks, set page boxes, the safe area, measure and read the ink at a point; for a file from Files, change its size. See The Tools tab and Size and resolution. |
A ninth tab, Marks, holds the printer's marks of this artwork. Tabs show as icons; hover one for its name. On a wide window the open tab also shows its name.
Saving#
There is no Save button: every change saves on its own a moment after you make it, and the header shows the save status. ⌘ S saves at once.
Two people, or two browser tabs, can work on the same artwork. Their changes merge key by key, so a line type set in one tab and a finish set in the other both stay. The die is the exception: when it was changed elsewhere in the meantime, your change is refused and the editor shows the die as it is now.
The original and the print-ready file#
The file you uploaded never changes. Bleed, spot renames, page boxes, overprint of technical inks and traps go into a print-ready file kept next to it. From then on the job imposes, downloads and proofs the print-ready file. The header tells you when it no longer matches your settings, and Revert to original on the Bleed tab goes back to the file as supplied. See Bleed and the print-ready file.
The keys of the editor are on Keyboard shortcuts of the 1-up editor.