How to use RockStar Passes' Templates

To ensure your passes turn out optimally for production, it's important to use our templates correctly.

Since templates can be exported as PDF, and then manipulated inside of other programs, we recommend using the templates as outlined in the videos below, which will ensure your passes are print-ready, so that your final product shines.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• ADOBE PHOTOSHOP:
  • VIDEO TUTORIAL:
  • STEP BY STEP:
• ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
  • VIDEO TUTORIAL:
  • STEP BY STEP:
• ADOBE INDESIGN
  • VIDEO TUTORIAL:
  • STEP BY STEP:

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP:

VIDEO TUTORIAL:

STEP BY STEP:

1. Open your Photoshop template in Adobe Photoshop.
   1. Do not place the template into existing artwork in Photoshop, otherwise, Photoshop will distort your template to fit the dimensions of your existing artwork, which may skew results.
2. Ensure your "Layers" Panel is visible. In most cases, it will display on the right-hand side, with this symbol.
   1. If you do not see the layers panel here, click, Window > Layers
3. Design all artwork in the layers under the template layer.
   1. Make sure all background artwork extends to and touches the red, bleed line, and beyond, if applicable.
   2. Make sure all critical text and logo graphics remain within the green, art safe zone.
   3. We will cut at the blue line.
      1. Please note, some slight shifting from the blue line as shown on screen is normal and expected. It is for this reason we have the red, bleed line, in order to ensure your passes never contain white, unprinted material on the edges.
4. Once your design is complete, turn off the template layer by clicking the eyeball next to the template layer text.
5. Click, File > Save As > Photoshop PDF
   1. IMPORTANT: DO NOT click, "File" > "Export" on artwork. Doing so will reformat the perceived resolution of the document, leading our uploader to interpret the imagery as low-resolution.
6. Your artwork is ready for upload.

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

VIDEO TUTORIAL:

STEP BY STEP:

1. Open the Illustrator Template in Adobe Illustrator
   1. Do not create artwork in advance, and place the template on top of pre-existing artwork.
2. Ensure your "Layers" panel is visible by clicking the "Layers" icon to the right, or by clicking, "Window > Layers"
3. In the layers panel, make sure you are creating artwork on the "Art" layer, beneath the "Template" layer, and above the "Base."
4. Ensure your background artwork extends at least to the red, "bleed" line, or beyond.
5. Any critical text or logos that must remain on the final pass should not extend beyond the green art safe area.
6. We will cut to the blue, cutline.
   1. Please note, some slight shifting from the blue line as shown on screen is normal and expected. It is for this reason we have the red, bleed line, in order to ensure your passes never contain white, unprinted material on the edges.
7. Once your artwork is complete, turn off the template layer, by clicking the eyeball next to the template layer.
8. Save the artwork by clicking File > Save As > Adobe PDF or by hitting Cmd + Shift + S (Mac) or Control + Shift + S.
   1. 
   2. In the following box, select Adobe PDF Preset: High Quality Print, and uncheck the "Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities" option.Your file is now ready for production.
9. Your file is now ready for print-production and can be uploaded successfully.

ADOBE INDESIGN

VIDEO TUTORIAL:

STEP BY STEP:

1. After downloading the InDesign template, you should get a .zip file in the location where you've chosen to save the file.
2. On Mac, you can open the zipfile by double clicking it, which will extract the template folder as a separate document.
   1. On PC, you can either double click or right click the .zip folder, and click, "Extract All."
3. Once opened, you should have. folder with a "links" folder, and two InDesign documents.
   1. The .indd file should be opened with newer versions of InDesign.
   2. The idml file can be used if you are opening the file from an older version of InDesign.
4. Within InDesign, ensure your layers panel is visible.
   1. If you cannot see the layers panel, click, "Window > Layers" in the top preferences bar.
5. Create your artwork on the layer entitled, "ARTWORK HERE".
   1. Do not delete the layer called, "Base - Do not delete".
   2. Make sure all background artwork extends to the red bleed line.
   3. We will trim the artwork to the blue cutline.
      1. Please note, some slight shifting from the blue line as shown on screen is normal and expected. It is for this reason we have the red, bleed line, in order to ensure your passes never contain white, unprinted material on the edges.
   4. All critical text and logos should remain within the green, "art safe" area to avoid potentially being trimmed in the production process.
6. Once your artwork is completed, turn off the template layer by clicking the eyeball to the left of the layer.
7. To export your artwork as an Adobe PDF:
   1. On Mac, go to: File > Export, or hit cmd + E
   2. On PC, go to File > Export, or hit cntrl + E
8. For your export settings, make sure that you do not include bleed, crop marks, or color bars, so that your settings mirror the below.
9. Your file is now ready for production and can be uploaded into the online uploader.