Creating A Ticket For An Event

[CFriedkin012696]

Oh boy am I lost. I have been tasked with creating a ticket for a Christmas Party. This part isn't the hard part. I can design all types of things but my biggest area of confusion comes when they asked for perforation and ticket numbers on both sides.

1. What program is best to get this job done easily and not a lot of hassle?

2. How do I make sure the perforation won't cause a problem in the design of the ticket?

3. Is there a way to automate it so one ticket has 101 on it and the next one has 102 on it? Or is that manual? (This isn't that big of a problem)

I appreciate anyone and everyone who attempts to help me with this and I look forward to hearing opinions and solutions to my problem!

[kglad]

check spark, Free Ticket Maker: Create Custom Tickets | Adobe Spark

[CFriedkin012696]

Hey! Thanks for the Feedback. I tried Spark but it is so difficult to get what I actually need from it. The snapping is weird and I have no idea how to turn it off and just the type is weird. If that is truly the easiest way to do what I want to do then I'll have to teach myself it.

[kglad]

you could probably use acrobat too.

[Nancy OShea]

You can purchase pre-numbered, perforated rolls of tickets at your local office supply store.   Don't sweat the small stuff.  Use your design talents for something important like the party invitations and decorations.

[Abambo]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Nancy+OShea  wrote

You can purchase pre-numbered, perforated rolls of tickets at your local office supply store. 

...but it's not branded...

[CFriedkin012696]

Right. We wanted it to be branded and have event information on it so we wanted it to be custom made.

[collind66024993]

Take A look At InDesign

Try it

[CFriedkin012696]

That is actually what I did and I created 70 different tickets. Now I have to figure out the best way to print them.

[Abambo]

Just to answer your number question:

I used Excel to create a file with sequential numbers and used the data merge feature to get that on my design.

[CFriedkin012696 · Accepted solution]

For anyone who is looking for an answer for this:

I used InDesign and made the canvas W: 5.5 in H: 2 in

I then designed the ticket and then duplicated it to a new page

The only thing I would change on each page is the ticket number (there is a way to do this automatically but I am not the best with Microsoft Excel and I wasn't about to create more problems for myself) It wasn't that bad to do it manually.

I then exported the file as a .pdf (printable) and sent it to my local printing place.

I wanted some perforation so I just told them where I wanted it and they said it would be simple!

I hope this helps people other than me!

[Abambo]

In Excel:

• First cell: Type Number
• Cell down: Type whatever is your starting number: ie 10010100
• Cell down: Type 10010101 (starting number+1)
• Select those 2 cells
• take the small black handle in the lower right corner and drag down.
• the numbers will add sequentially:
  
• Save that as a text file, ignore the warning that you get.
• Close the Excel file.
• Use data merge to get your tickets numbers on the tickets.

The perforation:

• create a new layer (not exactly necessary, but it allows you to switch on/off the perforation at your will.
• Draw a line
• create a spot colour (any colour, I mostly use an acid green tone)
• call that spot colour "perforation"
• Export your PDF -- the spot colour will appear as an additional colour layer in your file.
• Tell the printer that the spot colour is your perforation mark.

BTW: You can use the same trick to design a cutout mask that your printer will use to give your printed sheet any shape you want. And the same trick can be used, when you want part of your print to be embossed or if you want a glossy look.

[CFriedkin012696]

I would also like to put this as the second answer but this has helped me understand it a lot! Thank you so much!