Definition of paste-up in English English dictionary
a composition of flat objects pasted on a board or other backing; "they showed him a paste-up of the book jacket"
A camera-ready layout of illustrative and type material which is configured in the proper position on paperboard and is used for reproductive purposes
To paste copy to mounting boards and, if necessary, to overlays so it is assembled into a camera-ready mechanical The mechanical produced is often called a paste-up
Manually pasting the type, photographs, line art, and other elements of an image to a board Referred to as camera ready, this paste-up board is then photographed to create film negatives or positives Alternative terms: mechanical; photomechanical
- The formation of a graphic design or layout by pasting elements on a stiff board Increasingly, artists bypass physical paste-up and create layouts on the computer
1) to combine art elements (type, illustrations, lines, photographs, etc ) into a unified whole, using manual tools and wax/adhesives or using a computerized system to manipulate and combine the art elements into a whole page 2) same as "mechanical" - the term for a camera-ready piece of artwork, including type, photos, line art, all attached to one sheet or matte board