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Learning Print Production: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

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Overview

Learn to correctly lay out your documents for print in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Introduction to building your artwork for print
  • Prerequisites
1. Photoshop
  • Image resolution
  • Color space
  • Text in Photoshop
  • Limitations of Smart Objects
2. Illustrator for Print
  • Building a simple three-panel brochure
  • Using swatches
  • Working with effects
  • Cautions about blending modes
  • Gathering up the pieces
  • Saving as a PDF
3. InDesign for Print
  • Setting InDesign preferences
  • Create a three-panel brochure, folded size
  • Create a three-panel brochure, flat size
  • Working with color swatches
  • Understanding "rich black"
  • Creating correct color-plus-black gradients
  • Managing graphics
  • Using Overprint Preview in InDesign
  • Transparency issues across applications
  • Preflighting in InDesign
  • Packaging a print job
  • Generating PDFs
4. Acrobat
  • Using Output Preview
  • Using touch-up tools
  • Converting colors
  • Fixing those white lines
Conclusion
  • Final thoughts
  • Next steps

Taught by

Claudia McCue

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