Duration:
One day
Description:
Photoshop CS5: Production, First Look Edition, is the third and final title in this series. This course focuses on the specific information needed to
create professional-looking images for high-end business printers and commercial print shops. In this course, students will learn project management basics
and how to create layer comps. They will also learn how to optimize color management for print. They will explore various techniques for adjusting the
quality of an image and making color adjustments. Students will learn how to use CYMK separations for prepress, customize ink options, and adjust CYMK
curves. Students will also explore various options for using grayscale, spot-color, and duotones. Finally, they will learn how to optimize images for the
Web, balancing quality and file size, and how to prepare images for use in video productions.
Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Project management
Topic A: Project plans
Topic B: Layer comps
Topic C: Design principles
Unit 2: Color management
Topic A: Color management basics
Topic B: Color space conversion
Topic C: Printing with color management
Unit 3: Photographic techniques
Topic A: The camera raw format
Topic B: Photographic adjustments
Topic C: Lens adjustments
Topic D: Merging images
Unit 4: RGB image adjustments
Topic A: Color correction principles
Topic B: Measuring color
Topic C: Automatic adjustments
Topic D: Curves adjustments
Topic E: Hand-retouching color
Topic F: Color replacement
Unit 5: CMYK separations
Topic A: Prepress color settings
Topic B: CMYK image adjustments
Topic C: Sharpening
Unit 6: Grayscale and spot colors
Topic A: Grayscale conversion
Topic B: Spot-color images
Topic C: Duotones
Unit 7: Web and video images
Topic A: Web image size
Topic B: Optimizing images for the Web
Topic C: Fine-tuning quality
Topic D: Creating transparency
Topic E: Preparing images for video
