Course
Length: Two Days
Fees: Training at Client Offices: One delegate: £595 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £100 each per-day + VATOverview:
For anyone involved in the design and
production of digital artwork for print, it is essential to have
a working knowledge of the mechanics of the printing process.
With this overview, it will be easier to brief designers and get
the best prices from printers, while avoiding costly mistakes
and missed deadlines. This course has been created to create
that overview.
Ideally, it is run in conjunction with a visit to a working
print shop, and, where possible, it should be a print shop with
whom the company already has a working relationship.
Photoshop’s
Environment
Day One
 |
The digital
side of printing |
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The 4-colour
printing process |
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Screen angles
and screen clash |
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Scanning and
resolution |
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Bit depth |
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RGB vs. CMYK |
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Dot gain |
|
Trapping |
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Different image
formats |
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JPEG
compression problems |
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Using images
from the web |
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Different
software and its uses |
|
Adobe Acrobat
and Distiller |
Metallics and Pantone colours
|
Bleeds and
tints |
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Working with
duotones |
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Working with
line art |
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Gradients |
|
4-colour
separations |
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Separating a
5th colour |
|
Proofing |
|
Digital proofs |
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Chromalins |
|
‘Wet’ proofs |
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Laser proofs |
|
A repro
checklist |
An
overview of the main commercial printing processes
|
Printing
terminology |
|
Paper types and
uses |
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Knowing your
market |
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Questions and
answers |
Day Two
At the print
shop
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Working with a
printer |
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Project
planning and workflow |
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Briefing a
designer or photographer |
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Submitting your
work to a printer |
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Briefing a
printer |
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Getting the
best prices |
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Getting the
appropriate proofs for the job |
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Folding and
finishing |
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Binding methods |
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Film-based and
CTP printing |
|
Tricks of the
trade |
|
Trade
conventions |
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Printing dated
material |
|
Over- and
under-runs |
|
Ownership of
materials |
|
Walk-through of
the entire process |
Raster and Vector Graphics
|
Photoshop
Environment Elements |
|
Navigating in
Photoshop |
If you have other questions, please contact us at
enquiry@it-uk.com or
complete
our response form |
