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20 Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8GB
Tel. 02890 517048
VAT No. 921 6991 07
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adobe Indesign CS3 |
Course Description
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In InDesign CS3 Prepress Advanced course covers each step of the prepress process, from proper document planning and construction to making the right choices for output settings. The course will cover areas such as choosing the right typefaces and fonts, working with graphics and colors, and much more. Using practical examples the course will complete with a complex print ready document
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1. Introduction
- Welcome
- General prepress challenges
- Making print house choices
- Working with your printing company
2. Consturcting a document
- Understanding a Print workflow
- Linked vs. embedded graphics
- Graphic characteristics
- Fonts and documents
- Font formats and InDesign
- Assigning colors
- Working in layers
3. Setting Up Print Documents
- Assigning a PostScript/PDF print driver
- Assigning document dimensions and margins
- Assigning bleeds and slugs
- Creating document presets
- Setting up tools, menus, and panels
- Creating custom workspaces
- Navigating through your document
4. Fonts and Typesetting
- Font recognition and usage
- Accessing OpenType character sets
- Using the Glyph panel
- Using and editing style sheets
- Using the Find and Replace function
5. Graphics
- Using Bridge to access and sort files
- Saving vector EPS graphics
- Saving pixel-based TIFFs
- Saving Photoshop/pixel-based EPS graphics
- Simplifying Photoshop images
- Adding Photoshop and Illustrator images to InDesign
- Working with Photoshop (.psd) images
- Embedding and un-embedding graphics
- Checking and changing image color settings
- Soft-proofing your graphics
6. Colors
- Setting up your color panels
- Assigning process colors
- Assigning spot colors
- Importing colors
- Mixed ink colors
- Creating printable gradients and blends
- Photoshop gradients and blends
- Rich blacks
- Type and color
- Sharing colors with the Creative Suite
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7. Preflight Fundamentals
- Checking bleeds
- Checking document dimensions
- Checking for font substitution, usage, and links
- Checking copy overflow
- Checking and updating linked graphics
- Checking and reassigning colors
8. Advanced Preflighting
- Checking graphics with the Links panel
- Checking separation with Separation Preview
- Checking colors and ink with the Ink Manager
- Setting traps
- Using Flattener Preview
- Creating flattener presets
- Previewing overprints
9. Setting Up to Print
- Configuring general settings
- Configuring setup options
- Configuring marks and bleeds
- Configuring output settings
- Configuring graphics options
- Configuring color management settings
- Configuring advanced options
- Configuring print preset settings
10. Creating PDF Presets
- Overview of PDFs
- Dos and don'ts of creating PDFs
- What is a PDF preset?
- Understanding default PDF presets
- Defining custom PDF presets
11. Exporting and Printing PDFs
- Exporting to PDF
- Workflow review
- Printing to PostScript
- What's new in Distiller?
- Setting up watched folders
- Printing to watched folders
12. Sending Out Your InDesign Document
- Collecting image components
- Organizing image components
- Creating a composite proof
- Creating a color-separated proof
- Delivering your job
- Archiving your job
13. Summary
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who should do this course |
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| This course is ideal for the learner with sound PC or MAC skills. You have a high level of expertise and wish to learn the advanced concepts |
Request Detailed Course Outline
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Course Duration:
-1 day
Course Level:
-Adv |
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recommended reading
Adobe InDesign CS3 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team |
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