Photoshop CS2 Photo Printing and Colour

Course Description
Course Outline

Course Overview

You are familiar with the Photoshop tools and techniques that are used to design and create images. Applying the correct image and color correction process and techniques ensures that you get the desired output while printing images for commercial purposes. In this course, you will learn professional techniques for obtaining consistent, predictable, high quality images from Photoshop. You will learn a balanced approach, starting with system calibration, through the scanning process, image enhancements, and color correction. You will also create traditional printed effects such as duotones and spot color overlays.

Course Objective

You will identify two contrasting approaches to handling color images. You will calibrate your monitor, and use color management profiles to control the image display in Photoshop and for printing. You will also create a crisp line art image and eliminate dust and scratches, suppress moiré patterns, and correct red eye defects. You will apply a color by the numbers approach using curves adjustment layers to eliminate color casts and maximize the contrast in important regions of images. Finally, you will apply techniques for improving sharpness, convert color images to grayscale, and add spot colors to images.

Target student

This course is intended for new users of Photoshop.

Prerequisites

To ensure students' success with this course, we recommend that they have a familiarity with Photoshop or take the following Systematix course Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Level 1.

We offer a range of Photoshop training courses

Examining Color Workflows
Compare RGB and CMYK Color Modes Examine Color Management Examine Color by the Numbers Examine Hybrid Workflows
Calibrating and Profiling
Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor Choose a Working Color Space in Photoshop Open and Convert Images Manage Printing and Color
Using Advanced Image Support
Create High Dynamic Range Images Use the Camera Raw Format Preview an Image on a Video Monitor
Capturing Images in Digital Format
Scan Various Image Types Choose Scanner Settings and Adjustments
Removing Image Defects
Remove Dust and Scratches Minimize Moiré Patterns Eliminate Red Eye Defects
Adjusting RGB Color
Meet Color Correction Objectives Locate Highlights, Shadows, and Neutral Areas Make Automatic Color and Contrast Adjustments Make Basic Curve Adjustments Correct Memory Colors Adjust Shadows and Highlights Independently
Creating CMYK Separations
Adjust Color Settings for Prepress Calibrating to a Proof Adjust Out-of-Gamut Colors Color Separating Images Adjust CMYK Curves
Sharpening Images
Apply Unsharp Masking Sharpen Image
Working with Grayscale and Spot Colors
Convert Color Images to Grayscale Create Duotones Spot Color Images

Publisher:	Adobe
Version:	CS2
Length:	1 day
Course-ID:	084146

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