Print Production Fundamentals
Год выпуска: 2012
Производитель:
Lynda.com
Автор: Claudia McCue
Продолжительность: 4:26 ч
Тип раздаваемого материала: Видеоурок
Язык: Английский
Описание: Join author Claudia McCue on a journey that introduces the printing process and reveals the keys to designing a document that prints as well as it looks onscreen. This course takes you on the floors of two commercial print houses (BurdgeCooper and Lithographix), to better understand the life cycle of a print job and observe printing presses in action. Along the way, discover how to better communicate with your printer, choose the correct paper, inks, colors, and fonts for your project, and how to correctly lay out your documents in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. This course is designed to help you and your printer produce a professionally finished print job, whether it's a business card, brochure, or multipage magazine.
lynda.com thanks the BurdgeCooper and Lithographix printing companies for access to their facilities and permission to film on site. Learn more at www.burdgecooper.com and www.lithographix.com.
Topics include:
[*] Understanding the importance of contact proofs
[*] Handling corrections and alterations
[*] Choosing from offset, letterpress, thermographic, or digital printing options
[*] Understanding how the inks, colors, and paper interact
[*] Building a document at the correct size
[*] Folding and trimming
[*] Choosing fonts
[*] Working in Illustrator with swatches, effects, and more
[*] Laying out a document in InDesign
[*] Generating a final PDF
[*] Troubleshooting print issues
[*] Preflighting your print job in Acrobat
[*] Submitting files to the printer
Содержание
Introduction 2m 7s
Welcome 1m 31s
Using the exercise files 36s
1. Understanding Print Production 7m 5s
What is print production? 1m 51s
Understanding roles and responsibilities 5m 14s
2. The Life Cycle of a Print Job 13m 49s
Communicating with your printer 3m 49s
What does the printer do with my files? 2m 39s
Understanding the importance of contract proofs 1m 57s
Handling corrections and alterations 2m 8s
Attending press checks 3m 16s
3. Types of Printing 13m 27s
Choosing the correct type of printing for your project 3m 15s
The art of letterpress 1m 33s
Understanding the advantages of sheet-fed printing 2m 22s
Using a web press for long runs 1m 39s
Understanding thermography 1m 38s
Considerations for digital printing 3m 0s
4. Ink on Paper 15m 11s
What's a process color? 2m 55s
What's a spot color? 2m 52s
Exploring how ink behaves on paper 5m 14s
Comparing monitor vs. press output 4m 10s
5. The Mechanics of Finishing 15m 15s
Building to the correct size 4m 37s
Folding and trimming 3m 18s
Setting up for die cutting 3m 19s
Embossing 4m 1s
6. Layout Basics 3m 17s
Choosing an application 3m 17s
7. Fonts 9m 54s
Understanding font formats 1m 45s
Using OpenType fonts 5m 20s
Fonts to avoid 2m 49s
8. Graphics 13m 52s
Comparing raster vs. vector images 3m 23s
Understanding color space 4m 26s
Examining image formats 6m 3s
9. Photoshop Basics 13m 13s
Looking at image resolution 7m 16s
Masking basics 5m 57s
10. Illustrator Layout Basics 39m 53s
Understanding Illustrator 2m 34s
Illustrator layout tips 2m 48s
Building a simple three-panel brochure 6m 29s
Using swatches 5m 22s
Working with effects 5m 16s
Cautions about some effects 1m 23s
Importing images 2m 41s
Exploring fonts 2m 42s
Saving for users with older versions 3m 2s
Saving as PDF 4m 36s
Gathering up the pieces 3m 0s
11. InDesign Layout Basics 57m 8s
InDesign layout basics 5m 21s
Building a simple three-panel brochure: method one 7m 19s
Building a simple three-panel brochure: method two 3m 21s
Working with color and gradient swatches 7m 12s
Making gradients and creating a rich black swatch 4m 45s
Exploring fonts in InDesign 2m 54s
Importing graphics 7m 49s
Copying and pasting graphics 3m 38s
Saving for users with older versions 2m 21s
Packaging up a print job 6m 57s
Generating PDFs 5m 31s
12. Finding Problems 22m 43s
Using Overprint Preview in InDesign 3m 3s
Managing swatches in InDesign 5m 29s
Preflighting in InDesign 7m 58s
Using the Links panel in Illustrator 3m 16s
Using blending modes in Illustrator and InDesign 2m 57s
13. Acrobat 35m 35s
Basic forensics in Acrobat 11m 3s
Using Output Preview 5m 30s
Dealing with display artifacts 2m 52s
Using TouchUp tools 8m 17s
Converting colors 4m 11s
Using preflight profiles 3m 42s
14. Wrapping It Up 3m 27s
Submitting the job 2m 29s
Being a good print customer 58s
Conclusion 1m 2s
Next steps 1m 2s
Файлы примеров: присутствуют
Формат видео: MOV
Видео: AVC 960x540 30fps ~700Kbps
Аудио: AAC 48kHz 2ch 96Kbps
