Course Description

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 Element K course: Adobe® Photoshop® CS2: Level 1 Second Edition.

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Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• examine color workflows.
• calibrate the monitor and use color management profiles to control the image display in Photoshop and for printing.
• use the advanced image support features available in Photoshop CS2.
• identify the correct settings for scanning various image types and maximize the scanner's capabilities.
• eliminate dust and scratches, suppress moiré patterns, and correct the red eye defects in images.
• perform image color correction.
• choose the settings and adjustments, based on the specific image and printing conditions, to create high quality CMYK separations for commercial printing.
• sharpen an image without oversharpening or accentuating noise and other defects.
• convert color images to grayscale and add spot colors to grayscale images.

 

 

Course Content

Lesson 1: Examining Color Workflows
Topic 1A: Compare RGB and CMYK Color Modes
Topic 1B: Examine Color Management
Topic 1C: Examine Color by the Numbers
Topic 1D: Examine Hybrid Workflows

Lesson 2: Calibrating and Profiling
Topic 2A: Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor
Topic 2B: Choose a Working Color Space in Photoshop
Topic 2C: Open and Convert Images
Topic 2D: Manage Printing and Color

Lesson 3: Using Advanced Image Support
Topic 3A: Create High Dynamic Range Images
Topic 3B: Use the Camera Raw Format
Topic 3C: Preview an Image on a Video Monitor

Lesson 4: Capturing Images in Digital Format
Topic 4A: Scan Various Image Types
Topic 4B: Choose Scanner Settings and Adjustments

Lesson 5: Removing Image Defects
Topic 5A: Remove Dust and Scratches
Topic 5B: Minimize Moiré Patterns
Topic 5C: Eliminate Red Eye Defects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 6: Adjusting RGB Color
Topic 6A: Meet Color Correction Objectives
Topic 6B: Locate Highlights, Shadows, and Neutral Areas
Topic 6C: Make Automatic Color and Contrast Adjustments
Topic 6D: Make Basic Curve Adjustments
Topic 6E: Correct Memory Colors
Topic 6F: Adjust Shadows and Highlights Independently

Lesson 7: Creating CMYK Separations
Topic 7A: Adjust Color Settings for Prepress
Topic 7B: Calibrating to a Proof
Topic 7C: Adjust Out-of-Gamut Colors
Topic 7D: Color Separating Images
Topic 7E: Adjust CMYK Curves

Lesson 8: Sharpening Images
Topic 8A: Apply Unsharp Masking
Topic 8B: Sharpen Image

Lesson 9: Working with Grayscale and Spot Colors
Topic 9A: Convert Color Images to Grayscale
Topic 9B: Create Duotones
Topic 9C: Spot Color Images

Appendix A: Commercial Printing Conditions

Appendix B: Choosing Image Resolution

Appendix C: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Objectives Mapping

Appendix D: Adobe® Photoshop® CS2: New Features Mapping