Course Description

You are familiar with the Photoshop tools and techniques used to design and create images. Applying the correct image and color correction processes 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 in Photoshop. You will learn to adopt a balanced approach, starting with system calibration through 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 begin by calibrating your monitor and using color management profiles to control the image display to match its intended output. Next, creating a crisp line art image, eliminating dust and scratches, suppressing moiré patterns, and correcting red eye defects will help you to make that picture perfect. You will apply color by the numbers approach—using curves adjustment layer—to eliminate color casts and maximize contrast in important regions of images. Finally, you will apply techniques for improving sharpness, converting color images to grayscale, and adding spot colors to images.

Target Student: This course is intended for new users of Photoshop.

Prerequisites: Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Level 1, or familiarity with Photoshop.

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Performance-Based Objectives

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

• examine color workflow.
• calibrate the monitor and use color management profiles to control the image display to match its intended output.
• use the advanced image support features available in Photoshop CS3.
• eliminate dust and scratches, suppress moiré patterns, and correct red eye defect in images.
• perform image color correction.
• choose the settings and adjustments based on specific image and printing conditions to create high quality CMYK separations for commercial printing.
• sharpen an image without intensifying or accentuating noise and other defects.
• convert color images to grayscale and add spot colors to them.

 

 

 

 

 

Course Content

Lesson 1: Examining Color Workflow
Topic 1A: Compare RGB and CMYK Color Modes
Topic 1B: Color Workflow

Lesson 2: Setting Color Space
Topic 2A: Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor
Topic 2B: Set a Working Color Space in Photoshop
Topic 2C: Convert Images from One Color Space to Another
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: Removing Image Defects
Topic 4A: Remove Dust and Scratches
Topic 4B: Minimize Moiré Patterns
Topic 4C: Eliminate Red Eye Defects

Lesson 5: Adjusting RGB Color              
Topic 5A: Meet Color Correction Objectives
Topic 5B: Locate Highlights, Shadows, and Neutral Areas
Topic 5C: Make Automatic Color and Contrast Adjustments
Topic 5D: Make Basic Curve Adjustments
Topic 5E: Correct Memory Colors
Topic 5F: Adjust Shadows and Highlights Independently

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 6: Creating CMYK Separations
Topic 6A: Adjust Color Settings for Prepress
Topic 6B: Display Calibration
Topic 6C: Adjust Out-of-Gamut Colors
Topic 6D: Color Separate Images
Topic 6E: Adjust CMYK Curves

Lesson 7: Sharpening Images
Topic 7A: Apply Unsharp Masking
Topic 7B: Sharpen an Image

Lesson 8: Working with Grayscale and Spot Colors
Topic 8A: Convert Color Images to Grayscale
Topic 8B: Create Duotones
Topic 8C: Add Spot Color to an Image

Appendix A: Capturing Images in Digital Format
Supplemental Lesson: Capturing Images in Digital Format
Topic 1A: Scan Various Image Types
Topic 1B: Choose Scanner Settings and Adjustments

Appendix B: Commercial Printing Conditions

Appendix C: Choosing Image Resolution

Appendix D: Adobe® Certified Expert (ACE) Program