Adobe InDesign CS4 One Day Print Production - London Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
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Configuring your environment
-Configuring rich black parameters
-Overprint preview options
-Testing overprinting object control
Configuring your workspace
-Generating a new workspace
-Reverting to default
-Configuring palettes
-Tearing and docking palettes
-Using the Printing and Proofing options
Managing Links and Fonts
-Fixing missing fonts globally
-Examing OpenType and CFF formats
-Updating paragraph styles
-Checking link resolutions
-Embedding options
-Link colour space and resolution issues
Accurate preview
-Preview and fix transparency issues
-Preview and fix separation issues
-Preview and fix ink densities
Handling transparency
-Use object layering and stacking
-Identify transparency
-Exploring the flattening process
-Discuss between live and flattened objects
-(cross reference PDF/X-4 and 5)
Colour Swatches and mapping
-Build swatches in Pantone and CMYK
-Understanding the alternate colour space
-Remapping colours
-Removing unused colours
Generating a PDF through Export
-Adobe PDF Library core technology
-Exploring the presets and modifying
-Differences between Distiller and Export
-Brief explanation of the PDF Specification
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Configuring and sharing PDF Presets
-Create and use intent driven print presets
-Saving and loading shared presets
Print menu options
-Understand print drivers, PPDs, colour-space, postscript levels, registration, trim and bleed and colour conversion options. The benefits of simulation on output, OPI and flattening
Preflight deep-dive
-Examine preflight checks
-Output of fonts include CJK
-Differences between in-document content and PDF Export considerations
-Other preflight alternatives
Packaging files for Hand-off
-Packaging for print provider output
-Reading the preflight report
-What items are checked by InDesign
-Font licensing and embedding
-Pros and Cons of Packagiing
-ISO PDF/X Standards
-PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 standards
-New PDF/X-4, 4p and 4g
-Benefits of ISO standards and the future
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Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites
This course is intended for graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers, pre-press professionals, and marketing communications professionals.
Ahead of taking this course the trainee should have a basic knowledge of InDesign and must have basic PC or Mac skills, including an fundamental understanding of a computer's operating system, how to launch an application and create and save files, as well as how to copy files from CDs and other media.
Location information for this scheduled course
This course will be offered at the main XChange Training London offices at:
5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BH
St John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube is a few minutes away and the office can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes.
Courses are run between 9.30am and 4.30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.
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Training Centre address
Central London
Tel: 0845 363 1130
Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk |
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Advantages of learning Adobe InDesign CS4 with XChange
Training
-XChange Training is an Adobe Certified Training Centre
-Our InDesign CS4 trainers are experienced print and design professionals with excellent knowledge of all aspects of print workflows from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-Free Course manual provided for each trainee as excellent post-course reference material.
-Free email support service for 6 months after course included in the price.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.
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Contacting XChange Training
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