Adobe InDesign CC Print Production 1 Day - London

InDesign Print Production 1 Day Overview

This 1-day specialist introduction course will enhance your existing knowledge of Adobe InDesign CC by focusing on print production. Together, we will discuss some of the less well-known features of the program, and you will gain an understanding of the concepts behind the production of consistent, professional output for print.

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

• Handle transparencies, layering, and flattening
• Understand why, when, and how to use the Preflight panel
• Package files for hand-off to a print provider
• Configure presets and export PDF files

Specialist courses require specialist trainers: your instructor for the day will be an Adobe Acrobat and InDesign Certified Instructor and a current member of the Ghent PDF Workgroup.

Our goal is to help you understand and implement the techniques necessary to improve the quality and consistency of your print output.

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.

You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.

 

InDesign CC Print Production 1 Day Course 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.

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

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
• Adobe PDF Print Engine

What's Included

The following are provided for your best experience on this course:

• All computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac systems
• Small class size (limited to a maximum of 4-8 attendees on all sessions)
• Quality reference manual for post course reference to take away with you
• 6 months post course support to assist you where needed
• Official Adobe Authorised Certificate for your successful completion of the course
• Lunch To give you the most flexible options for lunch we provide lunch vouchers which can be redeemed locally at a number of popular eateries including Pret A Manger, EAT, Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots and Greggs
• Refreshments to keep you on top form are available for you throughout the course with a full range of teas, coffees and biscuits
• Pads and pens

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.

Further details on benefits included with this Adobe InDesign CC course:

Adobe Certified InDesign Instructor

We are an Adobe Authorised Training Centre and our trainers are Adobe Certified Instructors with years of experience teaching InDesign. Get the layout skills you need with our experienced InDesign professionals.

Quality training manual

Included with our InDesign courses is the Brilliant InDesign book provided for free to use as a post course reference resource. This is a full 300+ page manual to supplement the content covered during the course.

6 months support

Included with your course booking for all delegates on this course is 6 months free support so if you run into problems or need assistance relating to anything covered during your course we would be happy to assist you during this time.

Adobe Authorised Certificate

After your Adobe class with XChange Training you will receive our official Adobe Authorised Training Certificate as a record of your successful completion of the Adobe Certified InDesign course.

Lunch & refreshments

Delegates attending scheduled or bespoke courses at our training centres will receive lunch and plentiful refreshments including tea, coffee and hot chocolate for each day of the course.

Training Location

This course is provided at the XChange Training main London training centre based at:

5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BH

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St John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.

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