One Day

Prerequisites:

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

Performance-Based Objectives:

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

Examining Color Workflow

• TCompare RGB and CMYK Color Modes
• Color Workflow

Setting Color Space

• Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor
• Set a Working Color Space in Photoshop
• Convert Images from One Color Space to Another
• Manage Printing and Color

Using Advanced Image Support

• Create High Dynamic Range Images
• Use the Camera Raw Format
• Preview an Image on a Video Monitor

Removing Image Defects

• Remove Dust and Scratches
• Minimize Moiré Patterns
• Eliminate Red Eye Defects

Adjusting RGB Color

• Meet Color Correction Objectives
• Locate Highlights, Shadows, and Neutral Areas
• Make Automatic Color and Contrast Adjustments
• Make Basic Curve Adjustments
• Correct Memory Colors
• Adjust Shadows and Highlights Independently

Creating CMYK Separations

• Adjust Color Settings for Prepress
• Display Calibration
• Adjust Out-of-Gamut Colors
• Color Separate Images
• Adjust CMYK Curves

Sharpening Images

• Apply Unsharp Masking
• Sharpen an Image

Working with Grayscale and Spot Colors

• Convert Color Images to Grayscale
• Create Duotones
• Add Spot Color to an Image