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- Understanding the importance of contact proofs
- Handling corrections and alterations
- Choosing from offset, letterpress, thermographic, or digital printing options
- Understanding how the inks, colors, and paper interact
- Building a document at the correct size
- Folding and trimming
- Choosing fonts
- Working in Illustrator with swatches, effects, and more
- Laying out a document in InDesign
- Generating a final PDF
- Troubleshooting print issues
- Preflighting your print job in Acrobat
- Submitting files to the printer
Skill Level Beginner
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- Hi, I'm Claudia McCue. Welcome to Print Production Fundamentals. The world of printing is a fascinating but complex one, and its requirements can be full of surprises for a designer who just wants to submit a job. And in printing, surprise is usually not a good thing. In this course, I'll walk you through this world so that you can deal with it sanely and with successful results. You'll see how jobs flow through the printing plant. You'll understand how to meet different needs depending on the type of job. And you'll see what happens for the files that you submit.
We'll talk about the different types of printing, including letterpress, sheet-fed, web press, and some others. I'm gonna show you how to think about print as you're designing, and how to create files that will come out the other end without surprises. I'll be talking about process color versus spot color, how ink behaves on paper, and the mechanics of printing, including why it's important to build to the correct size, to anticipate the requirements of folding and trimming, and setting up for die cutting. And also preparing for other specialty finishing processes, such as embossing and foil stamping.
I want to show you how to find problems before they become catastrophes. And finally, we'll take a look at InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat as they relate to building healthy files for print. I'm excited to share my knowledge with you. After all these years, I still love printing and I hope you'll see why by the end of Print Production Fundamentals.
Q: The exercise files provided aren't working in my version of InDesign (CS4/CS5). What should I use?
A: This course was recorded using InDesign CS6. For InDesign users working with CS4 or CS5, IDML files are provided.
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InDesign CS5: Print Production Guidelines
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Acrobat X: Creating Forms
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InDesign CS6 Essential Training
with David Blatner8h 24m Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 27s
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1. Understanding Print Production
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What is print production?1m 51s
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2. The Life Cycle of a Print Job
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Attending press checks3m 16s
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3. Types of Printing
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The art of letterpress1m 33s
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Understanding thermography1m 38s
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4. Ink on Paper
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What's a process color?2m 55s
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What's a spot color?2m 52s
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5. The Mechanics of Finishing
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Building to the correct size4m 37s
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Folding and trimming3m 18s
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Setting up for die cutting3m 19s
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Embossing4m 1s
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6. Layout Basics
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Choosing an application3m 17s
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7. Fonts
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Understanding font formats1m 45s
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Using OpenType fonts5m 20s
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Fonts to avoid2m 49s
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8. Graphics
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Understanding color space4m 26s
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Examining image formats6m 3s
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9. Photoshop Basics
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Looking at image resolution7m 16s
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Masking basics5m 57s
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10. Illustrator Layout Basics
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Understanding Illustrator2m 34s
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Illustrator layout tips2m 48s
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Using swatches5m 22s
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Working with effects5m 16s
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Cautions about some effects1m 23s
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Importing images2m 41s
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Exploring fonts2m 42s
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Saving as PDF4m 36s
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11. InDesign Layout Basics
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InDesign layout basics5m 21s
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Exploring fonts in InDesign2m 54s
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Importing graphics7m 49s
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Copying and pasting graphics3m 38s
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Packaging up a print job6m 57s
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Generating PDFs5m 31s
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12. Finding Problems
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Preflighting in InDesign7m 58s
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13. Acrobat
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Basic forensics in Acrobat11m 3s
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Using Output Preview5m 30s
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Using TouchUp tools8m 17s
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Converting colors4m 11s
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Using preflight profiles3m 42s
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14. Wrapping It Up
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Submitting the job2m 29s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 2s
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