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This course is designed for those working in publishing who do not regularly use design or page layout programs but need an overview of what these programs do and how they fit into the process of digital production. The course will give you increased confidence when dealing with designers, printers and publishers and will demystify the often confusing terminology involved giving you a good grounding in the basic principles and process of digital design and production.
Design and Production Overview
Print Design Courses
 
Public scheduled course £275
Prices exclude VAT.
Scheduled course dates
22 Aug 2008 to 22-Aug-2008 Waterloo
09 Sep 2008 to 09-Sep-2008 Highbury
03 Oct 2008 to 03-Oct-2008 Waterloo
24 Oct 2008 to 24-Oct-2008 Highbury
10 Nov 2008 to 10-Nov-2008 Waterloo
02 Dec 2008 to 02-Dec-2008 Highbury
23 Dec 2008 to 23-Dec-2008 Waterloo
Private Tuition
£405 for individual tuition.
Prices exclude VAT.

Introduction
• An overview of the digital production process
• Planning a document
• How programs work together
• An overview of Adobe Bridge

An overview of professional publishing software
• What do Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress actually do?
• How are they different?
• Creating a simple page layout
• Importing text from a word processing program
• Importing an image
• Using the basic text features

An overview of Illustrator
• What does Illustrator actually do?
• Creating text and images
• Understanding vector-based illustrations

 Fonts
• Everything you wanted to know about fonts but were afraid to ask

An overview of Photoshop
• What does Photoshop actually do?
• Scanning an image
• Cropping an image
• Exporting images from Photoshop

Demystifying terminology
• Different file formats – EPS, TIFF, PDF, JPEG etc
• Understanding image resolution
• The relationship between resolution and image size
• What does digital proofing mean?
• What are pixels and vectors?
• What is a clipping path?
• What is transparency?
• Estimating production time

Printing considerations
• What problems can occur when digital artwork is sent to bureau?
• What does Adobe Acrobat do?
• Common problems
• A print checklist

Questions and answers

If you'd like to book by phone, or discuss your requirements;

Call us on 0845 676 2250
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