Scanning & PrePress Training - FREE Tutorials

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Halftones- Before You Scan
Paper Stock
Output Device Limitations
Grayscale Scan Settings
The "Gamma" Control Panel

Scanning Halftones
AssessingYourScan (Levels)
Highlight and Shadow Dot
Hi/Lo PressLimitTest Strip
The CurvesDialog(Contrast)
The Curves Dialog (Tips)
Compensating for Dot Gain
Sharpening (Unsharp Mask)
Retouching (Rubber Stamp)
Retouching with Copy/Paste
Saving Your Halftones
Scanning Halftone In Action
Troubleshooting Halftones

Color- Before You Scan
Intro to Working in Color
Evaluate Hardware & Environment
Preferences (Monitor Setup)
Editing in RGB vs. CMYK
Gray Balance/Neutral Grays
Assessing the Original

Scanning Color Images
Scanner Settings (Color)
Setting Endpoints (Color)
Unsharp Mask ... (Color)
Adjusting Color Balance
Selective Editing
Gamut Warning/CMYK Conversion
Fundamental Color Correcting
Saving (TIFF, EPS, DCS files)
Black Generation (UCR/GCR)
Scanning Color (in action)
Troubleshooting Color Images

Production Techniques
Creating a Silhouette
Pen Tool Basics
Creating a Clipping Path
More on the Paths Palette
Clipping with More Than 1 Path
Make a Selection from a Path
Troubleshooting Clip Paths
Tracing Images Manually
Tracing with Adobe Streamline
Converting Vectors to Pixels
Vectors to Pixels (2)
Vector to Pixels - Type
Soft Drop Shadows - Tuition 1
Soft Drop Shadows - Tuition 2
Soft Drop Shadows - Tuition 3
Soft Drop Shadows - Tuition 4
Beating MoirÈ (Grayscale)
Beating MoirÈ (Color)
Duotones and Quadtones

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