This book explores how prepress technicians may best utilize Photoshop 4.0. It thoroughly reviews the use of Photoshop for color correction, tone targeting, and image manipulation, as well as methods for saving images in TIFF and EPS formats. Using Photoshop 4.0, this book discusses features such as the Navigator palette, recording and using Actions, the Type and Type Mask tool and Adjustment layers as important topics to the student studying prepress technologies.
Covers software developments and features sections on PDF generation and InDesign. With instructions and 300 color illustrations, this manual provides the answers and solutions you need to successfully print a magazine or graphic novel.
Full-color book and instructional DVD form a complete training package for Adobe CS4 Design Premium Written by a team of Adobe certified instructors, this complete training package helps you learn to use the market-leading design and development suite at your own speed. The book includes 26 lessons that let you discover essential skills and explore the new features of Adobe CS4 Design Premium. Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions and lesson files, supplemented with video tutorials on the DVD. Each lesson in the book has a supplementary, five-minute video lesson that demonstrates and explains the concepts and features covered in the book. You'll also explore integration techniques that can be implemented using Adobe Bridge and Version Cue, the file management and collaboration tools found in Design Premium. Full color, step-by-step instruction makes learning even complicated tasks less intimidating, while the video training demonstrates each task Covers InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks You set the pace, learning at your own speed Written by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Creative Suite experts who have created many of the official training guides for Adobe Systems Includes 26 lessons designed to teach you all aspects of the most popular design and development suite for print, Web, and mobile media Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium Digital Classroom is like having your own personal instructor guiding you through each lesson at your convenience. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Prepress and production issues can be costly and frustrating for operators and managers. This book provides them with a complete reference and an issues-oriented, troubleshooting, problem-solving approach that concentrates on getting the job done and keeping an eye on the bottom line.-- Focuses on saving time and money by doing things right the first time-- Integrates coverage of color, prelighting, and output issues at every step of the process-- Illustrates key information with lively anecdotes and first-hand experience
A truly inspirational text, teaching you all the essential skills and encouraging visual self-expression leading to the ultimate creation of stunning digital photography. Australian authors' Galer and Horvat from RMIT.
Michael Freeman has a well-deserved reputation for effectively explaining the concepts behind digital picture-taking to a variety of audiences. Here, he turns his attention to the professionals and advanced hobbyists who are making the move from traditional to digital and want help mastering the technology and meeting their clients' new requirements. Freeman thoroughly answers the most frequently asked questions about the basics of digital capture, from cameras and computers to storage options, printers, and scanners. Photographers will learn the different file formats and how to save images for print or publishing on the web. They'll explore valuable software tools and basic image processing programs that fix common problems, and see how to improve pictures using an assortment of cropping and filtering techniques. The smart, detailed advice will give photographers confidence as they enter this new digital world.
