Overview
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Learn the basic techniques of successful graphic design production using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Learning essential graphic production techniques
- The right tool for the right job
- Typical workflows
- Know your file formats: Print
- Know your file formats: Web
- Pixels vs. vectors
- Scalability and resolution
- Viewing pixels
- Sizing an image for print in Photoshop
- Sizing an image for web in Photoshop
- PPI, DPI, and LPI: What’s the difference?
- Effective PPI
- Upsampling
- Understanding anti-aliasing
- Photoshop Smart Objects
- Vectorizing and rasterizing
- Outlining Type
- Color models: RGB, CMYK, Lab, HSB, Hex, Pantone
- Photoshop color modes
- RGB vs. CMYK
- Color management
- Converting to CMYK
- Converting to grayscale
- Converting to indexed color
- Converting to bitmap
- Exploring color harmonies
- Tints, shades, and opacity: What’s the difference?
- Harnessing the power of Illustrator’s Recolor Artwork
- Using spot colors in InDesign and Illustrator
- Using spot colors in Photoshop
- Typographic terms you need to know
- Font formats
- Sourcing type
- Font classification
- Linking graphics in InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Packaging documents in InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Using Creative Cloud Libraries
- Managing assets and files with Bridge
- Prepping images overview
- Cropping
- Tonal correction in Photoshop
- Color correction in Photoshop
- Removing dust spots and blemishes in Photoshop
- Image sharpening in Photoshop
- Creating an image cut out
- Exporting images and assets for the Web
- Preflighting a document
- PDF standards
- Bleed guides and crop marks
- PDF job options
- Next steps
