Learning Print Production: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

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Free Online Course: Learning Print Production: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Learning Print Production: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is taught by Claudia McCue.

Overview
  • Learn to correctly lay out your documents for print in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Introduction to building your artwork for print
    • Prerequisites
    1. Photoshop
    • Image resolution
    • Color space
    • Text in Photoshop
    • Limitations of Smart Objects
    2. Illustrator for Print
    • Building a simple three-panel brochure
    • Using swatches
    • Working with effects
    • Cautions about blending modes
    • Gathering up the pieces
    • Saving as a PDF
    3. InDesign for Print
    • Setting InDesign preferences
    • Create a three-panel brochure, folded size
    • Create a three-panel brochure, flat size
    • Working with color swatches
    • Understanding "rich black"
    • Creating correct color-plus-black gradients
    • Managing graphics
    • Using Overprint Preview in InDesign
    • Transparency issues across applications
    • Preflighting in InDesign
    • Packaging a print job
    • Generating PDFs
    4. Acrobat
    • Using Output Preview
    • Using touch-up tools
    • Converting colors
    • Fixing those white lines
    Conclusion
    • Final thoughts
    • Next steps