Photoshop 6 Color
Correction & Printing
Course length: 1 day(s)
Course
description
Overview: Students will
learn professional techniques for obtaining consistent, predictable, high
quality images from Photoshop.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, you
must have first completed the 
Software Training course
Photoshop 6: Level 1 and Photoshop 6: Level 2 and have a strong
working knowledge of the Windows environment. For example, you should know
how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs
and other media. The Software Training courses
Windows 98: Introduction, Windows ME: Introduction and Windows XP: Introduction teach these skills.
Delivery
method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with
structured hands-on activities.
Benefits: Students will
learn a balanced approach, starting with system calibration, through the
scanning process, image enhancements, color correction, printing proofs, and
exporting the image. Students will also create traditional printed effects such
as duotones and spot color overlays.
Target
student: Students enrolling in this course should understand the tools,
techniques, and concepts covered in the Photoshop
6 Basic Skills 1 and Photoshop 6 Basic
Skills 1 courses, and should be interested in learning color correction
techniques, as well as techniques for preparing images for print.
What's next: Photoshop 6 Basic Skills 1 is the first
course in this series, and is followed by Photoshop
6 Basic Skills 2.
This course, Photoshop 6 Color Correction
and Printing, can be taken immediately after the Basics 1 and 2 courses.
Students who want to learn techniques for creating and optimizing graphics
for the Web should take the Software Training course Photoshop 6 Web Production. Students who want to learn techniques for increasing their
efficiency and create a variety of interesting effects should take Photoshop 6 Tips & Tricks.
Performance-based
objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and
also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this
course, students will be able to:
- Calibrate your system
for maximum color accuracy.
- Apply appropriate
workflows for “Color Management” or “Color by the Numbers” systems.
- Use color separation
settings effectively to create quality CMYK output.
- Perform curve-based
color corrections to remove color casts, enhance image detail, and ensure
balanced images.
- Apply unsharp masking and other techniques to enhance image
quality.
- Eliminate moiré
patterns in scanned images.
- Use spot colors to
create duotones and spot overlays in images.
- Modify the brightness,
contrast, color balance, hue, and saturation of images.
- Save images in file
formats for use with other applications and the Web.
Lesson 1:
Color and Printing
Color Models
Commercial Printing Conditions
Lesson 2:
Color Workflow
Color by the Numbers
Color Management
Workflow Steps
Lesson 3:
Calibration and Profiling
Adobe Gamma Control Panel
Color Settings
Lesson 4:
Scanning
Scanning Various Image Types
Resolution
Image Adjustments During
Scanning
Lesson 5:
Image Preparation
Dust & Scratches Filter
Eliminating Moiré Patterns
Overall Tonal Adjustment
Lesson 6:
Creating CMYK Separations
CMYK Settings
Monitor to Print Calibration
Out of Gamut Colors
Separating Images
Lesson 7:
Color Correction
Choice of Color Mode
Choice of Color Correction Methods
Color Correction Objectives
Global Corrections by the Numbers
Lesson 8:
Sharpening
Unsharp Masking
Sharpening Techniques
Lesson 9:
Grayscale and Spot Colors
Grayscale Images
Duotones
Spot Color Images