Adobe Photoshop Color Printing
Builds the skills and concepts covered in Photoshop: Basic and Advanced. Students will learn the essentials of color management for printing, as well as methods for improving photographic images. In addition, they will study the principles of color correction, including color adjustment techniques and sharpening. Finally, students will learn how to create grayscale images and how to apply spot colors and duotones to an image.
Course Content
Calibrate and profile a monitor; specify how
to handle images whose color profiles are different from the
current color space; and proof image colors on screen.
Maximize digital image quality by specifying settings for
camera raw images and by reducing image noise; use photo
filters and the Match Colors command to adjust image colors;
apply filters to counteract lens distortions or simulate lens
effects; and merge images to form panoramas or High Dynamic
Range images.
Identify color correction principles; locate image shadows and
highlights, and identify their color values; use automatic
adjustments and curves to maximize image contrast; use the
toning tools to retouch image color and contrast by hand; and
replace a specific image color either globally or in specific
areas.
Specify color settings for print
images; separate images into CMYK components; correct image
colors by adjusting CMYK curves; and use the Unsharp Mask
filter to sharpen an image.
Use the Channel Mixer to maximize image contrast when
converting an image to grayscale; use spot channels to specify
spot colors in an image; and convert a grayscale image to a
duotone.