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Donny O'Quinn tackles important input and output problems in over 6 of
QuickTime movies. This training course teaches you how to use Photoshop,
Freehand, InDesign, QuarkXPress and other applications to get the most
out of scanning and prepress techniques used by prepress professionals.
Donny will take your hand and lead you through scanning line art, halftone
and color images, basic selection techniques, halftone and color images,
drop shadows, using duotones, pantones, spot colors and quadtones, beating
moire patterns, and much more. Virtual Training Company allows you to
begin learning immediately by simply clicking below on the selection of
your choice.
This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the
fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and
no application is needed.
The
links below are free Scanning and Prepress tutorials The entire contents
may be purchased either on CD or watched via the Online University
Before You Scan
 Rec. System Requirements
Allocating RAM
Rec. Scanner Features
Installing ScannerSoftware
Optical Res & Bit Depth
Image Types (1, 8, 24-bit)
Resolution Types
Resolution Requirements
Scaling Restrictions
Basic Photoshop Preferences
Finding The Sweet Spot
Scanning Line Art
ScanLineArt/Apply Settings
Cropping Line Art
"Cleaning Up" Line Art
LA/Fine Detail (Photoshop)
LA/Fine Detail (ScanDefault)
Saving Line Art
Troubleshooting Line Art
Basic Selection Techniques
Selecting in Photoshop
The Marquee Selection
The Lasso Tool
The Magic Wand Tool
Anti Aliasing & Feathering
Saving Selections
A Halftone Primer
A Dot Gain Primer
Halftones- Before You Scan
Paper Stock
Output Device Limitations
Grayscale Scan Settings
The "Gamma" Control Panel
Scanning Halftones
AssessingYourScan (Levels)
Highlight and Shadow Dot
Hi/Lo PressLimitTest Strip
The CurvesDialog(Contrast)
The Curves Dialog (Tips)
Compensating for Dot Gain
Sharpening (Unsharp Mask)
Retouching (Rubber Stamp)
Retouching with Copy/Paste
Saving Your Halftones
Scanning Halftone In Action
Troubleshooting Halftones
Color- Before You Scan
Intro to Working in Color
Evaluate Hardware & Environment
Preferences (Monitor Setup)
Editing in RGB vs. CMYK
Gray Balance/Neutral Grays
Assessing the Original
Scanning Color Images
Scanner Settings (Color)
Setting Endpoints (Color)
Unsharp Mask ... (Color)
Adjusting Color Balance
Selective Editing
Gamut Warning/CMYK Conversion
Fundamental Color Correcting
Saving (TIFF, EPS, DCS files)
Black Generation (UCR/GCR)
Scanning Color (in action)
Troubleshooting Color Images
Production Techniques
Creating a Silhouette
Pen Tool Basics
Creating a Clipping Path
More on the Paths Palette
Clipping with More Than 1 Path
Make a Selection from a Path
Troubleshooting Clip Paths
Tracing Images Manually
Tracing with Adobe Streamline
Converting Vectors to Pixels
Vectors to Pixels (2)
Vector to Pixels - Type
Soft Drop Shadows 1
Soft Drop Shadows 2
Soft Drop Shadows 3
Soft Drop Shadows 4
Beating MoirČ (Grayscale)
Beating MoirČ (Color)
Duotones and Quadtones
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