Donny O'Quinn tackles important input and output problems in over six hours of QuickTime movies. Virtual Training Company's Scanning and Prepress training title teaches you how to use PhotoShop 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 duo tones and quad tones, beating moirZ patterns, and much more. Virtual Training Company allows you to begin learning immediately by simply clicking below on the selection of your choice.
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 Moire (Grayscale)
Beating Moire (Color)
Duotones and Quadtones