Photoshop CS3 Prepress Essentials [CD-ROM]

Taz Tally (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2007

InPhotoshop CS3 Prepress Essentials, instructor Taz Tally, Ph.D., teaches Photoshop CS3 users how to best prepare color and black-and-white images for print use. From explaining tools and workflows to discussing image channels, resolution, bit depth and modes, Taz explores all of Photoshop CS3's important prepress features. He guides viewers through concrete, practical exercises in image editing, correction, and adjustment, demonstrating how to get real-world, professional results. He also covers how to automate processes once settings are determined for specific needs. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics Include:

• Understanding the prepress process
• Integrating Bridge with the prepress workflow
• Creating and working with duplicate images
• Understanding image fundamentals
• Working with input devices
• Assigning and creating colors
• Creating spot color and duotone images
• Working with mode corrections and color separations
• Working with placed Photoshop documents in InDesign
• Managing RGB to CMYK conversions and proofing
• Automating prepress processes

Duration: 7.5 hours
On 2 CD-ROMs

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Each lynda.com CD/DVD course offers hours of training movies that you watch on your computer. The movies are recorded in pixel-perfect quality, and include the authors' narration and movements as they teach the subject matter. Courses include the same project files that the instructors use, so you can follow along at your own pace. lynda.com tutorials are great for visual learners and people who like to learn by doing. Topics include software applications, workflow optimization, tips and techniques, and much more. Play, fast-forward, and rewind for easy learning.

About the Author

Dr. Taz Tally is president of Taz Tally Seminars, a computer publishing, consulting and training company. He has produced numerous instructional videos and CDs and is the author of several books, including Avoiding the Scanning Blues, a featured selection of the Doubleday Book Club. A frequent presenter throughout the U.S., Taz is known for his entertaining, content-rich seminars and ability to present complex materials in an easy-to-understand fashion. When he's not touring the country presenting seminars, Taz can be found mountain biking in Alaska, skiing the powder in Utah or diving with the whales in Hawaii.

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: lynda.com, Inc (September 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596713763
• ISBN-13: 978-1596713765
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,230,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Scattershot, February 7, 2009

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Brent Rish (Worcester, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photoshop CS3 Prepress Essentials (CD-ROM)

I have been so disappointed with these lessons. I went through 4 lengthy chapters, almost nodding off, while he re-states concepts which are base to any casual photoshop user. Then all of the sudden, starting in lessons 5-6, the author has some coffee, and he's off like a shot. We're covering advanced topics at high-speed, and assuming the reader has full knowledge of new features in Illustrator, and intimate knowledge of the interoperability between those two applications, not to mention introducing new terms to a person more intimate with web development in previous versions of the Adobe CS Suite, than an up-to-date knowledge of photography, printing, and pre-press techniques. As an instructor and developer, I would have rather seen a more thoroughly well laid out plan, and would have edited some of the more long-winded talks on how to repeatedly press keys to access tools (creating and accessing keyboard shortcuts), or how to browse images using Adobe Bridge, in favor of creating a comprehensive glossary of pre-press specific terms, and making a supplement, or forum for advanced concepts and troubleshooting issues for other related applications which were glossed over.