Lynda - Print Production Essentials: Spot Colors and Varnish | 425MB

Duration: 1h 58m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 960x540 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

While most printing today is accomplished via a four-color process, there is a wide range of practical and creative options available when you add an additional color or varnish. This course teaches how these additional colors are made and shows some examples of finished projects that use these colors. Author Claudia McCue also dives directly into Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and other creative apps and shows how to build documents correctly for printing.

Topics include:

* Why spot colors are necessary

* Making a decision between spot and process colors

* Choosing a spot color

* Understanding the effects of stock on color

* Printing spot colors digitally

* Using varnishes

* Creating a multi-tone image in Photoshop

* Adding Pantone color swatches to Illustrator

* Creating spot varnishes in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

* Using preflight profiles in Acrobat