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Topics covered on this course include:
Before You Scan
- Rec. System Requirements Demo
- Allocating RAM Demo
- Rec. Scanner Features Demo
- Installing ScannerSoftware Demo
- Optical Res & Bit Depth Demo
- Image Types (1, 8, 24-bit) Demo
- Resolution Types Demo
- Resolution Requirements Demo
- Scaling Restrictions Demo
- Basic Photoshop Preferences Demo
- Finding The Sweet Spot Demo
Scanning Line Art
- ScanLineArt/Apply Settings Demo
- Cropping Line Art Demo
- "Cleaning Up" Line Art Demo
- LA/Fine Detail (Photoshop) Demo
- LA/Fine Detail (ScanDefault) Demo
- Saving Line Art Demo
- Troubleshooting Line Art Demo
Basic Selection Techniques
- Selecting in Photoshop Demo
- The Marquee Selection Demo
- The Lasso Tool Demo
- The Magic Wand Tool Demo
- Anti Aliasing & Feathering Demo
- Saving Selections Demo
- A Halftone Primer Demo
- A Dot Gain Primer Demo
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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