Learning Print Production: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

Learn to correctly lay out your documents for print in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Introduction

• Introduction to building your artwork for print
• Prerequisites

1. Photoshop

• Image resolution
• Color space
• Text in Photoshop
• Limitations of Smart Objects

2. Illustrator for Print

• Building a simple three-panel brochure
• Using swatches
• Working with effects
• Cautions about blending modes
• Gathering up the pieces
• Saving as a PDF

3. InDesign for Print

• Setting InDesign preferences
• Create a three-panel brochure, folded size
• Create a three-panel brochure, flat size
• Working with color swatches
• Understanding "rich black"
• Creating correct color-plus-black gradients
• Managing graphics
• Using Overprint Preview in InDesign
• Transparency issues across applications
• Preflighting in InDesign
• Packaging a print job
• Generating PDFs

4. Acrobat

• Using Output Preview
• Using touch-up tools
• Converting colors
• Fixing those white lines

Conclusion

• Final thoughts
• Next steps