Acrobat 8.0 Professional for Print Production
Acrobat
Training
Provided by Harlequin Solutions.
Knowledge of the chosen operating system (Mac OS X or Windows) and the source application from which PDF files will be created (e.g. QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign etc). ICC profile and colour knowledge would also useful but not essential.
Graphic Designers and Pre Press Professionals and anyone who needs to know the technical requirements for creating PDFs for High End Commercial Litho and Digital Printing.
Attendees with be able to create PDFs from postscript and Distiller and from Adobe Creative Suite Applications and QuarkXpress.
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Acrobat 8.0 Professional for Print Production
What is Distiller
PDF/X Standards, PDF/X-4, Pass4Press and ECI specifications.
Distiller Presets and editing and managing PDF setting files covered in depth
Setting up watched folders
Page box geometry, cropping and enlarging pages overprint preview, colour management and page display options
Output preview. Simulation preview, content control, ink value, maximum ink density and overprinting/rich black control
Preflighting
Using, managing and editing Preflight Profiles to detect and fix common output problems
Colour conversion
Convert from one colour space to another e.g. RGB to CMYK
Ink manager
Re-map colours from Pantone to CMYK and combine multiple Pantone inks within your file
Fixing Hairlines. Fixing problems with font and vector stroke weights
Transparency flattening
Common RIP/Rendering problems with transparency flattening
PDF Optimiser
Versioning, font extraction, image down-sampling and data scrubbing.
Commenting Tools for Proofreading and review
JDF Workflow Overview
PDF corrections
Using the Touchup Text and Touchup Object tools for simple corrections to type and images
Third Party Industrial plug-ins i.e. Enfocus Pitstop (time permitting)
Questions and Answers
PDF/X Standards, PDF/X-4, Pass4Press and ECI specifications.
Distiller Presets and editing and managing PDF setting files covered in depth
Setting up watched folders
Page box geometry, cropping and enlarging pages overprint preview, colour management and page display options
Output preview. Simulation preview, content control, ink value, maximum ink density and overprinting/rich black control
Preflighting
Using, managing and editing Preflight Profiles to detect and fix common output problems
Colour conversion
Convert from one colour space to another e.g. RGB to CMYK
Ink manager
Re-map colours from Pantone to CMYK and combine multiple Pantone inks within your file
Fixing Hairlines. Fixing problems with font and vector stroke weights
Transparency flattening
Common RIP/Rendering problems with transparency flattening
PDF Optimiser
Versioning, font extraction, image down-sampling and data scrubbing.
Commenting Tools for Proofreading and review
JDF Workflow Overview
PDF corrections
Using the Touchup Text and Touchup Object tools for simple corrections to type and images
Third Party Industrial plug-ins i.e. Enfocus Pitstop (time permitting)
Questions and Answers
About The Training Provider: Harlequin Solutions.
Harlequin Solutions. - Harlequin Training is the leading authorised Macromedia, Quark and Adobe training company for design, print and web applications as well as experts in Soft Skills, Microsoft and programming training.
Harlequin Training run public and private courses at our training centre in Ladbroke Grove in west London and can supply private courses at your offices. All of our courses are run by...
