Course Calendar
COURSE WEEK ::
Calendar Notes:
Week 01 | Course Orientation / Intro to Print
Monday :: 09.25.2023
Welcome | Course Introduction and Welcome |
Lecture | File Management, Naming & Archiving |
Exercise | Introduction to Print Specification Research Exercise |
Resources | Class Notes: File Management, Naming & Archiving Exercise: 01 Print Specification Research |
Wednesday :: 09.27.2023
Lecture | Introduction to Printing Machines: Types of printing, use, features & limitations. Defining Preflight and Responsibilities: The Designer, the Customer Service Representative, & the Prepress Operator. |
Lab | Job Production Role Play |
Video | Printing & Finishing (London College of Communication) |
Resources | Class Notes: Printing Techniques & Processes Class Notes: Defining Preflight & Responsibilities Lab: Job Production Role Play |
Week 02 | Page Geometry / Imposition
Monday :: 10.02.2023
Lecture | Page Geometry: Introduction, vocabulary, layout areas, important decimal values, and brochure folds. |
Demo | Practice with Page Geometry & Precision Guides |
Exercise | Creating Templates for Common Brochure Folds |
Resources | Class Notes: Document Setup, Pages, & Imposition Class Notes: Page Geometry Terms Exercise: 02 Creating Templates for Common Brochure Folds |
Wednesday :: 10.04.2023
Due | Creating Templates for Common Brochure Folds Exercise Print Specification Research Exercise (01) |
Lecture | Imposition: Converting reader's spreads to printer's spreads, and setting up multiple-up pages for digital printing. |
Lab Exercise | Creating Printer Spreads with PDF |
Exercise | Layout Resizing for Multiple Publications |
Resources | Lab Exercise: 03 Creating Printer Spreads with PDF Exercise: 04 Layout Resizing for Multiple Publications |
Week 03 | Vector Artwork
Monday :: 10.09.2023
Lecture | Troubleshooting Vector Art: Transparency, points, working with type, auto-trace & formats. |
Project | Introduction to Non-Profit Awareness Campaign Project |
Lab Exercise | Illustrator Raster Effects Stress Test |
Video | The Adobe Illustrator Story |
Resources | Class Notes: Troubleshooting Vector Artwork Exercise: 05 Illustrator Raster Effects Stress Test Project: Non-Profit Awareness Campaign Project |
Wednesday :: 10.11.2023
Due | Layout Resizing for Multiple Publications Exercise Print Specification Research Exercise (02) |
Lecture | Preparing Vector Logos for Print Production |
Lab Exercise | Preparing Vector Artwork |
Resources | Exercise: 06 Preparing Vector Artwork |
Week 04 | Raster artwork / Document Preflight
Monday :: 10.16.2023
Lecture | Troubleshooting Raster Art: Transparency, effective resolution, color space, up-sampling artwork, rich blacks, & file formats. |
Lab Exercise | Preparing Raster Artwork |
Resources | Class Notes: Troubleshooting Raster Artwork Exercise: 07 Preparing Raster Artwork |
Wednesday :: 10.18.2023
Due | Initial Version of Non-Profit Awareness Campaign Project Print Specification Research Exercise (03) |
Critique | Non-Profit Awareness Campaign Project |
Demo | Refresher on Creating Mock-ups in Photoshop |
Lab Exercise | Document Preflight |
Resources | Exercise: 08 Document Preflight |
Week 05 | Field Trip / Exam
Monday :: 10.23.2023
Field Trip | To Select Impressions (North Salem) |
Wednesday :: 10.25.2023
Due | Print Specification Research Exercise (04) Final Version of Non-Profit Awareness Campaign Project |
Exam | Over all course class demonstrations, projects, labs, and exercise assignments. |
Project | Introduction to Brand Guide Project |
Lab | Button Making 101 |
Resources | Project: Introduction & Personality for Brand Guides Project |
Week 06 | Color
Monday :: 10.30.2023
Lecture | Troubleshooting Color for Offset Printing Understanding color separations, overprinting, & knockouts. |
Lab Exercise | CMYK Color Matching |
Resources | Class Notes: Troubleshooting Color for Offset Printing Exercise: 09 CMYK Color Matching |
Wednesday :: 11.01.2023
Due | Introduction & Personality Component of Brand Guide Project |
Lecture | Introduction to Color Management and LAB |
Demo | Working with ICC Profiles & Color Calibration of Monitors |
Exercise | Working with Color Space Profile Conversion |
Project | Logo Component of Brand Guide Project |
Resources | Class Notes: Introduction to Color Management and LAB Exercise: 10 Working with Color Space Profile Conversion |
Week 07 | Color Correction
Monday :: 11.06.2023 (Class starts at 9:45 AM)
Discussion | Winter Term Group Advising |
Lecture | Image Anatomy 101 Introduction to Curves in Photoshop |
Resources | Class Notes: Color Correction with Curves |
Wednesday :: 11.08.2023
Demo | Preparing a Logo Package |
Lecture | RGB Color Correction by the Numbers |
Lab Exercise | Color Correction with Curves |
Resources | Exercise: 11 Color Correction with Curves |
Week 08 | Color Correction / Adobe PDF
Monday :: 11.13.2023
Due | Logo Component of Brand Guide Project |
Demo | Processing Photos with Adobe Camera Raw |
Lab | Color Correction with Adobe Camera Raw |
Project | Typography Component of Brand Guide Project |
Resources | Project: Typography Component of Brand Guides Project |
Wednesday :: 11.15.2023
Lecture | An in-depth look at PDFs: History, versions, current use, features, & applications. Creating PDFs: Types, Methods, Presets & Options. |
Demo | Advanced PDF Creation with Acrobat Distiller |
Resources | Class Notes: Portable Document Format (PDF) |
Week 09 | Adobe PDF
Monday :: 11.20.2023
Due | Typography Component of Brand Guide Project |
Critique | Brand Guide Logos |
Lecture | Introduction to the PDF/X Specification |
Demo | Creating Fillable PDF Forms in InDesign Using Adobe Acrobat Pro: Proofing, preflight and document properties. |
Project | Color & Production Component of Brand Guide Project |
Resources | Project: Color & Production Component of Brand Guide Project |
Wednesday :: 11.22.2023
Lab | Open lab time to work on Brand Guide Project |
Week 10 | Preflight & Packaging
Monday :: 11.27.2023
Due | Draft Version of Brand Guide Booklet |
Critique | Draft Version of Brand Guide Booklet |
Lecture | Working with the Preflight Panel &
Packaging in InDesign Creating Preflight Profiles in InDesign |
Lab Exercise | Document Preflight Revisited |
Resources | Class Notes: Preflight & Packaging Class Notes: Commercial Printing Preflight Checklist Exercise: 12 Document Preflight Revisited |
Wednesday :: 11.29.2023
Exam | Over all course class demonstrations, projects, labs, and homework assignments. |
Movie | Linotype: The Film |
Extra Credit | Linotype: The Film Extra Credit Questions |
Week 11 | Finals Week
Monday :: 12.04.2023 @ 10:00 AM
Due | Color & Production Component of Brand Guide Project Linotype: The Film Extra Credit Questions |
Critique | Color & Production Component of Brand Guide Project |