Topic 1 Reproduction Colour Theory and Print Standards

Topic Objectives
Light and Colour
The Visible Spectrum
The Perception of Colour
Surrounding Colour
Colour Temperature
Communicating Colour
The Subtractive Primaries - C, M & Y
RGB Colour Model
Colour Gamut
RGB Working Spaces
CMYK Colour Model
Colour Managing (correcting) CMYK Images
Printing Standards
Tone Compression
Colour Management Systems

Standardised Viewing Conditions
Light Source
Surround
Metamerism
Customising Reproduction for Print
Print Industry Standards
Litho Sheet-Fed (Commercial):
Litho Web-Fed (Magazine):
Newspaper SWOP:
SAMPLE CMYK for Litho Sheet-Fed (Commercial) Printing:
SAMPLE CMYK for Litho Web-Fed (Magazine) Printing:
SAMPLE CMYK for Newsprint SWOP Printing:
Topic Summary

Topic 2 Colour Management Overview

Topic Objectives
Why Manage Colour?
What’s the problem?
Producing Consistent Colour
Colour Management Overview
Assigning and Embedding Profiles
Converting with Profiles
How Conversions Work
Remember what a CMS does NOT do?
Benefits of a CMS
CMS Workflow Approaches:
COOM (Capture Once Output Many)
So What’s the Problem?
Overview of a Colour Management System

Components of a CMS
1. Device-independent Colour Model:
2. Colour Management Engine:
3. Device Profiles:
4. Rendering Intents:
Rendering Intents
How Does a CMS Work?
Associating a Source Profile (Terminology)
Setting up a Basic CMS
Profile all Input Devices
Profile all Output Devices
Setting up Colour Management in Photoshop
Topic Summary

Topic 3 About Profiles

Topic Objectives
About Profiles
Profile Types

Generic Profiles
Topic Summary

Topic 4 Monitor Calibration & Soft-Proofing

Topic Objectives
Monitor Calibration-Profiling
Monitor Calibration

Soft-Proofing Basics
Topic Summary

Topic 5 Colour Management Workflow

Topic Objectives
Colour Management Workflow Options
- When to convert
CMYK workflows - early binding
RGB workflows - late binding
RGB-CMYK - workfow
Intermediate Spaces
Device-independent RGB
Workflow Within an Application
Opening Untagged Documents
Opening Tagged Documents
Soft-Proofing Basics
Soft-Proofing Rendering Intents
Colour Managed &
Non Colour Managed Workflows
Import Colour Into a
Colour-Managed Workflow
Non Colour-Managed Internet
Internet Colour Workflow
Adobe Colour Management

Colour Settings
Default Profiles – Working Spaces
Colour Management Policies
Warnings – Manual Overrides
Advanced Options – Default Conversion Settings
Manual Assignments and Conversions
Assign Profile
Convert to Profile
Soft-Proofing
Soft-Proofing in Photoshop
Soft-Proofing in InDesign
Soft-Proofing in Illustrator
Soft-Proofing Practices and Limitations
Colour and PDF/X
DeviceLink Profiles
Why use DeviceLinks?
Topic Summary

Topic 6 Workshop - Colour Management in Adobe Applications

Topic Objectives
PhotoShop Colour Settings
PhotoShop Default Colour Settings
Europe Prepress 2
North American Prepress 2
5Magazine NON-ICC Setting
Newsprint Setting
Desktop Printer Setting
North American Web/Internet Setting
PhotoShop
- Opening Images & dealing CM messages;
mismatch and missing
Convert to Profile & Test
Intent & Black Point Compensation
PhotoShop Tools
Non-Interactive CMYK Conversion

Interactive RGB or CMYK
Conversions
Convert to Profile
Assign Profile
Soft-Proofing
CS3 Bridge
Synchronizing CS3 Applications
InDesign Colour Settings
InDesign Soft-Proofing
RGB images within an InDesign document
Illustrator Colour Settings
Illustrator Soft-Proofing
Acrobat Colour Managment
Acrobat Colour Settings
Topic Summary

Topic 7 Proofing and Printing Accurately

Topic Objectives
Proofing and Printing Accurately
Profile Limitations
Printing and Proofing
Final Print Output (Photoshop)
Proof Print Output (Photoshop)
Final Print Output (InDesign)

Proof Print Output (InDesign)
InDesign Export Options
Outputing to PDF
Outputing ICC-TAGGED-PDF
Outputing to PDF/X-1a
Outputing to PDF/X-3
Topic Summary

Topic 8 Creating Profiles

Profiling Printers; RGB, CMYK, Desktop, Press (using CM software such as GretagMcbeth ProfileMaker and X-Rite Monaco Profiler
ProfileMaker Systems Overview
Basic Profiling Procedures in ProfileMaker
Monitor Calibration
Making a Scanner Profile
Making a Digital Camera Profile
Making a Printer Profile
Test Chart

Reference Data
Rendering Intent
Gamut Mapping
Separation
Making a MultiColor Printer Profile
Evaluating Profiles; types, characteristics, limitations, profile directions, generic Vs custom
Editing Profiles

Appendix A - Adobe Colour Management

Appendix B - Adobe ICC Profiles

Appendix C - Eye-One Monitor Calibrator

Appendix D - ProfileMaker

Appendix E - Index