Advanced
Workshops in Studio L
PREREQUISITES: Advanced computer knowledge and experience in the
design/graphic industry.
FEE IN STUDIO L: First three hours (small group): $165 plus GST
per person,
additional hours: $45 per hour plus GST per person.
One to one: $85/hr plus GST.
SAMPLE TOPICS:
• MOVING from QUARKXPRESS to INDESIGN
Tips and techniques for an easy switch from QuarkXPress to InDesign.
• UPGRADING TO ADOBE CS
New, time saving techniques and tools in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
and InDesign CS.
• RICH MEDIA PDF
How to create Rich Media PDF documents using
InDesign and Acrobat.
• QUARKXPRESS, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Style sheets, master pages, libraries, masks,
channels, paths, PPI, DPI, LPI, and everything else you need to
know about these programs: you make a list of questions, we answer
them.
• FONT MANAGEMENT in OS X
Font systems, font locations and font management
software.
• MAC MAINTENANCE in OS X
How to minimize crashes, corrupted
media and file problems and how to repair and organize your Mac:
Views, Accounts, File Management in OS X, Fonts in OS X, Disk
Utility, Repairing Permissions, Preferences, etc.
• PDF IN DAILY WORKFLOW
How to create PDF files for a specific output from Adobe Illustrator,
QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign.
• OUTPUT PROBLEM SOLVING and CRITICAL THINKING
Why my Prepress technicians get goose
bumps and turn red when they see me?
All about file formats, file
sizes, preflight checks, embedding or linkibg, trouble shooting
and software/hardware interaction in the prepress production line.
• COLOUR in PREPRESS and DIGITAL IMAGING
Tips for more effective work with digital
colour.
• Colour Settings, Assign Color Profile,
Convert to Color Profile
•
CMYK (web sheetfed, coated, uncoated), RGB (sRGB, Adobe RGB)
and indexed colour systems
• DIGITAL TRAPPING
Knockout and overprint, principles of trapping and digital trapping
techniques used in QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.
• SCANNING for PREPRESS or MONITOR DISPLAY
LPI, DPI ile formats, colour systems, formulas
and other principles of scanning for printed output, or monitor-displayed
output (web, slide presentations, CD ROM).
• DIGITAL TYPOGRAPHY
How to type and save your copy to make editing an easy job on
both Windows and Mac environments: terminology, paragraph controls,
file formats. How to clean a text file coming from someone who
doesn't know the above.
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Terms & Conditions
For on-site seminars, the full fee is due on the day of the first
seminar. The cancellation fee of 25% will be charged for client-induced
cancellations.
For workshops in Studio L, a 25% non-refundable deposit is due
three weeks prior to the start date of the workshop. The outstanding
balance is due on the day of the first workshop.
Although deposits are non-refundable, under extenuating circumstances
(family emergency or health), they may be applied to a workshop
taken at a later date (within three months or as soon as an opening
becomes available).
A complete refund is available only in the unlikely event that
Studio L is forced to cancel a scheduled workshop. Otherwise, no
refunds will be available.
If payment is made by cheque without sufficient funds to complete
the transaction, Studio L will charge a $25.00 administration fee.
A student has the right to reschedule one class out of each workshop
due to sickness (and if you are sick, we definitely want you to
stay at home and get better), work or family emergency. If you
must reschedule a class, we expect you to give us a minimum of
24 hours notice, or call us as soon as you know of the emergency.
You are also responsible for rescheduling the class to everyone's
convenience.
On rare occasions and with Studio L's approval, a student may
have to postpone a part of the workshop, however, the workshop
must be resumed within a month of the drop-out date or as soon
as an opening becomes available.
All terms & conditions are subject
to change without notice. |
