Specifications

The Digital Fine Print Course

CONTENTS

Part 1: Creating a Fine Print

• Printer Resolution 4

• Image Resolution 5

• Multi-Colour Printing 7

Part 2: Editing a Fine Print

• Four Compositions: Image Editing Workflow 9

• Colour Correction Tools 10

• Converting Colour Images to Greyscale 12

• Understanding Unsharp Masking 16

• Advanced Unsharp Masking 17

• Image Posterization 18

• Reducing Noise and Artifacts 20

Part 3: Refining a Fine Print

• Print Luminosity 22

• Basic Layer Masks 23

• Blending Adjustment Layers 24

• Working in L*a*b* 25

• Out-of-Gamut Colours 26

• Lobster - Independent Tone and Colour Correction 28

Part 4: Printing a Fine Print

• Photoshop Printing with Custom RGB Printer Profiles 30

• Mac OS X: Epson Printer Driver Settings 33

• Windows: Printer Properties Settings 34

• Epson K1, K2 and K3 Ultrachrome Inksets 35

• Understanding RIPs 36

• ImagePrint Fine Art RIP 37

• QuadTone B&W RIP 38

• RIP Ink Limiting 39

• RIP Linearization 40

• RIP Profiling 41

• Changing Epson Ultrachrome Black Ink Cartridges in OS X 42

Part 5: Viewing a Fine Print

• Photoshop Soft Proofing with Custom Printer Profiles 44

• Soft Proofing Light Sources 45

• Ink Inconstancy 49

• Bibliography 50