Learning Lab
Experience hands-on training on critical workflow processes and software applications from independent experts on state-of-the-art workstations.
SPACE LIMITED: ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED – You will receive a registration form with your full conference registration confirmation
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
- Learning Lab: Color Management Boot Camp: Monitor Calibration Fundamentals
David Hunter, President, Pilot Marketing Group
Learn to design a work environment for accurate soft proofing, using state of the art hardware and software to effectively create and verify accurate soft proofs on your monitor.
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- Learning Lab: Digital Capture, Scene of the Crime?
Moderator: Jodie Steen, 127 Productions
With a high percentage of all images files originating as digital captures, it's critical for photographers, designers, and premedia professionals to understand the critical issues that take place in the capture process. Renowned digital capture specialist Jodie Steen of 127 Productions will review the primary digital camera issues for both digital SLRs and large format camera backs to be sure the shoot is "in the bag."
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Learning Lab: In the RAW: Working with RAW Capture Files
Moderator: Jodie Steen, 127 Productions
Great photo shoots can fall apart when critical image data is mishandled. The camera RAW file has the most information and can be crucial to great reproduction of an image, but that flexibility means that many photographers don't want to release their RAW files. What are the best methods to use RAW? How do photographers and premedia experts work together to assure the photographer's vision is honored when separating from RAW? Jodie Steen of 127 Productions has worked on dozens of major photo shoots for editorial and advertising photographers. She'll cover the basics of RAW and the issues that bringing RAW files into your workflow brings up.
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Learning Lab: Rapid Image Correction for Print and Web
Taz Tally, President, Taz Tally Seminars
This session includes techniques and tips for rapidly evaluating, correcting and adjusting color images. Some color images need color correction. Some images don’t require color correction, but can be improved with color adjustments. And, some images may benefit from both. Knowing the difference between these two, and when each is required is important in helping you decide how to quickly and accurately edit your color images. Techniques include: Histogram based corrections; Curves corrections; Color by numbers tools, tips and techniques; Neutralization tips for images without neutrals; and target-based color calibration and image corrections. The emphasis of the techniques is on quickly evaluating an image's needs, and then making fast, accurate color corrections and adjustments in a production environment.
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
- Learning Lab: Workflow Automation With AppleScript
Moderator: Chuck Weger, President, Alara Systems
2008 marks the fifteenth anniversary of AppleScript, the automation language for the Mac. After all these years, AppleScript is still in use for process automation, especially in design and prepress environments. But these days there's so much more! For example, the entire Adobe Creative suite is scriptable in three different ways. Learn how to create powerful workflow automation solutions by controlling applications. This hands-on exercise will help you develop real-world AppleScript software automation solutions.
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- Learning Lab: Using Adobe CS3 to Harness the Power of Cross Media
Paul Trani, Senior Interactive Designer, Starz Entertainment Group
In this hands-on Learning Lab, you will learn how to use the tools in Adobe Creative Suite 3 to create and deliver powerful cross-media experiences. We will show you how to create engaging content, and then repurpose it for a variety of output mediums -- print, web, and video. This is your chance to gain first-hand experience with one of the industry’s most exciting advances – cross media communications – using a familiar publishing platform: Adobe Creative Suite 3.
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Learning Lab: Utilizing JDF Templates in PDF Workflows
April Clark, Owner, Nuance Consulting
Join us in this hands-on learning environment to discover how Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Acrobat 8 Professional can be used to facilitate the creation, preflight and verification of reliable PDF files targeted for your print shop or workflow system. You will learn how to create JDF templates to capture and convey job information to your customers, and how to create files using your PDF settings and preflight profiles that will match, and optimize, your PDF workflow.
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Learning Lab: Application Color Settings for Cross Media Publishing
Moderator: David Hunter, President, Pilot Marketing Group
The amazing flexibility of todays applications presents a huge number of options that affect color. In this lab session, Dave Hunter will guide you thorough the proper settings and options for CS3 and other application options to get color right.
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Our Learning Lab will be open late for all you techies to explore and experiment! Work one-on-one with our expert trainers and software company representatives to go deep into the issues that concern you most. Stumped by a problem we didn’t cover? The Lab is open!
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