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Digital & Pre-press Design - SDES3176
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Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

The content of this course focuses on familiarising students with the industry terminology principles and processes involved in digital pre-press, direct to press and print production, while developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to produce artwork and print specifications to a specified industry standard across a range of media, methods and applications.

The content includes digital pre-press techniques, direct to press techniques, paper technology and other print substrates; ink technology, printing technology; printing problems and troubleshooting; print grids, formatting and imposition; process colours and pantone colours, print resolution and dot gain; principles of planning, preparation and execution of finished artwork for print; special printing effects, writing print specifications liaison with pre-press bureaux and printers, and industry expectations and standards for quality assurance and OH&S.

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