Print & Product Design

Print Design & Pre-Press

Send files to the printer that come back right the first time

12 lessons4 modules10h 15m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

The most expensive mistakes in design happen at the printer, not on the screen. This course teaches the production craft behind clean physical print: how bleed, slug, and safe margins actually work, why RGB and CMYK diverge, how to handle spot colours and overprint, what resolution a job truly needs, and how to package, soft-proof, and approve files so a 5,000-piece run is right the first time. You finish able to pre-flight a file in InDesign, build a correct PDF/X export, read a contract proof, and brief a commercial printer without surprises.

Curriculum

Module 1: How Physical Print Actually Works3 lessons

From Screen Pixels to Printed DotsPreview45m
Offset, Digital, and Large-Format: Choosing the Method🔒50m
Paper, Stock, and Finishes🔒45m

Module 2: Document Setup, Bleed, and Trim3 lessons

Bleed, Slug, and the Safe Margin🔒50m
Setting Up a Document Correctly in InDesign🔒55m
Page Size, Imposition, and Folds🔒50m

Module 3: Colour, Images, and Type for Press3 lessons

RGB, CMYK, and Why Colour Shifts🔒55m
Pantone Spot Colours and Overprint🔒55m
Resolution, Images, and Fonts🔒50m

Module 4: Pre-Flight, Proofing, and Working with Printers3 lessons

Pre-Flight and Packaging the File🔒55m
Exporting a Correct Print PDF🔒55m
Proofing and Briefing the Print Vendor🔒50m