In Class Wed Feb 25th

Printing from Photoshop
- Print with Preview


All about paper
- weight
- size
- texture


In Class assignnment:

Dada CD cover

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random... ”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop to put it all together.

5 - Post it to your Flickr account and email it to Joe (image size 1200x1200 or smaller at 72 dpi)



























work on Project

In Class Mon Feb 23th

Lets check out your images from the first week of the semester long project!

Proj 1 Due

Proj 2 Assigned


Advanced Photoshop
Layout in Photoshop
- Guides, Rulers
- Unprintable Boarders
- Printing from Photoshop

In Class Wed Feb 18th

Photoshop Adv.
* Actions
* Automate
-- Batch
-- Contact Sheet
-- Picture Package

Quick History of Graphic Design
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work on Project

In Class Mon Feb 16th

Photoshop basics
- Image size - used to change the amount of pixels in the image
- Canvas size - used to add extra pixels to the image
- Save:
--- Photoshop .PSD file is your working file (keep this forever)
--- JPEG file is a 'Flattened' and Compressed file


Printing dpi resolutions
180 dpi - for images with no text only. lowest possible printing resolution.
240 dpi - good for images and fonts 11 points or bigger
300 dpi - great for images and fonts 8 points or bigger
360 dpi - great for images and fonts 6 points or bigger
400-600 dpi - super hi-resolution as good as an image can look

Using the Scanner
- access the scanners software in Photoshop under "import"
- make sure your in professional mode
- resolution (dpi) changes the speed at which the scanner will scan
- look at the other scanner options
- try doing everthing you were told not to do with a scanner (like move stuff while scanning)
- all scanners have a distance above the glass which is in focus and then drops off quickly


to scan
1 - set up the scanner options
2 - select an area to scan
3 - hit preview
4 - hit scan
5 - save the scan as a PSD


Designer/Artist


* Semester Long Project Starts

* Project 1 assigned

In Class Wed Feb 11th

lab fee $75

Semester long Project Assigned & Proj 1 Assigned

Proj 1 Examples



Levels of consideration in art/design
-Image Qualities



Photoshop basics
- Opening & Saving files
- Image size
- Canvas size
- Printing vs Web sizes


David Carson

In Class Mon Feb 9th

Hello and Welcome to the Digital Art & Design 2, Digital Print Media. You are currently looking at the blog for the class. This blog will contain all the information you need for this class including up-to-date information on what will be happening in class, project specifics, examples and the syllabus..

take a moment to click around and check things out.

* This class has a $75 Lab fee & you will need a 1 GB thumbdrive.

Here is our first example of digital print media as subversive street art.

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