Saturday, October 24, 2009

Example Color Wheels

Julie created two additional color wheels for class use: 12 and 14 hue. Feel free to download these examples and use them when picking your hues... Also, we scanned the original 10-hue wheel...

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Color Printer Directions

1. Open your Image in PhotoShop
2. Go to: File> Print...
3. In the Print Dialogue Window, make these changes:
A. Printer: EPSON Stylus Photo
B. Color Handling: Photoshop Manages Colors
C. Printer Profile: SPR2400 PremLuster Photo.icc (scroll down to find it!)

4. Click the Page Setup Button
5. In the EPSON Stylus Photo R2400 Properties Window, click the Advanced button in the bottom right-hand corner (click Continue on the “warning” message...)

6. Under Paper & Quality Options, change the paper to: Premium Luster Photo Paper
7. Under Color Management, toggle-on: ICM
8. Toggle-on: Off (No Color Adjustment)

Click OK and Print!

Note One: If you are printing multiple pictures, you need to:
In the Print Window, Switch the printer to Adobe PDF and then back to: EPSON Stylus Photo
Repeat steps 4 through 9

Note Two: The printer will print a shade darker… you might want to “bracket” a few images (make three versions of the same image: original, one darker, one lighter) and print a test page.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Tutorials

Having tech-trouble? Want more skills? Check these out... Feel free to post tutorials you find or tutorials you make in this section...

Graphic Photo Overlay in PhotoShop by Nathan Adams (D4M student)

Creating Custom PhotoShop Brushes by daarken

Paint Bucket with Pattern CGTalk Post

Creative Cow Podcasts on After Effects

Monday, September 3, 2007

Homework Help

If you have questions about your current assignment, post the image and the question(s) in this section. Students who actively participate in this section (posting questions, answering questions, or making comments) will be awarded class participation points!

To post pictures with your comments, you must first save your image to a file-sharing site (like, google pages or flikr) and then place the link into your post.

Class Resources and Files

Here you will find a variety of resources used during class presentations. Remember that some additional files are available on your IQWeb course homepage.

Raster to Vector PDF

Check This Out...

If you find media examples on the web that demonstrate design principals discussed in class, post the links in this section.

Consider keeping a blog to document your progress. For example, check out this professional blog by the concept artists at Blue Sky

Check it out! Benjamin West posted his project 4 on YouTube!