As per the syllabus I gave you on the 1st day, here is the Grading Criteria:
Class attendance and participation: 10%
Completion of classroom assignments (homework) (on required deadlines): 30%
Personal Projects 1, 2 & 3: 60%
The personal projects are as follows:
Midterm: Promo Card: 15%
Blog: 15%
Final: 30%
You can email me individually if youa re concerned about your grade. I will be turning them in by Dec. 24.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Adorama Prints
Adorama's prints are inexpensive, but they are Digital C-Prints. They are archival for 60-100 years, and Adorama works with you to get your colors right, which is the most important thing. For exhibitions and portfolios in the future, however, you may want to think about getting Inkjet prints made, as they are the most archival.
With today's inkjet printers the color gamut far exceeds what the traditional film processes could produce. For example at PhotoPlus 2006 Joel Meyerowitz stated that digital printing today has,"Greater capacity to reveal the subtlety of the color image, compared to c-prints... inkjet printing has truly arrived."
Here is another lab to get really well done inkjet prints made, in Brooklyn.
If you are having your prints done at Adorama, click here for how to prep your file:
http://www.adoramapix.com/Support.aspx?SupportID=prepcolor
If you would like to have total control over the color and the density of the final prints, you can do so by telling Adorama not to change anything in your image, so that AdoramaPix technicians do not overwrite the color correction you've applied to the photos in your order. If you decide to choose this option make sure that your monitor is properly color corrected.
Download profiles from the Adorama Site.
Put the profile you download into this folder in Photoshop: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles. For a step-by-step How-to, click here: http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/profiles.htm
In Photoshop, you can soft proof your image in the profile you've downloaded, and then before you save, go to Edit> Convert to profile to save that profile setting to you image. Then make sure to tell adorama (of whatever printer you use) not to color correct. Remember, only do this yourself if the monitor you're working on is calibrated. Otherwise, let the lab do the color correction.
Optimum File Sizes:
8×10 inch 300 dpi 20.6 MB
10×12 inch 300 dpi 30.9 MB
11×17 inch 300 dpi 48.2 MB
12×16 inch 300 dpi 49 MB
13×19 inch 300 dpi 63.6 MB
16×20 inch 300 dpi 82 MB
20×24 inch 300 dpi 123.6 MB
30×40 inch 300 dpi 309 MB
30×40 inch 200 dpi 137.3 MB
40×60 inch 300 dpi 618 MB
40×60 inch 200 dpi 274 MB
With today's inkjet printers the color gamut far exceeds what the traditional film processes could produce. For example at PhotoPlus 2006 Joel Meyerowitz stated that digital printing today has,"Greater capacity to reveal the subtlety of the color image, compared to c-prints... inkjet printing has truly arrived."
Here is another lab to get really well done inkjet prints made, in Brooklyn.
If you are having your prints done at Adorama, click here for how to prep your file:
http://www.adoramapix.com/Support.aspx?SupportID=prepcolor
If you would like to have total control over the color and the density of the final prints, you can do so by telling Adorama not to change anything in your image, so that AdoramaPix technicians do not overwrite the color correction you've applied to the photos in your order. If you decide to choose this option make sure that your monitor is properly color corrected.
Download profiles from the Adorama Site.
Put the profile you download into this folder in Photoshop: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles. For a step-by-step How-to, click here: http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/profiles.htm
In Photoshop, you can soft proof your image in the profile you've downloaded, and then before you save, go to Edit> Convert to profile to save that profile setting to you image. Then make sure to tell adorama (of whatever printer you use) not to color correct. Remember, only do this yourself if the monitor you're working on is calibrated. Otherwise, let the lab do the color correction.
Optimum File Sizes:
8×10 inch 300 dpi 20.6 MB
10×12 inch 300 dpi 30.9 MB
11×17 inch 300 dpi 48.2 MB
12×16 inch 300 dpi 49 MB
13×19 inch 300 dpi 63.6 MB
16×20 inch 300 dpi 82 MB
20×24 inch 300 dpi 123.6 MB
30×40 inch 300 dpi 309 MB
30×40 inch 200 dpi 137.3 MB
40×60 inch 300 dpi 618 MB
40×60 inch 200 dpi 274 MB
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Making a PDF Presentation and a Web Photo Gallery in CS3
If you need to send a slick looking slideshow of your work to someone and don't just want to attach jpgs to an email, consider making one of these:
PDF Presentation:
Make a folder of hi-res images that you'd like to be in your slideshow presentation.
Go to FILE>AUTOMATE>PDF Presentation. Browse and add all the photos from the folder you just created. Output Options: Save as presentation. You can include title etc, but you have to have embedded it in the file first by going to File> File Info and typing into the title and author fields. Choose the appropriate font size (10 seems good). Then choose whatever presentation options you prefer at the bottom.
When the "Save Adobe PDF" window comes up, look at the top, and if you want to email this to someone, choose "smallest file size". To print, obviously choose the high quality print option. You can now attach this to an email and show a selection of your work to someone in a clean and finished way.
Web Photo Gallery:
Make a folder of hi-res images that you'd like to be in your photo gallery. Then save them for web. This function under "File">"Save for Web and Devices" automatically saves your images to the right size (about 500x500) and color space (sRGB) to be able to go online.
The images you start with should be anything larger than a JPEG before you save for web, the highest-res version you have of that photo. Go to "File">"Save for Web and Devices" and in the dialogue box choose JPEG, High, Quality 60, Blur 0, and check the Progressive box, but DON'T check the ICC profile.
Then click in Device Central at the bottom of the page. In Scaling just click on "Fit Proportionally"
Then go to File>Automate>Web Photo Gallery. there are several styles to choose from, I like Flash Gallery 1. enter your email address. Choose a source folder (the group of images you've saved for web). Make a new folder for the web gallery to be saved to and make that the "destination". Under Options, choose whatever you like.
When you hit OK, you will have a folder full of dreamweaver/html files that can be zipped and attached to an email. To view in Safari, just double click the "index.htm" file. These files can also essentially be put together in Dreamweaver to create a website.
PDF Presentation:
Make a folder of hi-res images that you'd like to be in your slideshow presentation.
Go to FILE>AUTOMATE>PDF Presentation. Browse and add all the photos from the folder you just created. Output Options: Save as presentation. You can include title etc, but you have to have embedded it in the file first by going to File> File Info and typing into the title and author fields. Choose the appropriate font size (10 seems good). Then choose whatever presentation options you prefer at the bottom.
When the "Save Adobe PDF" window comes up, look at the top, and if you want to email this to someone, choose "smallest file size". To print, obviously choose the high quality print option. You can now attach this to an email and show a selection of your work to someone in a clean and finished way.
Web Photo Gallery:
Make a folder of hi-res images that you'd like to be in your photo gallery. Then save them for web. This function under "File">"Save for Web and Devices" automatically saves your images to the right size (about 500x500) and color space (sRGB) to be able to go online.
The images you start with should be anything larger than a JPEG before you save for web, the highest-res version you have of that photo. Go to "File">"Save for Web and Devices" and in the dialogue box choose JPEG, High, Quality 60, Blur 0, and check the Progressive box, but DON'T check the ICC profile.
Then click in Device Central at the bottom of the page. In Scaling just click on "Fit Proportionally"
Then go to File>Automate>Web Photo Gallery. there are several styles to choose from, I like Flash Gallery 1. enter your email address. Choose a source folder (the group of images you've saved for web). Make a new folder for the web gallery to be saved to and make that the "destination". Under Options, choose whatever you like.
When you hit OK, you will have a folder full of dreamweaver/html files that can be zipped and attached to an email. To view in Safari, just double click the "index.htm" file. These files can also essentially be put together in Dreamweaver to create a website.
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