Prepare and proof, using Photoshop, scanned or photographed traditional media images with correct resolution and sharpness to match the original, for web output.
Technical Requirements:
Computer Program: Adobe Photoshop
Digital Color Management: Use Worksheet for Web
Title of file: StudentNameTitle.jpg
Output: Review on Displays Set for Web Output
Size: fits in 600 x 600 pixels
Critical:
An colored traditional image scanned or photographed
• photomerge (instructions)
• match original hue/sat with adjustment layers
• match original values with curve adjustment layers
• transform image so that it is squared and cropped
• sharpened for web output at 600 x 600 pixels
• save for web and devices
• discuss digital delivery systems (including full image size and image detail) (PPI)
• discuss print profiles and print and sizes (DPI)
Issues:
• cropping
• transforming with distort and warp for true square
• adjustment layers - curves
• adjustment layers - hue/sat
• selecting with feather to adjust sections
• whites = whites / blacks = blacks (use color picker and info window)
• despeckling to remove dust
• clone stamp to remove dust and blemishes
• sharpening for texture correctness
(unsharp mask at about 100/1.8/0 then Edit > Fade Unsharp Mask about 75%)
Professional Examples:
Image Group 1: Artwork by Scott VanDerVelde "Summer Figure Study Mendcino" > Giclee Print made by Visualpump, Fine Art Giclee Printed at Color Incorporated on Sommerset Paper
The first two lines of artwork are 2 of 4 print proofs, with color and texture (sharpness) variations.
The bottom left image is one of many digitally captured photographs using the RAW camera setting.
The bottom middle image is cropped and starting to get come color adjustment layers added to capture original contrast through the curves adjustment and original color through the hue sat adjustment.
The bottom right is the final image adjusted to match the original.
Image Group 2: Artwork by Matt Burg > Giclee Print made by Visualpump, Fine Art Giclee Printed at Color Incorporated on Sommerset Paper
Left side images are proofs adjusting for color.
Right side image is the final print.
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