back to Week Six

This assignment is not the place to use the paintbucket, or paintbrushes or excessive filtering. Concentrate on manipulating the continuous tone imagery.

Because this image is bound for print...

1. All images must be changed to CMYK color mode (RGB is for the internet.) You will find this command under the Image menu.

2. All images must be 300 dpi. I have scanned them at various resolutions. If you enlarge an image too much, in order to suit your resolution requirements, you can end up with artifacting, or unnatractive jagged areas. So if you scale down an image in photoshop, you'll have to reimport if you want to make it much larger again.

SO Begin by setting up your document at the desired size, resolution and mode, then copy and paste images from the source files.

3. Save these files so that you can always modify any part of your final image:

• your original images
• your native photoshop file WITH layers (.psd)
• your final print (.tiff)

SO follow these directions carefully when you are ready to produce a final .tiff image:

• "save" your .psd document
• flatten the image (layers window menu)
• "save as" a .tiff (Use a differrent name on the PC's--just to be safe--since they don't have the extensions on. On a Mac bob.tiff will not overwrite bob.psd, I'm not sure about the PC)

4. All of these images, save the "free" ones, are bound by copyright law. The general rule of thumb is to change the image by 80% so as not to infringe on the original artist's work.

 

Tips and tricks..

1. Arrange text or make iconic images in Illustrator, and drag and drop them onto your Photoshop document.

2. In order for the mask mode to work correctly, you must have the default colors selected (black on white.)

3. more when needed....