Learn Useful Things for Digital Printing from Photoshop and Photoshop Elements

New monthly mini workshop using both Photoshop CS5 

and Photoshop Elements 10.  

There are a few basic things you should know about digital printing for successful output.  This workshop will show you how to size and resize for optimal print resolution.  It will show you how to play with canvas size and the ever important printer profile for printing.  Along with some color corrections hints.  Instructions for both Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop Elements10 are included. 

 As programs are upgraded or if you have a previous version these settings could be in a different place in the various boxes, but you can still look around and find the settings needed.  Regular Photoshop usually remains pretty constant although there is no guarantee.  Photoshop Elements likes to make these places in the print boxes ever changing and not the most user friendly.  Not sure why a program like Elements that should be easier to navigate changes a lot just to confuse you.   Whatever the changes are if you look around in your software print boxes or other selection boxes you should be able to find the controls to accomplish your task.

This workshop is a 26 page pdf with visuals and complete how to instructions by Kathyanne White.

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Creative Digital Printing Part Two

Creative Digital Printing - No Art Printer Required Part Two is about working with lightweight metals.  These metals are soft and thin and will go through a straight pass through printer.  You will need to prepare the metals and attach them to a carrier sheet.  This workshop will show you how to accomplish this.  Remember - using weird things in your printer could cause a problem.  Although I never have a terminal problem there is always a possibility, so take care when performing these techniques.  In the end you will have some wonderful printed surfaces to use in your artwork and projects!

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Creative Digital Printing - No Art Printer Required Part One

Last month I added the Epson 1100 Workforce printer to my art tools.  Since I travel and teach alternative surface printing, sometimes in only a one day workshop.  I always use my little Epson Charm and my little Epson Dash printers.  They print 4” x 6”  and are intended to print photo paper that comes with each ink cartridge.   When I first started using my Epson Dash I was amazed at the surfaces these smaller printers could handle.  Most of the fabrics like pimatex cotton and a few of my alternative surfaces as well as light weight metals,  are printed on my little printers.  This got me to thinking “why not get a little larger size out of prints created on a non-art printer.”   That turned out to be an extremely wonderful idea because I am having all sorts of fun printing with the 1100 and a print size of 13” x 19”.  

This months mini workshop is Creative Digital Printing - No Art Printer Required.  In this workshop I pass on some beginning techniques to create digital alternative prints on surfaces that will fit in the Epson 1100 a straight pass through printer.  It does a great job with alternative surfaces for digital printing.  Next month I will get into light weight metals and who knows what else.  Enjoy this workshop.

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Happy New Year!!!

The Making of an Image

This is the second of 2 mini workshops new on KathyAnne Art this month.  For this mini workshop I created an image on Corel Painter 12 then used an TextDrawing on my iPad and finished in Photoshop CS5.  This mini workshop is a 7 page pdf. 

Follow the creative journey!

Members you only need to sign in to download this free workshop.  Non members you can click HERE to pay for this workshop. The workshop is $9.95 and once you click and pay I will send your mini workshop by email.

Constructing Simple Surfaces for Digital Printing

For December we have 2 mini workshops that are free to KathyAnne Art Members.  I will post them separately. 

In this 20 page pdf mini workshop we will work with simple surfaces that add print dimension with added elements.  Playing with ways to assemble surfaces for printing keeps me looking for new ways to express myself with digital prints.  There are so many things you can do to a thin paper surface, say the weight of a piece of regular inkjet paper.  The surfaces built in this workshop will fit in any regular pass through inkjet printer.  If you think you have made your surface a little thicker then will fit, you have a few choices. ……....

For members, be sure to sign in to KathyAnne Art to download your workshop and for non members you can buy the workshop by clicking HERE to pay for your workshop $9.95 and I will send you the download by email.

Enjoy!!

Boxes of Metal

This months mini workshop is Boxes of Metal.  During this workshop we will put together a basic metal box.  The design for these boxes is decorative, so they do not open.  I create them from both digitally printed beverage cans and also printed recycled printer plates.  You can use any metal surface that is thin but somewhat rigid.  The metal used has to be easy to manipulate by cutting and punching holes.  You do not have to use digitally printed metal, but do your own thing to the surface before assembling.  Adapt the design anyway you would like. 

You can also turn these boxes into rattles by adding beads and bells and anything that you love to hear rattle.  The first one I made has a bunch of words inside with other rattle types of stuffing.  

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If you are a non member.  You can purchase the workshop by clicking HERE for $9.95 you will receive the pdf by a large file email after purchase.