Introduction to Digital Printing

Introduction to Digital Printing
6 weeks | $325 | In-Class

Learn techniques essential for generating high quality digital prints by exploring the relationship between image processing software like Photoshop and your printer. This course covers the basics of digital color and black & white printing, how to process images for print, common problems digital photographers encounter and how to develop a cohesive personal workflow for consistent output. Students generate and print images on a variety of glossy and semi-gloss papers using dye and pigment printer technologies. Instruction includes lectures, demonstrations, critiques and hands-on exercises.

Quarters Offered: Spring | In-Class
Course Fee: $325
Prerequisite: Digital Darkroom: Capture to Computer (ART-40630, discontinued) or Digital Photography Workflow (ART-40705)
Note: Req'd text: Fine Art Printing for Photographers by Steinmueller & Gulbins. Materials fee of $15 payable to instructor at first class meeting. Elective course for Photography: Images and Techniques professional certificate.
Contact: For more information about this course, please email unex-digital@ucsd.edu. 

Course Number: ART-40445
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Photography: Images and Techniques