Introduction to Digital Printing

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.

Note: Printing elective for Professional Certificate in Photography. Prerequisite: ART 40441 or ART 40630. Req'd text: Fine Art Printing for Photographers by Steinmueller & Gulbins. $15 materials fee payable to instructor 1st class mtg.

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

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5/15/2018 - 6/12/2018

$285

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• SECTION ID:

  130514

• CLASS TYPE:

  In-class, Traditional Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Prada, Oreste, An Image Quality Engineer for Hewlett Packard Company, where he evaluates and optimizes image quality on wide format professional photo printers.

  Oreste Prada has a master's degree in mechanical engineering and is an image quality engineer for Hewlett Packard Co., where he evaluates and optimizes image quality on wide format professional photo printers. He is especially interested in the relationship between art and technology, and works to educate photographers on integrating a traditional fine art approach into the digital world.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibit Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers, 2nd Edition 2nd
  by Uwe Steinmueller, Juergen Gulbins
  ISBN / ASIN: 1933952318

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No UCSD parking permit required.
  No visitors permitted.
  Pre-enrollment required.
  No refunds after: 5/15/2018.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $260 ($285 if enrolled after 3/12/2018).
  

• NOTE:

  SCBWI and MOPA members can take advantage of our $25 Early Enrollment discount at any time prior to course start date. The maximum discount a MOPA or SCBWI member can receive for one class is $25. Discount is applied upon course enrollment over the phone or in person with proof of membership.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
5/15/2018	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 204, UCSD Extension University City Ctr, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
5/22/2018	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 204, UCSD Extension University City Ctr, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
5/29/2018	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 204, UCSD Extension University City Ctr, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
6/5/2018	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 204, UCSD Extension University City Ctr, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
6/9/2018	Sat	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	Room 204, UCSD Extension University City Ctr, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
6/12/2018	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 204, UCSD Extension University City Ctr, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego