Contemporary Clayworks
Digital Art, Printing & Design Services
The assumption that paper is white is, of course, faulty. So-called white papers come in varying shades of white and degrees of brightness. Then there are coloured papers and transparent media, such as self-adhesive vinyl. Producing “white” is a real problem for inkjet printers. That’s why I’ve always wondered why inkjet printers don’t include a…
Many folks hold the view that art is partly, if not wholly, defined by its medium; that some work can’t be art because of the tools used to make it…
You should upgrade to Photoshop CS4. Scott Kelby, one of the “Photoshop Guys” agrees with me. Find out why…
I imagine the HP Designjet Z3100 isn’t the only printer with an automatic cutter that doesn’t want to cut canvas. Afterall, canvas is tough material, with all that weave, warp, bias and such. If you try it (inadvertently of course, as I have done), the cutter jams up pretty quickly because the canvas just drags and…
If you have Photoshop (from 7 to CS4), theres an even easier and quicker way to to resize an image with the Fit Image command:
If you need to submit an image to a competition, you will need to resize it, usually to something smaller, e.g. 1024×768 pixels as in this example. Photoshop or Photoshop Elements is the best way to do it. Here is the step-by-step procedure. This works in Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4 and should work in earlier…
As a convenience for our clients sending us images and other digital documents that are too big for email, we have introduced a browser-based file submission form.
Aloha! We recently spent a few days on the Big Island of Hawaii at the Marriott Beach Resort on Anaeho’omalu Bay ( 19°54’57.97″N 155°53’20.17″W). There is a very nice group of beaches along the south shore of the bay that afford a wide panoramic view of the entire bay, including the resort. So I decided…
Here is the poster and handout for Ladysmith Camera Club “Panorama Shootout” on Saturday, November 8, 2008.
I think of what I do as digital painting, for the most part. So what is that exactly? Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques (such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc.) are applied by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. I work with a Wacom…