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STREAMED On-Demand delivery +
LIVE Q&A Tutorials via ZOOM
This intermediate workshop is attended via STREAMING On-Demand delivery so the course material can be studied in your own time and at your own pace, while your practice and questions are subsequently addressed, clarified and supported in our follow up LIVE Q&A Tutorials which can also be joined by anyone who has previously attended this workshop, as well as anyone contemplating attending this workshop but needs more information or insights into its content or suitability is more than welcome to ‘sit-in’ on one of the workshop’s tutorials.
• 30 November 2024 (AEDT) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 18 January 2025 (AEDT) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 12 April 2025 (AEST) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 05 July 2025 (AEST) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 27 September 2025 (AEDT) 9.30am to 11.30am
• Time Zone Convertor
Digitally printing our images to the highest imaginable quality on Epson and Canon large format printers is a challenging undertaking. This workshop therefore provides the critical production skills and aesthetic, materiality and process distinctions needed to create a truly fine print. We also send you our annotated paper samples and following the workshop can remotely create a stunningly accurate and incredibly beautiful bespoke printer profile for your printer and favourite paper. And in our LIVE Q&A Tutorials we ensure your printing workflow is optimally setup and accurately calibrated so you can move forward with confidence as you perfect your printing workflow. Some people also attend this workshop to help them decide what printer to invest in, or to better understand the collaborative process between artist and master printer if they outsource their printing, or to investigate the latest printer, ink and paper technology and the creative options they provide.
The workshop is presented in six one hour sessions accessed by clicking on each Session Button below:
Session 1 – The Famous Five Domains of Print Making
• File preparation
• Materiality
• Colour Management
• Ink Control
• Aesthetic Judgments
• Spatial and temporal illusions
Session 2 – Evaluating and Selecting Media
• Media characteristics: Colour, surface, finish, base, inkset
• Solids: Wood & metals
• Woven Media: Canvas, silk & linen
• Commercial Papers: Resin coated & microporous media
• Photographic Papers: Baryta & fibre based papers
• Art Papers: Mould-made & Fourdrinier cotton rag papers
Session 3 – Preparing Images for Printing
• Choosing the most appropriate working colour space
• Levels – colour and density correction fundamentals
• Re-sizing images and factorial scaling
• Artifact prevention and reduction
• Output sharpening techniques and strategies
• Adapting images for printing on matte surfaced media
Session 4 – Printing a Digital Image
• Printing via Printer Drivers versus Professional RIPs
• Printer profiles and rendering intents
• Gamut mapping and compression
• Test strips for colour & density evaluation
• Hard proofing on a local printer
• Collaborating with professional print labs
Session 5 – Refining the Digital Print
• Matching media to images
• Matching prints to screen
• Monitor calibration and soft proofing
• B&W printing, metamerism and ink inconstancy
• Handling sheets and printing on rolls
• Enhancing print depth, dimensionality and ‘presence’
Session 6 – Displaying and Protecting Digital Prints
• Setting up a print viewing and working environment
• ISO3664 Standarised lighting and viewing conditions
• Avoiding excessive media fluorescence
• Flattening, trimming and handling digital prints
• Protecting, annotating and storing digital prints
• Exhibiting and publishing considerations
The ‘Flipped Classroom’ facilitates a uniquely comprehensive yet individual learning experience where your creativity, knowledge and needs focus the inquiry, while your engagement and participation defines your outcomes. Our LIVE Q&A Tutorials are designed to maximise our time in answering your questions and supporting your practice.
The workshop is comprehensively supported by a resource rich website.
Venue: STREAMED On-Demand delivery
Duration: 8+ hours (workshop + tutorials)
Resources: Extensive course notes, videos, test images, actions, macros, luts
Cost: AUS $330
More Information: See FAQ (Education)
Updated 07 September 2024
What are the differences between the Digital Printing and Crafting a Digital Print workshops? Our intermediate Digital Printing workshop concentrates on the processes and procedures underpinning the physical production of fine prints, while our advanced Crafting a Digital Print workshop focuses on perfecting file preparation for printing, and thereby builds upon the Digital Printing workshop’s content. They therefore compliment each other as the two halves of an accomplished printing workflow, where refined creative skills and informed aesthetic judgements are the main aims, while the creation of stunningly beautiful fine prints along with the confidence and pride that comes from being in control of your own production are the main objectives.