A brief video extract from this workshop’s Evaluating and Selecting Media session where we characterise different printing papers to balance their aesthetic advantages with their physical and practical attributes.
STREAMED On-Demand delivery +
Tutorials Live Streamed on 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 free follow-up Tutorials. The cost per person/workshop is AUS $330 and includes all fees and charges.
Tutorials – Live Streamed
• 12 January 2025 (AEDT) 10.30am to 11.30am
• 13 April 2025 (AEST) 10.30am to 11.30am
• 29 June 2025 (AEST) 10.30am to 11.30am
• 28 September 2025 (AEST) 10.30am to 11.30am
• 09 November 2025 (AEDT) 10.30am 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 covers the critical Print Making 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 Tutorials we ensure your printing workflow is optimally setup and accurately calibrated so you can move forward with confidence as you refine and perfect your print making. 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 creative options.
The workshop is supported by a resource rich website and 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 calculations
• Gamut mapping and compression
Session 4 – Printing a Digital Image
• Application vs. Operating System colour management
• Printing via Printer Drivers vs. Professional RIPs
• Working with printer profiles and rendering intents
• Test strips – printing, viewing, comparing and evaluating
• Hard proofing on a local printer
• Collaborating with professional print labs
Session 5 – Refining the Digital Print
• Matching media to images
• Preparing sheets and printing on rolls
• Colour & density evaluation – hand theory
• Basic monitor calibration for printing
• Introduction to Soft Proofing – matching prints to screen
• B&W printing, metamerism and ink inconstancy
Session 6 – Displaying and Protecting Digital Prints
• Setting up a print viewing and working environment
• ISO3664 Standarised lighting and viewing conditions
• Controlling 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 Streamed Tutorials are designed to maximise our time together clarifying the course content and answering any follow-up questions and topics.
Venue: STREAMED On-Demand delivery
Duration: 6+ hours (workshop + ongoing tutorials)
Resources: Extensive course notes, videos, test images, actions, macros, luts
Cost: AUS $330 (includes all fees and charges)
More Information: See FAQ (Education)
Updated 26 November 2024
What are the differences between our Digital Fine Art Print Making and Crafting a Digital Print workshops? Our intermediate Digital Fine Art Print Making 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. The workshops therefore compliment each other as two halves of an accomplished printing workflow, where refined practical skills and informed aesthetic judgements are the main aims, and 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.