Adobe CS4 – New Features

John Loiacono emphasized three key concepts during his keynote address at Photoshop World in Las Vegas. Timesavers (real speed increases), Integration (transparently with Macromedia products), and Cutting Edge (daring new features). Check out my previous post on this event here. What’s new in Adobe Photoshop...

Epson Print Academy – New Dates

The Epson Print Academy is gearing up for another tour. There are two tracks. Track I programming includes … Jack Reznicki seminars and hosts. Video presentations by top industry experts. Track II programming includes … Andrew Rodney    Color Management Jeff Schewe        Raw Conversion Greg...

Adobe Announces CS4

This morning Adobe announced CS4 with a web broadcast demonstrating many new features across the entire product line. In it, John Loiacono (senior vice president of Adobe’s Creative Solutions Business Unit) described CS4 as “The most compelling release in adobe’s history.” Here are three stunning...

Certificates of Authenticity

How do you reduce forgery? One way is to issue certificates of authenticity. The artist issues a certificate of authenticity with the artwork. There are many ways to handle this. The artist can give the certificate to the client. The artist can keep the certificate...

Printing – Finding the Coated Side of the Paper

Finding the side of a paper that’s optimized for printing can sometimes be challenging. Here are a few tips to help. 1 Look for the logo – the logo is always on the back. 2 Compare whites – the coated side is often whiter. 3...

The Art of Arranging

Proximity and sequencing matter. The first sequence suggests an approaching storm, while the second suggests clearing skies. How you present your work may be almost as important as what work you present. It’s the art of arranging. And it is an art, which involves specific...

Printing – Humidity

Extreme humidity can impact print quality. This is particularly true for but not exclusive to matte papers, which are more absorbent. We printed for my Annual Exhibit in high humidity. The paper had absorbed a lot of moisture and so there was substantially more dot...

Printing – Proofing

– Proofing is an essential part of making the finest prints possible. While color management and softproofing get you 90% of the way there, there are all kinds of things you still need to check in hardcopy – materials, ink limit, sharpening to name a...

Printing – Glass / No Glass

It can be helpful to see what presentation behind glass / plexiglass will do to print quality. The appearance of prints can shift slightly; darker and/or towards blue or green. You can preview this before framing by keeping a sheet of glass/plexi-glass in your printing...

Printing – Dot Structure

What’s the big deal about dot structure? Fine detail. Smooth gradients. It’s more than small dots (picoliters). It’s also how the dots are placed (screening algorithms). And, how precisely the dots are placed (piezo-electric or heat-based). And, what shape they are. And, which colors are...