About the Course

This Digital Printing Workshop is geared towards the artist or photographer interested in producing fine art Giclees.

Subjects to include are photographing the image digitally, prepping and optimizing the images in Lightroom and Photoshop, color management, how to build a custom camera profile, soft proofing, how to calibrate a monitor, digital workflow, what a software RIP is, differences between different inkjet printers, how to choose a printer, what a printer profile is and how to build one.

Additionally, attendees will have lots of hand-on experience, adding protective coating to canvas, building a stretcher bar, stretching a canvas, embellishing a print, and adding texture and brush strokes to a print. Each student will leave with a finished 18x24 stretched canvas print.

We will also have time to go out and get some fresh air on the beautiful Central Coast and get some photography in!
We have plenty of cameras and camera gear sponsored by Canon so if you want to try some of our brand new cameras like the 5D Mark, the XSi's or 40D and 50D bodies, we have plenty to go around!

This is going to be a great week of creative tips and techniques to help you learn the process of taking the photo and stretching your own canvas.

This class is for those who enjoy learning new and proper techniques in presenting your work. Whether you are a professional framer wanting to get some techniques in the most popular framing technique or the artist wanting to learn in a small class environment. This class is open to many levels and useful to all of them!