Advanced Techniques in Digital Image Capture

Aim
This course looks at the technical background behind, and procedures for, image capture and optimisation delivered through hands-on activities. This workshop will teach you how to produce the correct end product for your intended purpose and teach you the easy 'science' of scanning to remove the guesswork from your image capture.

Content

• Calibration in practice
• Handling analogue originals
• Review of capture devices including cameras and scanners
• Getting the best out of your scanning software
• Line art, greyscale and colour scanning
• Image resolution and calculating scanning resolution
• The challenge of good colour management
• Image optimisation - correcting and resizing images
• Appropriate image processing for the purpose
• Speeding up your system

This workshop uses scanners, digital SLR cameras and Adobe Photoshop as an image editor.