An intermediate level course which applies Adobe Photoshop and color scanning devices to the creation of images for design. Students learn advanced image editing features as well as the technical advantages and limitations of the Macintosh environment within offset printing. Pre-press preparation of information is covered as well as the interface of Photoshop with other programs. Instruction encourages an interdisciplinary approach with a thrust toward expanding the media's boundaries. Lectures and video documentaries provide a historical and cultural context for type design and the printing revolution.
Field trips provide exposure to the expanding applicability of letterpress in contemporary design.
This course will explore the technological application of texts within the realm of the visual arts. Studio projects and discussion of existing commercial and fine arts image-texts will expose students to relations acroos word and picture fields, and demonstrate ways in which texts are elicited or repressed by visual representation. Students are expected to have basic Macintosh computer skills. This course examines the informational structures of print and interactive media. Students design for both print and screen media.