The digital canvas
By: Jonathan Raimes ; foreword by Malcolm Garrett
Publisher: Ilex
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lewes
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781904705766; 9781904705765
Subjects: Computer art
Description: Explores contemporary computer-generated art and shows how the computer can be a flexible and surprising tool for visual experimentation. This is not an instruction manual, but the digital equivalent of a survey of techniques and materials in the fine arts, emphasising creativity and visual thinking over rote learning. It takes the elements common to all visual art and shows how they can be deployed using digital resources.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes an index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Malcolm Garrett; title: Introduction; title: Art and the computer: A brief history; title: Art and the computer: Fractals; title: Masters of the art: John Maeda; title: Section 1: Start Here; title: 1.1. What you need: Hardware; What you need: The monitor; What you need: Input devices; Input devices: Scanners; What you need: Output devices; title: 1.2. What You Can Use: The interface; title: 1.3. The interface: Grabbing screens; title: 1.4. Making marks: Cloning, copying and pasting; title: 1.5. What you can use: Software; title: 1.6. Dedicated software: Bitmaps and Vectors; title: 1.7. Saving your work: File formats; title: 1.8. Saving your work: Colour modes; title: Masters of the art: Charles Csuri; title: Section 2: Pictures With Pixels; title: 2.1. Pictures with pixels: Using layers; title: 2.2. Using pixels: Picking colour; title: 2.3. Using pixels: Brushes; title: 2.4. Using pixels: Layer styles; title: 2.5. Pictures with pixels: Lines and shapes; title: 2.6. Pictures with pixels: Pixel art; title: Section 3: Taking a Line for a Walk; title: 3.1. Taking a line for a walk: Using vectors; title: 3.2. Using vectors: Strokes and fills; title: 3.3. Using vectors: Making custom fills; title: 3.4. Using vectors: Making shapes; title: Masters of the art: Brendan Dawes; title: 3.5. Using vecors: Converting bitmap to vector; title: 3.6. Using vectors: Digital graffiti; Masters of the art: Marius Watz; title: Section 4: Painting With Letters; title: 4.1. Painting with letters: Creative writing; title: 4.2. Painting with letters: ASCII art; title: 4.3. Painting with letters: Letterforms; title: 4.4. Painting with letters: Numbers; title: 4.5. Painting with letters: Movement; title: Masters of the art: Benjamin Fry; title: Section 5: Graphic Photo Art; title: 5.1. Graphic photo art: The power of the dot; title: 5.2. Input devices: Scanning; title: 5.3. Photo image art: Pattern; title: 5.4. Photo image art: Montage; title: Masters of the art: Steve Caplin; title: 5.5. Photoshop: Filter effects; title: Section 6: Output and Presentation; title: 6.1. Staying virtual: Using the Internet; Staying virtual: Getting noticed; title: 6.2. Presentation: Backing up; title: 6.3. Presentation: Printing and displaying; title: Glossary.