You, too can Have Fun with Sepia Images!Written by Lala C. Ballatan
If you are one of those who wonder how people come up with cool looking sepia tone prints that you admire so much. If you are doubling up with jealousy over a sepia tone, here, we will give you tips on how you could achieve this sepia tone, too. Ready up your Photoshop software program, your PC and prepare to have fun with sepia! It’s time that they envy you, too. First of all it is important for you to choose images that have some darks and lights – it doesn’t matter how colorful they are. Many images could go along with sepia tone, so you won’t take forever finding an image. You can even have a black and white image. However, if you start with images that are in CMYK, there’s no need to convert them to RGB. If you’re going to use them for web, then convert them to RGB by clicking IMAGE-MODE-RGB. Take image size down to 72 dpi with about 4 inches in height. Do this by commands, (IMAGE-IMAGE SIZE). If your image is for print, though, a much higher resolution is needed for it. The dpi needed can be checked with your printer. You’ll see how big your image is by making sure you are at 100%. Whether you are using image for web or planning to print it, make sure that you are aware of size you have it set at. Scale size down or repair a choppy image by using ZOOM TOOL-Hit Z on keyboard – hold down your ALT key. On a Mac, open apple key to toggle back and forth between zoom in and out). You’ll see your image smoothing out as you manipulate these commands. We dearly hope that it would work for you! When you have found ideal size you want for your images, we go on to fun part! Begin working on color first for it is easier and adjust your lights and darks.
| | Producing a Catalog Written by Maricon Williams
Before you can produce a catalog, you must undergo first planning stage. In planning stage, you envision your objective. What do you want to communicate? What tone or ambiance is necessary to make objective apparent? Another thing that you should consider is audience. Knowing potential readers may help you create and communicate message, tone and identity that you want. The next thing to ask is who will be designer? Looking for a designer is hard because only few designers of design companies specialize in catalog. A good designer will give you style you are looking for but an unskilled catalog designer will create technical difficulties resulting in cost overruns and delays. If you have already chosen a designer, do not forget to choose an expert photographer in connection to catalog. The last thing to consider in planning stage is budget. Seek help from catalog designers or producers so that your catalog will fit within your budget.After planning, decide on initial design considerations. This includes kind of catalog you want to create, number of products you want to appear per page, number of pieces you want to be printed and other details such as envelope, index, table of contents, sales terms and likes. Now you can set schedule. Producing a catalog is like taking a long road trip. Efficient planning will keep you on track, on time and within budget. Usually, creation of a new catalog takes about two months for design and photography. Revised catalogs can take less time depending on degree of modification.
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