FALC Web
Site and PCs for Artists - Monthly Program -
October 25, 2007
Using
the
FALC website:
- FALC Web Site Address: www.fineartsleagueofcary.org
- Or
Google: FALC Cary – One of the site’s pages should be the top hit
- Put a shortcut to the FALC site on
your desktop. Follow
these steps to make a Desktop shortcut for it if you don’t have one: Right Click in an open
area on the Desktop --> Select New & Shortcut --> Paste:
www.fineartsleagueofcary.org into the text box
-->
Next --> Type FALC in the
text box --> Finish
- Explore the site using the dropdown
menus – The Events page will probably be most useful
- Get your own Member Gallery page –
See: http://www.fineartsleagueofcary.org/listing_rules.htm
- The
Listing Rules also explain the process for updating your page.
Using
the
FALC Wiki:
- FALC Wiki Address: http://falc.editme.com/
- Or
choose any of the Wiki Pages from the dropdown menu on the main site
- Or Google FALC Wiki home – The Wiki
Home Page should be the top hit
- http://www.editme.com/Demo
- Watch a “how-to” video or play in the Demo “sandbox”
- Read Editing and Posting and
Cautions and Limits (Links to them are on all Wiki pages)
- http://falc.editme.com/_Register
- Register and wait for registration approval
- http://falc.editme.com/_Login?redirect=Home
- Log in as often as you wish
- Add/edit content on any of the
pages or sign up to work at the office or at a show.
- Insert your new content near the
top of the page so the latest content always appears first.
- Feel free to delete content that is
out of date even if you were not the author of it.
Digital
image
sizing primer: There
are several
interrelated aspects of digital image sizing: Total number of pixels,
Physical
image size (3x5 or 4x6 etc.), Resolution (DPI, Dots Per Inch – for
printing,
and PPI, Pixels Per Inch – for display on the screen) and File Size
(For
storing the image).
- The file size is directly
proportional to the total number of pixels, but not to DPI or PPI.
- Making the PPI or DPI larger makes
the physical size of the image smaller & visa versa.
- Printers can print at 1000 DPI or
more, but beyond 300 PPI the print will not appear any better.
- Modern computer screens have a
fixed PPI that is generally in the range of 60 to 100 PPI.
- Big images are generally scaled
down so they fit on the screen. Check
the Zoom setting.
- Images
to be printed should be in
the 150 to 300 DPI range.
- Always make a copy of an image
before doing any resizing or edition of it.
- If you keep all the pixels and
change only the physical size and DPI/PPI no detail will be lost.
- Send E-Mail images (to be viewed,
but not printed, by the recipient) at 72-100 PPI.
- E-Mail images to be printed by the
recipient should be sent at 150 to 300 DPI.
- Scan small images at large DPI
(Slides at 1200 DPI or more) Normal images at 150-300DPI
Image
size
help on the Internet:
Digital
image
file formats: There are many digital
image file formats, but the most common
are: Bit Map (.bmp) - PNG (.png) - TIF (.tif) -
JPEG (.jpg) and GIF (.gif).
It’s best to do image editing using the PNG or TIF formats
and save the
final result as a JPEG (for photographs) or GIF (for graphics artwork)
if
smaller files are desired. The best formats for the Internet are JPEG
or GIF as
these yield the smallest files and some of the other formats are not
supported
by the common browsers. JPEGs
- the 75%
level is a good compromise between file size and image quality.
Some
Monitor–Printer color calibration information and
tools for amateurs:
Digital
image
related PC freeware for artists:
Six
tips for
every PC and PC user:
- Any folder: Tools --> Folder Options --> General Tab --> Select: Single click to open -- etc.
- Any folder: Tools --> Folder Opt. --> View --> Deselect: Hide extensions for
known file -- etc.
- Make
more use of Right Click and
the options it presents.
- Use the
Windows Explorer to learn
how your computer is organized. Follow
these steps to make
a Desktop shortcut for it if
you don’t have one: Right
Click in an open area on the Desktop --> Select New & Shortcut --> then paste:
Explorer.exe
/n,/e,C:\
into the text box --> Next --> Type Windows Explorer
in the text
box --> Finish.
- Learn and use the basic CTRL+A,
CTRL+C, CTRL+X, CTRL+V, CTRL+S, CTRL+Z
keyboard
shortcuts
Select all
COPY
CUT
PASTE
SAVE
UNDO - Learn
to create and use shortcuts
and make your Desktop a “dynamic” place just like a real desktop by
putting shortcuts to current frequently used things on it. Delete them when they are
no longer useful.
More
Keyboard
Shortcuts:
– Look them over and select one to print for
reference:
This
document is : www.fineartsleagueofcary.org/OctProg.htm
T.A.M.
10/07