Previous online resources.
The following handouts and pages are older documents used in past semesters with the Visual Language Digital Media Workshop sessions. These documents are now obsolete but are available here for a limited time for reference purposes.
Links in the form of “link” are links to pages on this site, and links in the form of “PDF” will download a PDF document, and ppt will download a PowerPoint document. External links are identified as “Link to external page.”
In addition to the hand-outs and links listed on this page, you have access to all of the online tutorials on Lynda.com (link to Log In page, requires MassArt NetID)
Scanning & File Formats
- Common File Formats (link to external page)
- Basic Scanner Tutorial (Download PDF)
- Scanning Tips, provides additional information not covered in the Basic Scanner Tutorial (Download PDF)
- Resolution (Download ppt document, Download PDF)
- Epson 4490 Scanner Online User’s Guide (link to external page)
Printing
- Printing in Studio Foundation (Download PDF)
- Printing B&W on Canon iPF5100 Inkjet Printers (Download PDF)
- Create a PDF with Bridge in order to print multiple images per page from a single document (Download PDF)
Digital Photography
- Canon PowerShot SX150 IS Usage Tips (Download PDF)
- Canon PowerShot SX150 IS Getting Started (Download PDF, Source: Canon)
- Canon PowerShot SX150 IS Users Guide (Download PDF, Source: Canon)
- Digital Photography Presentation (Download PDF)
- Olympus Digital Camera Tips (legacy document, Download PDF)
Photoshop
- File Management (Download PDF)
- Sample Files for Session 2 (Download Zip Archive, 38 MB)
- Sample Files for Session 3 (Download Zip Archive, 184 MB)
- The Building Blocks of a Digital Image (Download PDF)
- Digital Color in Photoshop (Download PDF)
- Photoshop CS4 Tutorial (basics still apply to CS5 and CS6), we suggest printing out pages 11-13 for a summary of tools (Download PDF, Source: BGSU.edu Information Systems)
Presenting your work
- Creating a PDF Slide show with Photoshop CS5 and Bridge CS5 (Handout, Download PDF)
- Create web galleries and PDFs with Adobe Output Module (External Web Link, Adobe CS5 Product Support Pages)
- Contact Sheets in Photoshop CS5 (link to external page, Tip Squirrel)
Some color resources
- Some notes on color (Download PDF, excerpt of slides from light and color presentation by David Tamés)
- Interaction of Color (link to external page)
Self Assessment and more…
- Photoshop Explorations, self-assessment (Download PDF)
- Files for Photoshop Explorations above (Download ZIP archive)
- MassArt Web Server Form (Download PDF) Use this form to apply for web server space on babel.massart.edu , you can store files on the server that will be available as web pages on the web, are of the form: babel.massart.edu/~WebuserID (babel can host html pages, images, small videos, but no active server code). Contact the Computer Arts Center for more information.