scanning

how to scan:
1. place item onto scanner
2. select computer
3. select program to scan to - i selected hp scanning centre
4. press scan
5. name and save to file

DESCREEN
descreening reduces undesirable patterns - such as moire patterns, making the image clearer. my scanner doesn't have a descreen on the actual scanner but when you play around with the scanning program that is where you can change the resolution and descreen.

this image is scanned at 150dpi with descreen off.



















this image is scanned at 150dpi with descreen on. i actually found that there wasnt much difference at all, which probably means that the scanner has a built in descreen.



















RESOLUTION

this image is 72dpi, and is less focused and sharp than the other 2 images.





















this image is 150dpi.



















i didn't have the option of 360dpi so this image is only 300dpi which is probably why there isn't as much difference between the 150-300dpi images.

ILLUSTRATION AND FABRIC SCAN

To scan in my fabric i used a 360dpi, to hopefully pick up more of the colour and make the image clearer.

To scan in my illustration, i only used 150dpi because it is only black and white and simple line drawings not a colour image.

and now i plan to never scan anything ever again!

photoshop is NOT fun

so for the last few weeks we have been learning how to use photoshop,

learning techniques like:

-layering

-text

-shadow

-pen tool (DIE!)

and to be honest i dont think i will ever warm to photoshop.

but - the importance of layers
layers mean that everything is in order and that the images that should appear behind figures or foreground images appear in the background, not blocking out anything.

but here are a few images where the layers are mixed up:

this last image is the real one with all the layers in order. as you can see form the above 2 - when the layers arent in order the picture is ruined and images are blocked out.

welcome to my life

enjoying another week at uni, i love only studying what i want!

but here are my two favourite blogs...

1. Drowning Clouds - this is a shared blog between a friend and i and i love it because it is all our inspiration over the last year and a bit. everything from the pieces we love, people we wish we knew, to what we did on the weekend, to how we feel, to our favourite food, to photos that show how we feel at that exact moment. A collection of our "fashion lives".

2. Nat The Bat - i visit this blog pretty much daily, such good taste in fashion, music and life. i particularly love the music posts she does. her taste in fashion is inasne and she always has the coolest most amazing photos - of herself and her friends and just random things.

-gee

an old cat

so im not a newbie in the blogging world - quite the veteran actually.

but this is the first post for geekaydee. enjoy, although it will probably contain things that may bore or confuse you i.e. class notes etc. but it is all about fashion and art and design.

- gee